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0.875-inch refracting telescope

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0.875-inch refracting telescope

Date: circa 1900
Inventory Number: 1997-1-0710
Classification: Telescope
Subject:
optics, navigation,
Maker: French
Cultural Region:
France,
Dimensions:
fully extended: 3.4 x 3.4 x 43 cm (1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
collapsed: 3.4 × 3.4 × 16.4 cm (1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
in case: 4 × 4 × 16.9 cm (1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Material:
glass, leather, cardboard, cloth, brass,
Accessories: case
Description:
Small telescope with three draw tubes. Made of brass and covered with leather. The leather is still stitched together.

The dust cap seems a bit small and of different brass. It may be a replacement. There is a sliding cover for the eyepiece.

The case is cylindrical and covered in buckram.
Signedon dust cap: FRANCE

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