15 Handheld Brass Telescope with Leather Case - Nautical Collector

This high quality brass 15 telescope features a leather-wrapped handle and will magnify far away objects and landscapes with a clear image. This lovely telescope is modeled after older style scopes. The scope extends to a full 15 and then can retract to fit into its own handy leather carrying case.Galileo is credited with inventing the first refracting telescope. Through his understanding of how light passes through a lens, he was able to construct a device that focused on an image and enabled the user to see an object as though it were brighter, clearer or closer.The magnification of this brass telescope is 12x.