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JAMES SHORT, London
A 3¼-inch lacquered-brass reflecting telescope, No. 220/1250=12, the 17½-inch body-tube with eyepiece, screw-rod focusing, sight and lens cap, mounted on racked semi-circle to turned pillar-support with folding inswept tripod legs, with alternative eyepiece, speculum and sight, in fitted mahogany case, circa 1760
A 3¼-inch lacquered-brass reflecting telescope, No. 220/1250=12, the 17½-inch body-tube with eyepiece, screw-rod focusing, sight and lens cap, mounted on racked semi-circle to turned pillar-support with folding inswept tripod legs, with alternative eyepiece, speculum and sight, in fitted mahogany case, circa 1760