Camera lucida
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MIRROR/DRAWING INSTRUMENT
- DATE
- 1870–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0344.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass, glass prism/ wooden case lined with velvet covered with shark skin?
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Early developments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Classic 19th century teaching device. - Function
-
Device employing a mirror or prism to cast a duplicate image onto a plane which is used to facilitate the drawing of a subject being examined under a microscope. - Technical
-
One of the early forms of 'photographic' drawing by use of a reflected prism image. Concept used today in drawing tubes for microscopes. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- Complete From CA of 11/27/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- All brass but prism binding lacquered
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Camera lucida, between 1870–1910, Artifact no. 1982.0344, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1982.0344.001/
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