Refracting telescope

Description

3 1/4" aperture 3-draw mounted refracting telescope in brass, with doublet objective, 2-component eyepiece and erecting assemblies, and tripod, signed by George Lowdon of Dundee, c. 1890

Museum reference

T.1981.42

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Refracting telescope

Production information

Lowdon, George, 1825 - 1912
Dundee, Angus, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1890

Materials

Brass

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments

References

T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low and A.D.C. Simpson (1989): "Brass and Glass