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- OBJECT TYPE
- REFLECTING/GREGORIAN
- DATE
- 1736–1748
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0351.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HURT, JOS.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (POSSIBLY BRASS)/ GLASS LENSES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.9 cm
- Width
- 22.5 cm
- Height
- 36.4 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
- HURT
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 18TH CENTURY (AS A TABLETOP TELESCOPE)
- Canada
-
NO KNOWN DIRECT ASSOCIATION TO OR SPECIFIC USE IN CANADA. - Function
-
TO OBSERVE THE CELESTIAL SKY; PROVIDES AN ERECT IMAGE AND THUS CAN BE USED FOR VIEWING LAND AS WELL; SMALL AND EASY TO MANAGE. - Technical
-
TYPICAL REFLECTING TELESCOPE OF THE PERIOD, USING A METAL SPECULUM; USED OFTEN AS A TABLETOP TELESCOPE IN THE 18TH CENTURY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'Jos: Hurt, Maker' INCISED ON EYEPIECE
- Missing
- none evident
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED FINISH/ STAND PAINTED BROWN
- Decoration
- N/A
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HURT, JOS., Telescope, between 1736–1748, Artifact no. 1982.0351, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0351.001/
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