Telescope parts
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1904–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0212.001
- MANUFACTURER
- VARIOUS
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London & York, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Inaccessible
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.2 cm
- Width
- 27.9 cm
- Height
- 22.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- VARIOUS
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London & York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- These telescope parts presumably used at Dominion Observatory c. 1904-1970.
- Canada
-
All used as parts of the NRC solar telescope. - Function
-
700212.001 is a doublet objective manufactured by Brashear; 700212.002 is an eyepiece position micrometer manufactured by Warner & Swasey; 700212.003 is a 15" camera manufactured by T. Cooke and Sons Ltd; 700212.004 is an eye piece lens - plane convex with a diameter of about 9mm; 700212.005 is an eye piece lens - cemented (probably Canadian bolsom), double convex with 3 elements. - Technical
-
Various component pieces of optical telescope(s), possibly the double astrograph (660401), 15 inch telescope (740488), and/or others used at former Dominion Observatory, Ottawa. [original provenance could not be established conclusively at time of cataloguing] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Inaccessible/unknown.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Inaccessible
- Decoration
- N/A
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