Compensator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- gypsum
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0873.007
- MANUFACTURER
- Leitz, Ernst GmbH
- MODEL
- First order - Whole wave
- LOCATION
- Wetzlar, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 7
- Total Parts
- 18
- AKA
- Compensator plate
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal plate with a thin gypsum disc
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- 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
- N/A
- Missing
- Apppears complete
- Finish
- Brushed, silver-coloured metal plate with black paint in recesses, black seal around opening, and a translucent gypsum plate.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Leitz, Ernst GmbH, Compensator, circa 1967, Artifact no. 1968.0873, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0873.007/
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