Reflecting telescope by Isaac Newton Reflecting telescope consisting of two tubes, one sliding inside the other to focus the mirrors. The tubes are made from layers of paper/cardboard and the upper tube is covered with a layer of decorative vellum. There are two eyepiece holes, one of which is blocked with cork. The telescope is mounted on a wooden ball with a turned wooden stem and circular wooden base. The words ‘THE FIRST REFLECTING TELESCOPE INUENTED BI Sr ISAAC NEWTON AND MADE WITH HIS OWN HANDS IN THE YEAR 1671’ are engraved on a brass plate screwed to the base. Created by Sir Isaac Newton. Newton built his first reflecting telescope in 1668; this is his second model. 1671