Miniature Monocular/Telescope

Item

Title

Miniature Monocular/Telescope

Description

The miniature monocular/telescope has a shagreen-covered brass barrel and dual power rotating eyepiece. Lens position 1 is 10X (closed) and lens position 2 is 20X (open). Unlike other dual eyepiece telescopes, the lenses do not flip across via a pin but rather by rotating the outer ocular edge.
Condition:

Cosmetically: The shagreen and brass shows signs of age but is in good condition.
Optically: The lenses are functional.
Mechanically: The instrument is functional.

Subject

Microscopes/Telescopes

Creator

Unsigned

Source

Dean Reynold's Microscope Collection Powerpoint

Publisher

UNC Charlotte

Date

c. 1800s

Contributor

Laura Burgess

Rights

Texts and images from this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without prior permission from the Graduate Office, UNC Charlotte.

Relation

N/A

Format

Telescope/Microscope: 1 3/4" closed, 2 1/2" extended
Diameter of Lens: 1"

Language

N/A

Type

Three-dimensional object

Identifier

100705

Coverage

Unknown

Item sets

Microscopes

Tags

Microscope
Telescope
Shagreen
Brass
19th century
Compound
Monocular