Mirror, microscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0685.017
- MANUFACTURER
- Seibert
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Wetzlar, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 17
- Total Parts
- 32
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS, GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.1 cm
- Width
- 6.1 cm
- Height
- 1.0 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
- Seibert
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Wetzlar
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- POSSIBLY EARLY 1900'S. SEIBERT BRO'S SET UP CO. IN 1873 IN WETZLAR, GERMANY. (REF.1)
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY POSSIBLY DURING EARLY 1900'S BY DONORS HUSBAND. HE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER & DEPARTMENT HEAD WITH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE THE MINERAL COMPOSITION OF ROCKS BY STUDYING THEIR OPTICAL PROPERTIES. (REF.2 PG.1218) - Technical
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AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN THE FIELD OF PETROGRAPHY. THE NICOL PRISM ANALYSER WAS USED TO STUDY THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS IN ROCK. THIS HELPS TO DETERMINE THE COMPOSITION OF THE ROCK. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 12/05/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined - unknown
- Finish
- BRASS PAINTED BLACK, METAL SILVER COLOURED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Seibert, Mirror, microscope, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1988.0685, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0685.017/
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