Most English instrument makers began stamping their names in the late 1800's. Prior to that, they engraved their names. So yours is not older than, say, approximately 1875 earliest. I don't know when Ross started using serial numbers, but since our number is quite high I'd be leaning toward thinking your telescope comes from the early 1900's.
The Telescope Inventor, Hans Lippershey, was believed to have been in his 40s when he made the telescope around 1608.
Haans (a.k.a Johann) Lippershey invented the telescope at age 38.
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Galileo made his first telescope in 1609, modeled after telescopes produced in other parts of Europe that could magnify objects three times. He created a telescope later that same year that could magnify objects twenty times. With this telescope, he was able to look at the moon,
Most English instrument makers began stamping their names in the late 1800's. Prior to that, they engraved their names. So yours is not older than, say, approximately 1875 earliest. I don't know when Ross started using serial numbers, but since our number is quite high I'd be leaning toward thinking your telescope comes from the early 1900's.
Ross is 15 yesrs old
Ross was 84 years old when she died.
jock ross is 72 years old
The Telescope Inventor, Hans Lippershey, was believed to have been in his 40s when he made the telescope around 1608.
Ross the Boss (Ross Friedman) is 63 years old (birthdate: January 3, 1954).
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He invented the reflecting telescope in 1668 when he was 25
Terence Stamp is 77 years old (birthdate: July 22, 1939).
As of the 2014 MLB season, Robbie Ross is 25 years old.
As of the 2014 MLB season, Ross Detwiler is 28 years old.
As of the 2014 MLB season, Tyson Ross is 27 years old.