tin box for the secondary mirror of a reflecting telescope
Date: circa 1817
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0037
Classification: Box
Maker: English
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
12 × 20.5 × 9 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
blue board box: 14.6 × 25.4 × 13.7 cm (5 3/4 × 10 × 5 3/8 in.)
Material:
tin,
Description:
This is a tin box with a lift-off lid.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedon the side of box: 9 128
FunctionTo store a telescope's secondary mirror.
Curatorial RemarksThis box made of tin is very similar to the ones exhibited in the permanent exhibition, which go with the James Short telescope (#0001a through d). On the side of this box, what appears to be an old inventory or lab number has been stenciled. Whether it really goes with the Short telescope remains to be determined.
