Reflecting telescope

Artist Claude Siméon Passemant (1702-1769)

Date 1749-1769

Medium / Technique Metal: brass, silver; skin: leather; ivory
Engraved, screwed, cut, tanned, polished and assembled

DimensionsHeight: 50.8 cm (20 in.) Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.) Width: 32.5 cm (12 13/16 in.) Length: 71 cm (27 15/16 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Astronomical T&E

Origin Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe

Object Number1977.67.1

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

Status

Not on view

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