Case, microscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0117.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Swift, J.S. & Son
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Stained wood with dovetail or faux dovetail joints, brass coloured metal fixtures.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.0 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 14.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Geophysics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Swift
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Case stamped: "School of Mines Kingston Canada". Label indicates microscope serviced by the Topley Co., Eng on loan from Queen's University. - Function
-
"Advanced students' petrological microscope" polarizing microscope used by minerologists & crystallographers to analyse & identify unknown minerals in rock by studying their optical properties. (ref.1 & 2) - Technical
-
Microscope developed for a specific use. Petrological microscopes are polarizing microscopes. the descriptor "Petrological" was used until c 1930 when polarizing became the preferred term. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Stamped on proper top: "SCHOOL OF MINES / Kingston Canada"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Stained wood, brass coloured metal fixtures.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Swift, J.S. & Son, Case, microscope, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1969.0117, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0117.006/
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