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View full screenAstronomical telescope attributed to William Herschel, with stand, and a printed copy of Professor Wilson's paper to the Royal Society of London in 1773
T.2001.157
Telescope, astronomical / stand / document
Professor Wilson, Author
Herschel, Frederick William, Sir, 1738 - 1822, Telescope maker
1773
Wood, Brass, Glass, Paper, Ink
Recipient of paper: Royal Society of London, 1660 -
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Backstaff, wooden navigation instrument with two graduated arcs, inscribed 'Made by Benjamin Macy for Captain William Cochren, 1726', London, 1726, with modern replacement vanes
Davis quadrant, backstaff used in navigation, rosewood frame with boxwood arcs, unknown English maker, 1st half eighteenth century