(Affordable Photographica | Live Online, 3rd December 2020) The "Elliott" Broadhurst Clarkson & Fuller Presentation Telescope The "Elliott" Broadhurst Clarkson & Fuller Presentation Telescope Aperture: 3" 75mm Focal Length: 48" (1200mm) Eyepiece: Terrestrial - Erecting Magnification: 48x Finder: Brass (Non-Erecting) with cross hairs Focussing: Integral Rack & Pinion, Single hand wheel control Mount: Altazimuth on Taper pillar, all brass construction Tripod: Mahogany Ernest J Elliot “Ernie” was senior craftsman at the firm of Broadhurst & Clarkson for over 50 years. Each classic instrument was hand crafted from scratch on the premises. Ernie would even grind and trim lenses to fit cells. He spent most of his time in the later years restoring and repairing instruments for auction houses and top London antique dealers. Tubes were rolled and drawn from flat sheet Brass, dressed and finished in the traditional method using the original drawbench. Ernie’s real passion was not actually telescopes. He loved antique microscopes. Few could claim to match Ernie’s skill and experience in telescope making. He retired in 1992 and made a one-off batch of 20 75mm f16 brass refractors as a commemorative piece to mark his retirement. These were really quite special and featured very high quality Carton lenses from Japan (Qty: 1)
(Affordable Photographica | Live Online, 3rd December 2020) The "Elliott" Broadhurst Clarkson & Fuller Presentation Telescope The "Elliott" Broadhurst Clarkson & Fuller Presentation Telescope Aperture: 3" 75mm Focal Length: 48" (1200mm) Eyepiece: Terrestrial - Erecting Magnification: 48x Finder: Brass (Non-Erecting) with cross hairs Focussing: Integral Rack & Pinion, Single hand wheel control Mount: Altazimuth on Taper pillar, all brass construction Tripod: Mahogany Ernest J Elliot “Ernie” was senior craftsman at the firm of Broadhurst & Clarkson for over 50 years. Each classic instrument was hand crafted from scratch on the premises. Ernie would even grind and trim lenses to fit cells. He spent most of his time in the later years restoring and repairing instruments for auction houses and top London antique dealers. Tubes were rolled and drawn from flat sheet Brass, dressed and finished in the traditional method using the original drawbench. Ernie’s real passion was not actually telescopes. He loved antique microscopes. Few could claim to match Ernie’s skill and experience in telescope making. He retired in 1992 and made a one-off batch of 20 75mm f16 brass refractors as a commemorative piece to mark his retirement. These were really quite special and featured very high quality Carton lenses from Japan (Qty: 1)
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