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Telescope

Catalogue number:
PH*333802

Inscriptions:
"BROADHURST. CLARKSON & CO / G3 FARRINGDON ROAD / LONDON, E.C."

Dimensions:
aperture 2.25 inches; length 10.5 to 34.75 inches

Discussion:
This telescope was probably made around 1900. It has an achromatic objective, and a tapered four-draw brass body covered with leather. Its four-element pancratic eye piece produces erect images with magnifications of 25, 30, 35 or 40 times.

Ref: Broadhurst, Clarkson & Co., Portable Telescopes (London, n.d.)

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