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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/monocular/student
- DATE
- 1850–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0225.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BASE: WOOD/ STAND: BRASS, METAL/ PT CASE: WOOD, BRASS HANDLE & HINGES, SMALL AMOUNT VELVET LINING INSIDE/ PT. SLIDES: GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.2 cm
- Width
- 12.0 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Light & electromagnetic radiation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1850-1900
- Canada
-
PROBABLY USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO OBSERVE BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS IN MINUTE DETAIL. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF MICROSCOPE WITH A MECHANICAL STAGE WHICH ALLOWED THE OBJECT TO BE MOVED VERTICALLY & HORIZONTALLY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PT CASE: ETCHED ON INSIDE OF TOP HINGE: 'P.M. & 2/ PATENT'
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- WOOD BASE STAINED BROWN, STAND LACQUERED BRASS, MIRROR MOUNTING, SUBSTAGE & CONDENSERDULLED METAL/ PT CASE: STAINED BROWN, VARNISHED FINISH, VELVET LINING BLUE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Microscope, between 1850–1900, Artifact no. 1984.0225, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1984.0225.001/
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