Telescope, reading
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MONOCULAR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2406.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HEELE, HANS
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Berlin, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (BRASS?) WITH GLASS OPTICS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.2 cm
- Width
- 14.6 cm
- Height
- 27.4 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
- HEELE
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Berlin
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF OVER 7500 ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. COLLECTION WAS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA & WAS DONATED TO NMST IN 1992. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO READ REFLECTING GALVANOMETER. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF GENERIC TELESCOPE USED TO READ INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS MANOMETERS (R. BROOKS, 2004). INSTRUMENT MFR. HANS HEELE OF BERLIN (FL. 1876-1923) WAS MFR. OF ASTRONOMICAL & OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; FIRM WAS TAKEN OVER IN 1923 BY FIRM OF CARL BAMBERG (REF. 2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON STAND READS "Hans Heele/ Berlin"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- GOLD COLOURED METAL WITH BLACK PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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HEELE, HANS, Telescope, reading, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2406, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2406.001/
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