Mirror, heliograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SIGNALLING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1185.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 CANVAS, STEEL/.2 MIRROR, CANVAS STRING, STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.0 cm
- Width
- 12.0 cm
- Height
- 1.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Survey equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A SIGNALLING APPARATUS. IT REFLECTS SUNLIGHT IN FLASHES FROM MOVEABLE MIRROR. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 READS IN BLACK BLOCK PRINT: 'HELICOGRAPH'/.2 THE FRONT SIDE OF THE MIRROR HAS THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF HELIOGRAPH MIRROR
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 BEIGE POUCH WITH 2 STRINGS WHICH TIE THE FLAP CLOSED; THE PRINT IS BLACK. THERE ARE SOME RUST COLOURED STAINS/.2 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE ARE OUTLINED IN FRONT; THE BACKSIDE IS THE MIRROR. IT HAS 4 SEMI-CIRCLES & 1 WHOLE CIRCLE DIVIDED IN 4 PARTS. ATTACHED TO THIS MIRROR BY A SMALL ROPE, THERE IS A SMALL FORESIGHT USED FOR SIGNALLING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Mirror, heliograph, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1185, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1185.001/
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