Telescope (Spyglass)
notes: label: Description
content: This telescope, with an achromatic objective, erecting eye piece, and brass tube covered with leather, was probably made in England. The "E. & G. W. Blunt, New York, Day & Night" inscription indicates that it was made between 1824 and 1868. The "U. S. Navy" inscription suggests that it might have been used during the Civil War.
label: Description
content: Edmund March Blunt (1770-1862) opened a nautical shop in New York in 1802. His sons, Edmund (1799-1866) and George William (1802-1878) opened their own shop in 1824, trading as E. & G. W. Blunt and offering nautical books, charts, and instruments. The firm became Blunt & Nichols in 1866, and Blunt & Co., in 1868.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Henry E. Paul
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.322755
label: catalog number
content: 322755
label: accession number
content: 251009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope (spyglass)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: aperture: 2 in; 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in; 53.34 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 51.7525 cm x 6.0325 cm