General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TUBE IS PHENOLIC FIBRE, ALSO HAS GLASS, ALUMINUM & OTHER METAL & SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

160.5 cm

Width

37.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Astronomy

Category

Observation equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TELESCOPE PROBABLY USED C. 1950S +

Canada

THIS TELESCOPE MAY HAVE BEEN USED AT THE DOMINION OBSERVATORY, OTTAWA ONT.

Function

TO OBSERVE CELESTIAL OBJECTS.

Technical

MIRROR MANUFACTURED BY UPC OPTICS; FOCAL LENGTH OF 63-1/2 IN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE 'Edscorp/ EDMUND SCIENTIFIC CO./ Barrington, New Jersey'/ STICKER ON END OF MIRROR 'UP[?] [?]cs/ This CERTIFYS [sic]/ this optic has been/ Checked by EDWIN BAILEY/ of FRANKLIN INSTITUTE/ Philedelphia, Pa.,/ and OKED Accordinging to Tolerances/ Set up by FRANKLIN WRIGHT/ and Published by/ Scientific American/ FL 63 1/2 [NUMBER IS HANDWRITTEN]/ Quality Controlled'/

Missing

UNKNOWN. From CA of 11/23/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined - unknown

Finish

TUBE IS CREAM COLOUR WITH SILVER-COLOURED & BLACK PTS

Decoration

N/A