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<p>[QUOTE="Gus Tuason, post: 4479181, member: 10012"]Great buy! Would have had a slide closure on the eyepiece and a cap to protect the lens on the other. Does the short, brass tube also slide into the leather encased portion? I suspect that the one draw was easier to work on a tripod (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir). I also think that the leather did not wear well at sea and many were twine wrapped after a time. While I believe this telescope to be 18th century, I also believe that it did not spend much time at sea. Are you sure that the covering is leather or is it wood?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gus Tuason, post: 4479181, member: 10012"]Great buy! Would have had a slide closure on the eyepiece and a cap to protect the lens on the other. Does the short, brass tube also slide into the leather encased portion? I suspect that the one draw was easier to work on a tripod (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir). I also think that the leather did not wear well at sea and many were twine wrapped after a time. While I believe this telescope to be 18th century, I also believe that it did not spend much time at sea. Are you sure that the covering is leather or is it wood?[/QUOTE]
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