000-190-001-071-C
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Telescope (detail)
This is a detail of a reflecting telescope made around 1765, by James Short (1710-68), a scientific instrument maker based in London.
The detail shows the inscription on the telescope's mirror retention plate. It reads 'JAMES SHORT LONDON 188 /1335=7'.
The 'equation' means that the telescope has a nominal focal length of seven inches, that it was the 188th of that focal length made, and Short's 1335th telescope - the highest recorded so far.
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000-190-001-071-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland T.1984.33 |
| Date: |
Around 1765
c. 1765
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| What: |
Telescope, reflecting
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| Subject: |
22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
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| Who: |
James Short, London (Maker)
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| Where: |
England, London
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| Description: |
Brass reflecting telescope by James Short of London, c. 1765
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| References: |
- For Short's life and work, see 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:
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