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Chrome-plated brass and leather round section telescope England early 1900s
$1,747.04
£1,323.42
€1,500
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A$2,714.51
CHF 1,421.55
MX$32,983.96
NOK 18,051.27
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DKK 11,420.65
About the Item
Chrome-plated brass round section telescope with leather-covered handle.
Focus at a stretch.
English manufacture of the early 1900s.
Complete with base for support made of custom wood and brass.
Buono stato perfettamente funzionante. Complete with custom-made base for support made of wood and brass.
The last photo is the gift box.
To bring the scope into focus, you have to lengthen it all the way and then shorten the last lengthening by holding the instrument close to the eye until it is in focus.
Measurements cm elongation maximum cm 60 - 23.6 inches, minimum cm 45 - 17.8 inches, focal diameter cm 3.5 -1.4 inches.
A Middelburg eyeglass maker, Hans Lipperhey, submitted a patent application to the States General of Holland in 1608 for a new optical instrument: a convex lens (presbyopic) and a concave lens (myopic), mounted on the ends of a tube just over a palm long, that magnified distant objects up to three times. According to legend, one unspecified day in 1608 the children of this eyeglass maker started playing with the lenses made by their father in his workshop. By chance one of them put a concave lens next to his own eye, holding a convex one in his hand and holding his arm in the direction of the tip of the cathedral bell tower. To his surprise, the boy then saw the wind marker rooster on the cusp enlarge and approach. Having shown the phenomenon to his father, he fixed the suitably spaced lenses on a plank, thus making observation easier, resulting in the first rudimentary optical approach instrument. Unfortunately for Lipperhey, however, within days other Dutch eyeglass makers also claimed the invention.
- Dimensions:Height: 23.6 in (59.95 cm)Diameter: 1.4 in (3.56 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1910
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1020246064112
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