Object Details
- Jesse Ramsden
- Description
- Small refracting telescope with an achromatic objective 1¼ inches aperture. There are two brass tubes. The inner one is engraved “Ramsden / London” and calibrated from one to four. A dial adjusts the eyepiece. The telescope is housed in a cylindrical cardboard container covered in shagreen.
- Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), a prominent maker of mathematical and optical instruments. began in business in 1762, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1786.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 1775-1800
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0905
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06301
- collector/donor number
- SAP 993
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0905
- Object Name
- telescope (spyglass)
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- shagreen (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 cm x 4.2 cm; 4 23/32 in x 1 21/32 in
- overall, case: 2 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 14.2875 cm x 5.715 cm
- overall, telescope: 1 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 4.445 cm x 12.065 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Related Publication
- Warner, Deborah Jean. Telescopes For Land And Sea
- Dictionary of National Biography
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994344
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-1aae-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
