Reference number | CLP/20/61/2 |
Level | Item |
Title | Drawing, Way to manage long telescopes by Robert Hooke |
Date | 17th century |
Description | This image carries the endorsement 'Figure of a way to manage Long Telescopes. II. 31. N[ot] P[rinted]' depicts a telescope Robert Southwell encountered while in Italy and and is referred to in a letter he wrote to Robert Boyle (BL 6, fos 54-5. Fol/2).
Subject: Astronomy |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Notes | This figure, 'of a way to manage a long telescope', has been removed from the volume and is in an envelope on the same Archive Store shelf. |
Access status | Open |
Related material | A simplified version of this image exists with the title 'Draft of a Concerted Tube at Florence' in the papers collected by Robert Southwell. |
Related records in the catalogue | CLP/20/61 |
CLP/20/61/1 |
CLP/20/61/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |