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DESCRIPTION Telescope, marked 'James Short London 1738 2/196'
MANUFACTURER James Short (1710-1768), London, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER James Gregory (1638-1675), Scottish
DATE 1738
MATERIAL Brass, steel, glass, ivory, liquid
DIMENSIONS 525x500x95
PROVENANCE Private purchase in 1954
LOCATION Thinktank
CAT. NO 1954.S.00413 | |
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Telescope | © Thinktank Trust | Come and see it in the Power Up gallery at Thinktank
Members of the Lunar Society keenly followed the great astronomical observations and discoveries of their time. The Transit of Venus was observed from Captain Cook’s ship ‘Endeavour’ in 1769. William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, and six years later, its two largest moons, Titania and Oberon.
Many members of the Lunar Society possessed one or more optical devices for astronomy. This telescope is an example of the type they might have used. It was made in 1736 by prominent London instrument maker James Short. |
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