Maker: Scarlett, Edward

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Year Range: 1705-1743

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Manufacturing Location: England

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No stand present.

Collection: Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes

Accession #: LC 367

Sources:

Tiemen Cocquyt, "400 Years of Telescopes" booklet, Zeeuws Museum, 2008. Item 30.

Louwman, P.J.K., and Zuidervaart, H.J., "A Certain Instrument for Seeing Far: Four Centuries of Styling the Telescope Illustrated by a Selection of Treasures from the Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes". Wassenaar, 2013. p.238. #367.

Public Notes:

Polemoscope of wood, ivory, brass, and metal. Case of cardboard and ray skin. A polemoscope is a precursor to a periscope-- used to look around corners. Attributed to Edward Scarlett (?-1743).

Length (open):

Length (closed): 110

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Objective type: singlet

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Materials: sharkskin

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