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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound binocular/Wenham
- DATE
- 1853–1857
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0428.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Powell & Lealand
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1314
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 47
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Mahogany/ brass/ cardboard/ glass/ metal/ wood/ synthetic, plastic(?)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 48.9 cm
- Width
- 24.7 cm
- Height
- 29.8 cm
- 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
- Powell Lealand
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown. Purchased from Christie's. Microscope made in 1856. - Function
-
Optical equipment used to magnify microscopic objects. - Technical
-
Wenham introduced his beam splitting prism in 1861 for use in a binocular microscope. This resulted in one tube straight & one inclined. Wenham microscopes were popular for the rest of the century because the prism could be removed to restore monocular vision, important for use at higher powers & resolution (ref.1,pg73-74) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- See Supp. Info.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- See supp. info. file for detailed finish, etc. for individual point nos.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Powell & Lealand, Microscope, between 1853–1857, Artifact no. 1972.0428, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0428.001/
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