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- OBJECT TYPE
- REFRACTING
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0361.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HARRISON & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS, WITH FERROUS METAL PARTS/ GLASS/ WOOD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HARRISON
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920-1930
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
THE REFRACTING TELESCOPE USES A LARGE MAIN CONVEX LENS AT THE TOP OR FRONT OF THE TUBE. THE LENS GATHERS THE INCOMING LIGHT & BRINGS IN INTO FOCUS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE TUBE WHERE THE MAIN IMAGE IS FORMED (LOVI, P.5) - Technical
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SMALL EXAMPLE OF REFRACTING TELESCOPE FOR PERSONAL USE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON TELESCOPE READING 'HARRISON & CO'/ PLATE ON BOX READING 'HARRISON & CO./ SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS/ MONTREAL'/ TYPED ADHESIVE LABEL ON BOX INTERIOR READING 'Property of/ Miriam S. Burland/ Dominion Observatory,/ Ottawa, Ont.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED; BOX VARNISHED; METAL HANDLE PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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HARRISON & CO., Telescope, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1983.0361, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0361.001/
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