General Information

Serial #

2209

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL (BRASS?) GONIOMETER WITH GLASS BALL/ ACCESSORY CONSISTS OF GLASS BALL IN NON-FERROUS METAL HOUSING/ WOOD? CASE WITH SYNTHETIC COVERING & VELVET LINING, METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

20.5 cm

Width

15.5 cm

Height

8.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Chemistry

Category

Test-measurement equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Leitz

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wetzlar

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

FROM LABORATORY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED BY DR. AHMED.

Function

INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING SOLID ANGLES, FOR INSTANCE, OF CRYSTALS

Technical

GONIOMETER MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL WITH TRUNCATED SPHERICAL LENS; TRIPLE GIMBALLED WITH DIVIDED WHEEL TO SET ANGLE WITH VERNIER TO 0.1 DEGREES; EACH CIRCLE ALSO DIVIDED 0-360 DEGREES

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK INDENTED LETTERING ON STAGE READS "2209/ Ernst Leitz Wetzlar", WITH BLACK INDENTED SCALE MARKINGS/ ATTACHED & DETACHED GLASS BALL ACCESSORIES BOTH MARKED IN BLACK INDENTED LETTERING "n=1,557/ Germany"/ GOLD LETTERING ON BOX LID READS "ELEITZ/WETZLAR"

Missing

AT LEAST 5 ACCESSORIES FROM CASE

Finish

PLATED STAGE, ACCESSORY HOUSING, SCREW HEADS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ RED CASE COVERING & PURPLE LINING/ METALLIC CASE HARDWARE

Decoration

GOLD STAMPED "E LEITZ/ WETZLAR" ON CASE TOP