Add to albumThis 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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- Online ID: 000-190-001-071-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland T.1984.33
- Date: Around 1765
c. 1765
- Material: Telescope, reflecting
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- What: Telescope, reflecting
- Subject: 22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
- Who: James Short, London (Maker)
- Where: England, London
- Event:
- Description: Brass reflecting telescope by James Short of London, c. 1765
- 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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