Illuminator & baseboard
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- OBJECT TYPE
- microscope
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0378.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 FERROUS METAL BASEBOARD & LAMP CASING, WITH NON-FERROUS METAL PARTS; GLASS BULB & OPTICS;SYNTHETIC CABLE COVERING & PLUG/.2 FERROUS METAL CASING; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, POWER CORD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 61.0 cm
- Width
- 17.6 cm
- Height
- 30.5 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
- Bausch Lomb
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
-
BENCH UPON WHICH IS MOUNTED LAMP USED FOR MICROSCOPE ILLUMINATION, WITH CLAMPS FOR MOUNTING OF MICROSCOPE. IT ENABLES MICROSCOPE & LAMP TO BE FIXED IN DESIRED ALIGNMENT SO AS TO BE READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE. - Technical
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BAUSCH & LOMB MARKED THIS BASEBOARD & ACCOMPANYING RESEACH ILLUMINATOR FROM AT LEAST LATE 1940S TO MID 1960S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE ON LAMP READS "BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ TYPE 31-33-85/ C.S.A. APP. NO. 982"; MFR.'S LOGO CONSISTING OF SUPERIMPOSED "B' & "L" ON BASEBOARD/.2 PLATES READING "JEFFERSON/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ TRANSFORMER/ CAP. VA. 108/ CAT. NO. 969-001-059/ PRI. VOLTS 115/ CYCLES 60/ SEC. VOLTS 5/5.5/6/ JEFFERSON ELECTRIC/ COMPANY/ BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS/ 218113/ MADE IN/ U.S.A." & "BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A./ TYPE 42-46-97/ CSA APP. NO. 982"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 02/13/2002 by David Daley: No - appears to be complete
- Finish
- .1 BASEBOARD & LAMP PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK; METALLIC PARTS, BROWN & GREY SYNTHETIC/.2 BLACK CRINKLE CASING FINISH; BROWN & BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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