Telescope, ca 1790s
Telescope, ca 1790s
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ca 1790s
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SAFE/LR 34 Status: On display - Map Rooms
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Physical Description
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1 telescope - Length 63.5 cm and approx. 77 cm extended, diameter approx. 5 cm. - ten sided, leather covered wooden (possibly mahogany), with one brass slide and brass fittings.
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Telescope, ca 1790s
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Author / Creator
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General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 866986...
Signature / Inscriptions
'Ramsden, London' -- engraved on inner brass cylinder, running from the eyepiece towards the barrel.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented to the Australian Museum by J.B. Richards in 1899. Transferred from the Australian Museum in Oct. 1955. Australian Museum no. H492.
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Administrative / Biographical history
Arthur Kempe (1743-1823) was Second Lieutenant on the Adventure, Cook's companion vessel during the second voyage and was promoted to first lieutenant when Joseph Shank was sent home ill from the Cape Town.
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) was a leading London astronomical and scientific instrument maker in the late 18th century. He created one of the...
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SAFE/LR 34 Status: On display - Map Rooms
Record Identifier
nZNvz56n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvz56n
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457973
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