Illuminator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- microscope
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1225.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Spencer Lens Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Buffalo, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Base & support arm are steel, Lamp/lens housing are possibly made of tin. Power cord covered in cloth, Brass lamp socket.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- 25.0 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
- Spencer
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Buffalo
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used at Agriculture Canada. More specifically, it was used in the William Saunders building at the Experimental farm. - Function
-
To provide auxiliary light for objects being examined under a microscope. - Technical
-
Type sample of light source used for direct illumination. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on base reads: 'SPENCER LENS CO/ BUFFALO NY'; Handwritten in black on masking tape on base is: 'SAUNDERS 400'; Faint stamp on underside of base: '[Y] 91/ L00'; Scratched into lamp housing: '0P5077017'; Stamped into lamp socket: '250W GE 250W/ USA/ PATENTED/ NOV 9 1915'; The lamp's on/off switch has the 'GE' logo on it.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/31/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- Base and body painted black, paint worn away in places on body. body has a melted deposit on top section. cloth is brown with spiral disjointed red addition.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Spencer Lens Co., Illuminator, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1987.1225, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1225.001/
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