Telescope

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Telescope for a sextant formed from a cylinder of metal. The telescope contains glass and inverts the image and has four cross wires.

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ID:	NAV1242.8
Type:	Telescope
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Ramsden, Jesse
Date made:	circa 1792
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Diameter: 107 mm;Overall: 108 mm
Parts:	Sextant with Artificial Horizon Sextant box (NAV1242.1) Bottle (NAV1242.2) Miscellaneous metal items (NAV1242.3) Bottle (NAV1242.4) Lamp (NAV1242.5) Attachment (NAV1242.6) Box (NAV1242.7) Telescope (NAV1242.8) Artificial horizon (NAV1242.9) Sight tube (NAV1242.10) Telescope bracket (NAV1242.11) Tangent screw (NAV1242.12) Sextant handle (NAV1242.13)