The Secret Silver Cigar Case Reflecting Telescopes of Isaac Newton
Before Newton went public with his reflecting telescope, he created one for his fellow X Men to scout for the X marks the spot, on what he believed was The Island of Time.
Newton created a total of 3 secret, silver cigar Case reflecting Telescopes:
1) For scouting the Island of Time
2) Undisclosed at This Time
3) The Silva (For Scouting The Silva Forest) - In the search of The Smurf Diamond.
To escape detection, it was built into a cigar case. It could be held. And for more precise alignment, it had an option to hang it from a string as a plumb bob.
The Cigar Tube Telescope Designed by Isaac Newton—The first Q
The bottom inside worked like this:
The top popped open like this:
It could be viewed by looking into the side of it like this:
The Hubble (shown below) was built on the same design:
Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (The first disclosed to the world):
The Newtonian telescope, also called the Newtonian reflector or just a Newtonian, is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton, using a concave primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror. Newton's first reflecting telescope was completed in 1668 and is the earliest known functional reflecting telescope.[1] The Newtonian telescope's simple design has made it very popular with amateur telescope makers.[2]
Antique English Silver Engraved Etched Single Cigar Case Chatelaine Hallmarked: