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- OBJECT TYPE
- REFRACTING/2.5 IN.
- DATE
- 1850–1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0079.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ross, Andrew
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 94.2 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 13.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ross
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
NO KNOWN DIRECT ASSOCIATION TO OR SPECIFIC USE IN CANADA. - Function
-
TO OBSERVE THE CELESTIAL SKY (USED MAINLY BY AMATEURS). - Technical
-
TYPICAL SMALL REFRACTING TELESCOPE MADE BY ONE OF THE TOP BRITISH MAKERS OF THE PERIOD (ROSS); MADE ALSO FOR TERRESTRIAL USE (HAS ERECTING LENS EYE PIECE); STABILIZING PIECE; EYEPIECE WITH NON WIDTH-WORTH THREAD; HAS YELLOW MOON FILTER AND TWO (2) DARK RED SOLAR FILTERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'A. ROSS, LONDON' ENGRAVED IN MAIN TUBE
- Missing
- From CA of 11/15/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined - unknown
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ross, Andrew, Telescope, circa 1850–1870, Artifact no. 1979.0079, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0079.001/
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