000-100-102-789-C
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Telescope
This brass telescope was made around 1850, probably by George Lowdon, a scientific instrument maker based in Dundee.
The hand-held refracting telescope has two glass optics, two draws and a tapered leather-covered barrel. Engraved on the first draw tube is 'Lowden,/ Dundee.'
George Lowdon complained in his autobiography that he had 'to teach Dundee what scientific instruments were'. However, he found there was a good market for instruments such as microscopes and telescopes.
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| Online ID: |
000-100-102-789-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland T.1980.260 |
| Date: |
Around 1850
c. 1850
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| Material: |
Brass / leather. Inscription: Lowdon, / Dundee
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| Dimensions: |
50 mm D x 164 mm L (closed)
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| What: |
Telescope, refracting
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| Subject: |
22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
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| Who: |
Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments
George Lowdon, Dundee (Maker)
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| Where: |
Scotland, Angus, Dundee
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| Description: |
1 3/4" aperture 2-draw hand-held refracting telescope in brass with tapered leather-covered barrel, signed by George Lowdon, Dundee, c. 1850
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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. pp 147,149,150
- T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low and A.D.C. Simpson (1989): "Brass and Glass
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