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Amici II telescope
Cylindrical tube and altazimuth mount for the objective called Amici II. Giovanni Battista Amici would test the quality of the objectives he produced by using them for observations of double stars or other objects that were particularly difficult to separate. He therefore built this mount, which allowed [...]
Creator
- Giovanni Battista Amici
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Refracting telescope
- telescopes
Medium
- wood
- Wood
- wood (plant material)
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- first half 19th cent.
- 1850
- 1801
Places
- Italy
- Italy
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:411007
Extent
- length 3230 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Lorraine collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/ErnstWilhelmLeberechtTempel.html
Year
- 1801
- 1850
Providing country
- Italy