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Telescope

Catalogue number:
PH*322755

Inscriptions:
"E. & G. W. Blunt, New York, Day & Night" and "U. S. Navy"

Dimensions:
aperture 2 inches; length 21 inches

Discussion:
This telescope dates from the middle decades of the nineteenth century. It has an achromatic objective, an erecting eye piece, and a brass tube covered with leather.

Further Information:

Blunt (New York)
Telescope

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