Astrolabe, prismatic
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1930–1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0388.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 20946
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Largely brass with aluminum and white metal construction/ glass optics/ leather covered wood box
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.6 cm
- Width
- 29.2 cm
- Height
- 26.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cooke Troughton Simms
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This instrument probabluy used c. mid 1930s
- Canada
-
Made for Hughes Owens Co Ltd, Ontario, 527 Sussex Dr. Ontario. This instrument used by the Topographical Survey of Canada. - Function
-
Used to determine time, latitude, and azimuth based on star observations. - Technical
-
Small 45 degree Astrolabe complete with T193 Tubular compass with magnifying reader complete with the prism on its mounting easily reversible for cleaning and the instruments positively secured to its stand. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd., Astrolabe, prismatic, between 1930–1939, Artifact no. 1968.0388, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1968.0388.001/
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