Cooke Telescope Tales - a number of telescopes for London

Edmund Wheeler a lecturer (I don’t know in which subject) of London in 1857 purchased a number of telescopes from Thomas Cooke & Sons. 

In February a 2.75 inch was brought, while in May a 4 inch engraved ‘Edmund Wheeler London’ and finally in September a 4 inch telescope on a plain equatorial stand with brass finder, 4 astronomical eyepieces and a sun prism. The cost of this telescope was £40. 

In 1864 the 4 inch which was not engraved was being sold for £40. This was the same price that the telescope was brought for.

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