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Verrekijker van de seinpost van de optische telegraaf op de Weesperpoort te Amsterdam
Rochette (père), 1800 - 1815
Telescope from the signal post at Weesperpoort in Amsterdam, made in Paris, c. 1810. Fully extended, this telescope is about one-and-a-half metres long. This enabled the signalman to see for a distance of almost twenty kilometres. The range of the telescopes determined the maximum distance of the optical telegraphs.
- Artwork typebinoculars
- Object numberNG-1975-37
- Dimensionslength 133.4 cm x length 149.7 cm x diameter 8.4 cm