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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/drum
- DATE
- 1857–1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0429.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 16
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ WOOD/ GLASS/ IVORY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.9 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 7.6 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
NONE KNOWN. PURCHASED AT AUCTION IN THE UK. - Function
-
TO INSPECT BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES IN DETAIL. OFTEN USED IN THE FIELD BECAUSE OF COMPACT SIZE AND EASE OF USE. - Technical
-
BENJAMIN MARTIN STYLE DRUM MICROSCOPES WERE MADE UNTIL CLOSE TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY & WERE SMALL, CHEAP INSTRUMENTS SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN & HOBBYISTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SEE SUPP. INFO.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SEE SUPP. INFO. FOR INDIVIDUAL NO. BREAKDOWN FOR FINISH, MARKINGS, ETC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Microscope, circa 1857–1870, Artifact no. 1972.0429, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0429.001/
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