Cooke Telescope Tales - Order for Cooke telescopes from London in 1866/67

136 Kilpatrick & Co, 2 Northampton Square, London 

They are listed as merchants, what is a little confusing is that at the same address is Peter Kilpatrick I don’t know if he was related in any way he was a jeweller. He also had a branch in Melbourne, Australia. 

20.01.1866 Telescope No. 25, a 3.5 inch mounted on a tall tripod. with zonal and vertical motions

11.04.1867 Solar eyepiece, sliding wedge of dark glass

21.09.1867 Telescope No. 17 , 4 inch mounted on tripod with zonal and vertical motions

20.11.1867 3.5 inch astronomical telescope, 4 feet 6 inch or 4 feet 9 inch length with finder and dew cap. No stand. 4 eyepieces. Adapted for viewing nebulae- to have wide field eyepiece mag x25

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