mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
The Wonderful Universe Explorer, The Great 36-inch Equatorial Telescope, Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California, 1902
The great telescope erected on Wandsworth Common, London, c1853. The telescope was constructed in 1852 by the Reverend John Craig and was the lagest refracting telescope in the world at that time
Telescope from Selenographia, 1647 (1956). Selenographia is a work by the German/Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687)
Syntax Star-gazing, c1815. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonSyntax Star-gazing, c1815. Dr Syntax showing a young woman the stars with a small refracting telescope typical of this date, while a manservant trips over a dog and falls headlong down the stairs
Long focal length refracting telescope, 1728. The lenses for this instrument were made by Francesco Campani, Italian lens maker of Bologna
Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer, 1647. Known now by the latinized form of his name - Jan Hewel or Hewelcke - Hevelius (1611-1687)
Refracting telescope without a tube, designed by Christiaan Huyghens c1650 (1724). From an edition of Huyghens Opera Varia, 1724