General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

8

Total Parts

18

AKA

Compensator plate

Patents

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General Description

Metal plate with a thin mica disc

Dimensions

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

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Thickness

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Weight

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Leitz

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wetzlar

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1968 - 1981. Purchased new in 1968 used by Dr. D.M. Baird, Director of the National Museum of Science and Technology.

Canada

Used by the Canada Science and Technology Museum's first director, Dr. David Baird, while at the Museum.

Function

Used as an addition to a polarizing microscope as part of a system to measure the optical path difference (or relative phase shift) between orthogonal wavefronts.

Technical

A high quality optical binocular microscope with 3-lens objective turret, integrated illumination, rotating stage (calibrated in degrees), and sub-stage condenser and illumination device.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

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Missing

Apppears complete

Finish

Brushed, silver-coloured metal plate with black paint in recesses, black seal around opening, and a translucent mica plate.

Decoration

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