General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Lightweight cardboard covers with paper pages. Cotton? bookmark and and string.

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

13.2 cm

Height

1.2 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Entries written between April 20, 1874 and November 20, 1880

Canada

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Function

Unknown

Technical

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Area Notes

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Details

Markings

Front cover, handwritten label reads "Slides/ Index". Handwritten print, inside cover reads "20th April 1874./ Borrowed from F. Burwick? Esq., one of Dr./ Bovell’s microscopes, with a 2 inch objective/ 3 eye pieces & a Kolner fitting it./ Also, Polarising prisms, a [fulls or bulls] eye & stand, a metal reflector for opaque object/ & a [weukenus?] condenser, also a node piece,/ & a reflecting prism. Some of these/ [fil.] require to be adapted./ Later, about May 9th, I brought home one, quarter in [peach?] glass one 1[/]6 a good/ glass, (&1[/]12 (guidelaeks?)) that W. B. brought/ from Bartadocs: also a 2 inch. Of these, I/ have kept two (vig?) the 1[/6 & 1[/]12 & returned the/ other two that is the 2 inch & quarter inch are/ returned.".

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Front and back covers are made of black lightweight cardboard. Cream coloured paper label with black handwritten print affixed to exterior front cover. Book spine is ripped and missing parts. Book is bound by a thread. Second label typewritten in black ink and is affixed to interior front cover. Interior pages are cream coloured with black handwritten print. Book is straight lined in blue, with two pink margin lines. All lines have faded. Back pages of book have an indented index. Book is entirely handwritten. Book is approximately half filled. About a quarter way through the book, are two small pages with handwritten print and drawings glued to the page. White coloured bookmark, attached to spine is probably made of cotton. Bookmark is soiled in some areas.

Decoration

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