000-100-102-708-C
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Telescope
This brass telescope was made around 1860, probably by Peter Airth Feathers, a scientific instrument maker based in Dundee.
The refracting telescope has glass optics, a tapered leather-covered tube with brass ends and a single draw. It is engraved 'Feathers/Dundee'.
Peter Airth Feathers began in business in 1840. At different times he was joined by two of his three sons. The business continued to 1910, and appears to have supplied a wide variety of items.
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| Online ID: |
000-100-102-708-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland T.1967.4 |
| Date: |
Around 1860
c. 1860
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| Material: |
Wooden tube, brass ends and draw. Inscription: Feathers Dundee
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| Dimensions: |
28.38 closed L
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| What: |
Telescope, single draw
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| Subject: |
3. ASTRONOMY, Refracting telescopes (Departmental Classification)
22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
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| Who: |
Feathers, Dundee, Scotland (Maker)
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| Where: |
Scotland, Angus, Dundee
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| Description: |
Single draw telescope by Feathers, Dundee, c. 1860
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| References: |
- Clarke, T.N., Morrison-Low, A.D. & Simpson, A.D.C. Brass & glass scientific instrument making workshops in Scotland as illustrated by instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1989. p 144
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