General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH SYNTHETIC PTS

Dimensions

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

Length

64.0 cm

Width

44.5 cm

Height

13.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Astronomy

Category

Research

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

KIPP

Country

Netherlands

State/Province

Unknown

City

Delft

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. FIRST HALF OF TWENTIETH CENTURY

Canada

USED AT DOMINION OBSERVATORY IN OTTAWA

Function

USED TO MEASURE OPTICAL DENSITY OF A MATERIAL BY RECORDING THE REFLECTION OF A BEAM OF LIGHT DIRECTED ON TO THE SPECIMEN

Technical

UTILIZES WORMGEARS AND MICROMETERSCREWS THATPROVIDE THE HIGHEST ACCURACY. IN FACT, THE SCREWS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATE WITHIN ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A MILLIMETRE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE 'N.V. V/H P.J. KIPP & ZONEN/ DELFT-HOLLAND', ON GAUGE 'VOLTS/ No.34801/ Chauvin & Arnoux/ PARIS', NEAR 4 POSTS 'LAMP'/.2 'KIPP/ DELFT HOLLAND/ NO 36/ PATENT 216950'/.3 'KIPP/ DELFT HOLLAND'/.4 'KIPP/ DELFT HOLLAND'/.6 'SPENCER LENS, BUFFALO, N.Y./ 16MM-N.A.O.25-10X/ 825536'/.8 'KIPP DELFT HOLLAND/ NO.159', SCALE NUMBERED 0-12/.9-.10 'KIPP/ DELFT HOLLAND'/.14 MARKED '14' IN 2 PLACES/.15 MARKED '55'/.11 PLATE 'N.V. v/h P.J. Kipp & Zonen/ DELFT-Holland'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 BLACK TEXTURED FINISH, GAUGE FACE IS WHITE WITH COPPER COLOURED RIM, 4 COPPER-COLOURED KNOBS/.2-.4 BLACK TEXTURED & SMOOTH FINISH WITH COPPER-COLOURED PTS,.3 HAS SILVER-COLOURED PT/.5 BLACK WITH DULL SILVER, GOLD & COPPER-COLOURED PTS/.6 BASE BLACK TEXTURED FINISH, GOLD, SILVER & COPPER-COLOURED PTS/.7 SILVER-COLOUR, GREASY/.8 BLACK CRINKLE WITH A WHITE SCALE & COPPER-COLOURED DIAL, SILVER & COPPER-COLOURED *

Decoration

N/A