A SUPERB ANTIQUE (LATE 1800's) ROSS OF LONDON BRASS MULTI-DRAWER TELESCOPIC NAVAL TELESCOPE & CASE

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THIS MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE ROSS OF LONDON BRASS MULTI-DRAWER TELESCOPIC MARINE/ NAVAL TELESCOPE WITH A LEATHER HARD CASE DATES BACK TO THE LATE 1800's AND WAS APPARENTLY A NAVAL TELESCOPE. THE EYEPIECE IS STAMPED ROSS, LONDON WITH THE SERIAL NUMBER 38337. NO ONE IS SURE WHEN ROSS STARTED USING SERIAL NUMBERS, BUT BY THE 1900's THE DIGITS WERE INTO THE 70000's. THE TELESCOPE HAS SEEN SOME BUMPS AND BRUISES, BUT ALL IN ALL, IT IS IN GREAT CONDITION CONSIDERING IT IS AROUND 125 YEARS OLD. ONE ARTICLE THAT I READ SAYS THAT THIS TYPE OF TELESCOPE WAS ALSO USED IN THE ARMY AS A SNIPER TELESCOPE IN THE WARS. THE TELESCOPE EXTENDS FROM 32cm TO 83.3cm. IF YOU ARE A COLLECTOR OF ANTIQUE MILITARY MEMORABILIA, THEN THIS IS A PIECE THAT YOU MUST NOT LOSE OUT ON!!!

LINK: home.europa.com/~telscope/Ross/Ross.of.London.chronology.by.T.Wayland.pdf