Micrometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPLIT OBJECTIVE
- DATE
- 1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0244.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS BODY AND WORKS/ GLASS OBJECTIVE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 4.3 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-distance
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Foster
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED EXTENSIVELY FOR EXPLORATORY TRAVERSES OF WATERWAYS OF THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST, 1870 - Function
-
MICRONOMETER MEASURES VERY SMALL DISTANCES IN THE FIELD OF VIEW OF THE TELESCOPE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'T.S. 73' ENGRAVED ON FRONT LEFT EDGE/ SMALL SCALE '1-20' ON UPPER RIGHT OF FRONT
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT
- Finish
- DISCOLOURED BY GRIME/ SOME EVIDENCE OF BRONZE DISEASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Micrometer, circa 1880, Artifact no. 1983.0244, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1983.0244.001/
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