Name/Title
Dollond Telescope | Belonged to Leonard Tilley, Premier of New Brunswick | 1757Description
Dollond telescope, 1757. Belonged to Leonard Tilley (1818-1896), Premier of New Brunswick.
From estate of Walter Emery, 2018.
25 1/8" in length.
Note with gift of telescope:
1757, John Dollond, an English optician invented the achromatic telescope by the combination of flint and crown glass. From p. 62, Chronology of Iron and Steel, compiled by Stephen L. Goodale, edited by J. Ramsey Speer, 1st edition, published by the Pittsburgh Iron and Steel Foundries Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1920.
