Image of the W. & S. Jones improved achromatic telescope
notes: label: Description
content: Engraved image from the “Directions” for using the improved achromatic telescope made by W. & S. Jones of London. Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820), American surveyor and geodesist, used a telescope of this sort to observe the moons of Jupiter, to determine longitude on earth. That telescope is now in the Museum collections.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.310346.03
label: catalog number
content: 310346.03
label: accession number
content: 116914
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book page
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: one page: 7 in x 8 in; 17.78 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall with backing: 7 7/8 in x 9 in x 1/2 in; 20.0025 cm x 22.86 cm x 1.27 cm