Telescope (Spyglass)
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1750-1800
name: label: maker
content: Dollond
notes: label: Description
content: This is an early achromatic telescope. The erecting eye piece has five glass elements. The draw tubes are pasteboard with brass ferules; the outer one is covered with green shagreen. The inscription reads "DOLLOND / LONDON."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.330320
label: catalog number
content: 330320
label: accession number
content: 290549
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope (spyglass)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 1 11/16 in; 25.4 cm x 4.28625 cm