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2562 V.30 Terrestrial telescope c. 1650 [attr.] Johannes Wiesel Paper, velvet, silk Length circa 1000 mm |
Description Terrestrial telescope consisting of seven sections. The largest tube, covered with green velvet decorated with white silk ribbons, carried the eyepiece, now missing. In the 1776 Inventory of the Museum of Physics and Natural History the eyepiece of this telescope is defined as "composite", which suggests a date between 1640 and 1660. The smallest section contains the objective. Many tubes are lined with pages of printed books in Latin and German; the instrument can therefore be ascribed to a maker active in the German area. It is very likely that the maker has been Johannes Wiesel of Augsburg. |
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