TELESCOPE, REFRACTING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE; GALILEAN TELESCOPE
- Date Range From
- 1870
- Date Range To
- 1880
- Materials
- BRASS, STEEL, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P20000084007
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE; GALILEAN TELESCOPE
- Date Range From
- 1870
- Date Range To
- 1880
- Materials
- BRASS, STEEL, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 6
- Length
- 32.3
- Diameter
- 8.0
- Description
- REFRACTING TELESCOPE. BRASS, WITH DARK BROWN LEATHER GRIP. LEATHER HAS A SMALL TEAR AT ONE END. TELESCOPE HAS A FOUR SECTION RETRACTABLE SHAFT. THERE ARE TRACES OF BLACK GREASE ON EACH SECTION. EYE PIECE SURFACE IS DARK BROWN. TELESCOPE HAS NO VISIBLE MANUFACTURER'S MARK ON IT. HAS A ROUND BRASS LENS COVER, WITH A PIECE OF BROWN WOOL INSIDE OF IT. UNDERNEATH WOOL, THE NUMBER "20" IS WRITTEN INSIDE LENS CAP. TELESCOPE IS WRAPPED IN A PIECE OF LIGHT YELLOW FELT, WITH EDGES FINISHED IN RED THREAD. ENTIRE TELESCOPE FITS INTO A DARK GREEN PAINTED, STEEL CYLINDER. CYLINDER HAS A LOOP ATTACHED TO ONE SIDE, AND HAS A SEPARATE LID.
- Subjects
- ASTRONOMICAL T&E
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- BELONGED TO DR. J.R. COOPER, WHO USED IT FOR ASTRONOMY STUDIES AND SAILING NAVIATION ON THE EAST COAST OF CANADA. TELESCOPE HAD BEEN IN DONOR'S FAMILY FOR OVER A CENTURY. DONOR HAS LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE 1968. HE WAS A FACULTY MEMBER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, AS DEAN OF EDUCATION, AND TAUGHT PHILOSOPHY. CURRENTLY PROFESSOR EMERITUS.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000084007
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-07
- Collection
- Museum
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