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- OBJECT TYPE
- REFRACTING/4.5 IN.
- DATE
- 1872
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0789.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cooke, T. & Sons
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- York, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 18
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PRIMARILY BRASS; GLASS OPTICS/ WOODEN CRATE HAS CAST METAL HANDLES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 171.5 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 15.0 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cooke
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO OBSERVE ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS AT MODERATE TO HIGH POWER. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF WELL-MADE ANTIQUE TELESCOPE MANUFACTURED BY ONE OF THE LEADING INSTRUMENT MAKING COMPANIES OF THE PERIOD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED IN FOCUSING DRAWTUBE: 'T. COOKE & SONS, YORK & LONDON'/ 'DANGER' PRINTED BY HAND ON TOP & SIDES OF CRATE
- Missing
- ORIGINAL EYEPIECES, DECLINATION AXIS & TRIPOD From CA of 01/10/2002 by David Daley: Undetermined - changes to box internal supports/empty spaces suggest possibility of missing parts
- Finish
- BRASS ON TELESCOPE & FINDING TELESCOPE HAS BEEN LACQUERED/ WOODEN CASE PAINTED RED-BROWN
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cooke, T. & Sons, Telescope, 1872, Artifact no. 1986.0789, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0789.001/
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