Telescopes

These are very compact hand held telescopes made of solid brass. They have 4 brass pipes when fully extended & a sunshade that protects the lens from the glare of the sun. They magnify objects up to 12 times & have a lens cover protects the outer lens during transportation. To get an image into focus the telescope must be fully extended. Then the pipe closest to the eyepiece is slowly pushed inwards till the object comes clearly into focus. The 4-draw telescopes are 43 cm long when fully extended & 15 cm when shut. The diameter of the front lens is 3.5 cm. They sold in a beautiful wooden presentation box.

These are 15-inch long hand held telescopes. The outer casing & sun shade are solid polished brass. The three tapering draws that fold into each other are made of solid brass. They magnify up to 10 power. To get an image into focus the telescope must be fully extended. Then the pipe closest to the eyepiece is slowly pushed inwards till the object comes clearly into focus. A sunshade at the larger end of the telescope extends to protect the lens from the glare of the sun. The conical telescopes are 37 cm long when fully extended & 15 cm when collapsed. The diameter of the front lens is 4 cm. They are sold in a beautiful wooden presentation box.

These pocket telescopes are 16 cm long when fully extended. They magnify objects up to 6 times. To get an image into focus the telescope must be fully extended. Then the pipe closest to the eyepiece is slowly pushed inwards till the object comes clearly into focus. Tubby telescopes are 8 cm long when shut & the diameter of the front lens is 3.2 cm. They are sold in a beautiful wooden presentation box.