Vintage telescope masterclass - Hand held telescopes (Part 3)

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1. Should the patina be left intact when cleaning a vintage scope?
2. Watching these video series brings to mind a book by Leslie Peltier ,one of the most famous amateur astronomers here  state side, who started off with draw tube telescope, called in the book " the strawberry spyglass" . He went on to join the AAVSO using this same telescope. It probably was a newer type than shown here as he noted in the book I had more than one eye piece.
   The book by the way is called " Star light nights"
   I reread it when ever I start thinking I need a bigger telescope, lol.  
3. BRILLIANT a shame there aren't any more subscribers because I cant find any video on YouTube even remotely close to this one, great job.
4. These videos are fascinating.Patrick O'Brian mentions a "come up" telescope in the Aubrey - Maturin novels. While the Wiki page gives a reasonable explanation about how this telescope works, I was wondering it you had an example of this type of scope?
   I'm looking forward to your bino series. 
5. Many thanks Robert, most informative.
6. Nice, is good to know all of this.
7. Shame you dont have more subs