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Image: Abraham Sharp Wooden Telescope YORYM 2012 106

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Description: A double refracting wooden telescope on an equatorial mount. The telescope consists of a square wooden tube. Below the main telescope is a smaller sighting telescope. The telescope is inclined in altazimuth by a brass quadrant which has angles numbered on it. The quadrant is supported on a horizontal wood and brass numbered ring around which the telescope rotates and inclines to the vertical. There is a middle supporting structure made of iron. The whole structure is mounted on a mahogany support carved with acanthus decoration on its three legs and body.
Title: A double refracting wooden telescope on an equatorial mount.
Credit: This file originated on the York Museums Trust Online Collection. YMT hosted a GLAMwiki partnership in 2013/14. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Author: Abraham Sharp
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