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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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1967.4
• Date: Around 1860
  c. 1860
  
• Material: Wooden tube, brass ends and draw. Inscription: Feathers Dundee
  Telescope, single draw
  
• Dimensions: 28.38 closed L
  
• What: Telescope, single draw
  
• Subject: 3. ASTRONOMY, Refracting telescopes (Departmental Classification)
  22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
  
• Who: Feathers, Dundee, Scotland (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Angus, Dundee
  
• Event:
• Description: Single draw telescope by Feathers, Dundee, c. 1860
  
• 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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