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  <dc:title>Reflecting telescope by James Short</dc:title>
  <dc:description>An 18 inch Gregorian reflecting telescope, mounted on a declination semicircle, with a handle and a tripod base. Manufactured by James Short. One of several telescopes sent worldwide by the Royal Society to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1750s</dc:date>
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