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0.75-inch ball conductor mounted on a rod

0.75-inch ball conductor mounted on a rod

French
1800-1850
0.875-inch refracting telescope

0.875-inch refracting telescope

French
circa 1900
0.875-inch refracting telescope

0.875-inch refracting telescope

French
circa 1900
1.3-inch refracting telescope with range-finder scale

1.3-inch refracting telescope with range-finder scale

Alvan Clark and Sons
1870
1.5-inch ball conductor

1.5-inch ball conductor

English
1775-1850
1.5-inch ball conductor

1.5-inch ball conductor

French
19th Century
1.7-inch ball conductor

1.7-inch ball conductor

French
19th Century
1.25-inch ball conductor

1.25-inch ball conductor

French
19th Century
1.25-inch ball conductor mounted on a rod

1.25-inch ball conductor mounted on a rod

French
19th Century
1.25-inch ball conductor mounted on a rod

1.25-inch ball conductor mounted on a rod

French
19th Century
1.375-inch refracting telescope

1.375-inch refracting telescope

American
circa 1900
1.375-inch telescope objective

1.375-inch telescope objective

American
1890-1910
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