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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
1.875 x 2.25 inch rock salt prism in sealed tube

1.875 x 2.25 inch rock salt prism in sealed tube

John A. Brashear
1916
1amp shunt

1amp shunt

Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation
circa 1912
1-inch double convex lens

1-inch double convex lens

American
1910-1940
2.5-inch cemented doublet lens

2.5-inch cemented doublet lens

Alvan Clark and Sons
circa 1900
2.5-inch lens

2.5-inch lens

Alvan Clark and Sons
circa 1900
2.5 x 2.5 inch, 31° carbonic disulphide liquid prism

2.5 x 2.5 inch, 31° carbonic disulphide liquid prism

Alvan Clark and Sons
circa 1875
2.5 x 2.5 inch, 90° prism  in housing

2.5 x 2.5 inch, 90° prism in housing

American
1900-1930
2.25-inch refracting telescope

2.25-inch refracting telescope

Optisches Institut von Dr. Steeg & Reuter
circa 1880
2 frosted glass disks

2 frosted glass disks

American
1910-1940
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