[Terrestrial telescope once owned by Conrad Martens]
[Terrestrial telescope once owned by Conrad Martens]
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Date
ca. 1835
Call Numbers
R 860
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Physical Description
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Objects - 23.5 cm (closed), 87.4 cm (fully extended); 4.7 cm (diam. of objective) - Shows signs of use. The brass mounting for the objective is missing and the objective is cracked. The outer lens has chipped edges, the middle lens has radial cracks, and the inner lens is extensively cracked. The or...
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Issue Copy
Copy print : SPF/3514
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Full title
[Terrestrial telescope once owned by Conrad Martens]
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The donor stated that this telescope came into his mother's family, the Lumsdaines, when it was given to his mother, aged about ten, by Conrad Martens's only surviving child, Rebecca Martens(1838-1909). Miss Martens lived at "Elizabeth Cottage", 38 Edward Street, North Sydney; in the early 1900s the Lumsdaines rented "Llangollen Cottage", 36 Edward...
Signature / Inscriptions
1st draw tube engraved "30"; "40"; "50": 2nd draw tube engraved "60"; "70"; "80": 3rd draw tube engraved "90"; "100"; "110"; "120": 4th draw tube engraved "The PANCRATIC Eye tube Invented by Wm. Kitchener M.D. Dollond London", "120"; "60"; "40"; "20": 5th and 6th draw tubes unmarked
Contextual Information
Source
Presented under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, June 1995
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 860
Record Identifier
n7oRpzdn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oRpzdn
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Reference code
104814
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