Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 3-1 (November 2011)

Bone telescopes from Amsterdam

Marloes J. Rijkelijkhuizen

Keywords: Telescopes, bone, 18th century, Amsterdam


Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The invention of the telescope
3 Optical systems
4 Refracting telescopes
5 Bone telescopes from Amsterdam
5.1 The bone telescopes
5.2 Raw material and manufacture
5.3 The optical system
6 Other finds of small telescopes
7 Artisans, merchants and the use of small telescopes
Acknowledgements
Literature