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Yeates & Son, Dublin, a large early 19th century two draw…
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Sydney
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26-Mar-2019
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Yeates & Son, Dublin, a large early 19th century two draw tabletop telescope, mounted on a Queen Anne style brass stand. Signed at the end of the tube 'Yeats & Son Dublin'. Includes a box containing four lenses and three eyepieces. Box tabel reads 'The Transit of Venus Made easy to Understand by the Means of models, by Rev E. L Berthon M.A F.R.A.S'. Lens screwed on telescope tube inscribed 'For foggy weather'. Irish circa 1840. Height 102 cm, Tube length 109 cm, total extended length 180 cm, Objective lens diameter 10 cm, Eyepiece diameter 5 cm
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