Cooke Telescope tales - York Exhibition 1881

 Yorkshire Gazette Saturday 7^th 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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