General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALUMINUM BODY; GLASS OPTICS; EBONITE OR VULCANITE EYEPIECE MOUNTINGS; LEATHER STRAP. PAINTED FINISH

Dimensions

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

Length

12.0 cm

Width

4.7 cm

Height

11.0 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

Spindler Hoyer

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Göttingen

Context

Country

Europe

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF BINOCULAR USED C.1915+

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO MAGNIFY OBJECTS VIEWED FROM A DISTANCE

Technical

EXAMPLE OF WELL-MADE, IF UNUSUAL, BINOCULARS MFD. C.1915-1930. MOST BINOCULARS FROM THIS PERIOD WERE MADE FROM DRAWN SHEET TUBING, LIGHT & CHEAPLY MFD. THIS PAIR CAST IN ALUMINUM: THE BODY WAS PAINTED, THE EYEPIECE FITTINGS OF VULCANIZED MATERIAL, WHICH IS UNUSUAL. EACH EYEPIECE IS ADJUSTABLE +/-10; ANGLE OF NOSE ADJUSTS FROM 72-64 DEGREES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'Feldglas 08/ Spindler & Hoyer Gottingen' INCISED ON ADJUSTMENT DIAL OVER HINGED CROSSPIECE. 'GERMANY' STAMPED IN OPPOSITE SIDE OF SECOND CROSSPIECE/ EACH EYEPIECE ADJUSTMENT SCALE LABELLED '10 + 0 - 10'. ADJUSTMENT SCALE AT NOSE CROSSPIECE LABELLED [L TO R] '72 64'

Missing

NONE From CA of 12/11/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete

Finish

OLIVE GREEN PAINTED FINISH, NOW LARGELY WORN OFF BODY TUBES & CROSSPIECES. BLACK LEATHER STRAP. ALUMINUM BODY TUBES APPEAR ORIGINALLY TO HAVE BEEN FINISHED, USING A FILE: PRESUMABLY THIS WAS TO PROVIDE A ROUGHENED SURFACE TO WHICH PAINT MIGHT MORE READILY ADHERE.

Decoration

N/A