Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks.
Letter dated 6th May 1789, including information on Dr Waring’s manuscripts and Mr Dollond’s paper relating to his father’s discovery of the achromatic telescope.
Administrative / biographical background
The achromatic telescope is a refracting telescope that uses an achromatic lens(lenses are corrected to bring two wavelengths, typically red and blue, into focus in the same plane) to correct for chromatic aberration.
Administrative / biographical background
The achromatic telescope is a refracting telescope that uses an achromatic lens(lenses are corrected to bring two wavelengths, typically red and blue, into focus in the same plane) to correct for chromatic aberration.
Record Details
Item reference: | MSK/3/1/33 |
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Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
Level: | ITEM |
Date made: | 1789-05-06 |
Creator: | Maskelyne, Nevil |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/1)
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