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SIGNED ON THE BACKPLATE HORNE & THORNTHWAITE 416. STRAND, LONDON AND STAMPED ON THE BODY-TUBE SUPPLIED BY BROADHURST, CLARKSON & CO. 63, FARRINGDON ROAD LONDON E.C.. 19TH CENTURY
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An English 3-inch lacquered-brass refracting telescope
Signed on the backplate HORNE & THORNTHWAITE 416. STRAND, LONDON and stamped on the body-tube Supplied by BROADHURST, CLARKSON & Co. 63, FARRINGDON ROAD LONDON E.C.. 19th Century
The 90cm. long body-tube with starfinder, rack and pinion adjustment to the eyepiece extension tube and sliding eyepiece dust-cover, raised via a compass joint and telescopic support bar to a brass column with a three-legged folding table stand
63cm. high
Signed on the backplate HORNE & THORNTHWAITE 416. STRAND, LONDON and stamped on the body-tube Supplied by BROADHURST, CLARKSON & Co. 63, FARRINGDON ROAD LONDON E.C.. 19th Century
The 90cm. long body-tube with starfinder, rack and pinion adjustment to the eyepiece extension tube and sliding eyepiece dust-cover, raised via a compass joint and telescopic support bar to a brass column with a three-legged folding table stand
63cm. high
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