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Terrestrial telescope
Large terrestrial telescope consisting of ten wooden tubes covered with cardboard. The largest is additionally covered with green leather with gilt tooling and the Medici coat of arms. It houses the wooden mount for the objective lens. The other tubes are covered with red marbled paper. The smallest [...]
Creator
- Giuseppe Campani
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Refracting telescope
- telescopes
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 1665
- 1665
- 1665
- 1665
- 1665
Places
- Italian
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:405051
Extent
- length c. 12000 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/EustachioDivini.html
Year
- 1665
Providing country
- Italy