Saturday, 13 May 2023

Thomas Cooke telescope at York Exhibition in 1881

 Yorkshire Gazette Saturday 7th May 1881

York Exhibition

In the space intervening between the central and Great Halls, a large equatorial mounted telescope which stands 15 feet high is exhibited by Messrs T Cooke & Sons York opticians, the instrument which is an object of curiosity with an object glass of 10 inches.


The sale price is £1200 (my note; today that telescope would cost over £186,000




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