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TELESCOPES
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Terrestrial
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A large number of terrestrial telescopes, clearly manufactured in England, are included in the Medici collection. These telescopes come from the model made around the mid seventeenth century by the German optician Johann Wiesel (1583-1662) from Augsburg. The telescope typically resembles a cannon. The smallest section of the instrument's tube always holds the objective, the largest the eyepiece. | |
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2559 V.23 Terrestrial telescope End of the seventeenth century Unsigned Cardboard, leather, parchment Length circa 1400 mm |
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2558 V.33 Terrestrial telescope Beginning of the eighteenth century Unsigned Cardboard, leather Length 1640 mm |
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3458 V.34 Terrestrial telescope End of the seventeenth century [attr.] John Marshall Cardboard, parchment Length 1950 mm |
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2564 V.35 Terrestrial telescope 1690-1720 [attr.] John Marshall Cardboard, parchment Length 2160 mm |
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2561 V.38 Terrestrial telescope 1690-1720 [attr.] John Marshall cardboard, parchment Length 2190 mm |
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