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Themes Gallery: Education & Science


Telescope and Magic Lantern Slide of Swiss Mountain Scene

This telescope might have been used for a number of things, to study the planets (astronomy), to study nature, or when travelling. Victorians were very interested in science and the natural world. Wealthy Victorians travelled abroad collecting, observing and recording what they was.

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