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A 19th-Century 4in. astronomical telescope,
signed on the back plate J. DAVIDSON EDINBURGH, with the brass-mounted 60in. (152.5cm.) rosewood body-tube with rack and pinion focusing, mounted on a limb with trunnions on the alt-azimuth mounting, with spiral gear fine adjustment and rosette on a carved rosewood stand with cabriole legs, floral decoration and riding on castors, the stand with telescope -- 54in. (137cm.) high, positioned horizontally
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signed on the back plate J. DAVIDSON EDINBURGH, with the brass-mounted 60in. (152.5cm.) rosewood body-tube with rack and pinion focusing, mounted on a limb with trunnions on the alt-azimuth mounting, with spiral gear fine adjustment and rosette on a carved rosewood stand with cabriole legs, floral decoration and riding on castors, the stand with telescope -- 54in. (137cm.) high, positioned horizontally
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