Newtons spejlteleskop

International names:

Telescope. Newton's

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Telescope. Newton's. Octagonal mahogany tube 175 mm across L1290. Brass fittings for ocular and angle mirror focusing. Mirrors are original. Viewfinder and mahogany cover reconstructions. Elevation adjusted by rack and pinion, side adjustments by a long screw. Mahogany pillar and tripod. Overall H1600. Wooden box 240x240x100 for mirror and ocular.Made by Professor Johan Gottlieb Schrader in Kiel (Hauchs inventory) based on Herschel's telescopes.c1795 (Schrader in Kiel 1790-98)

• Category: Light
• Hauch number: F70
• Inventory number: 5570
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 1662

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §0
• Cabinet 1: Bd.2 p.122, pl 38 fig 8

• Literature:
• Martinus van Marum: 260