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OBJECT TYPE: compound/binocular
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0381.001

MANUFACTURER: Leitz, Ernst
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Wetzlar, Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 445806
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL WITH GLASS OPTICS, PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 21.0 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 33.0 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: Leitz
Country: Federal Republic of Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Wetzlar

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. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS USED IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DIVISION.
Function: INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO MAGNIFY OBJECTS TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN BY NAKED EYE OR IN TO BE SEEN IN DETAIL, IN THIS CASE SPECIMENS MOUNTED ON SLIDES.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "Ernst Leitz Wetzlar" & "445806", WITH LOGO READING "E.LEITZ/ WETZLAR"/ LABELS READING "NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES/ NO. CON52018" & "Property of/ Propriete du/ NRCC/CNRC/ 097459"
Missing: SUB-STAGE MIRROR From CA of 02/13/2002 by David Daley: Yes
Finish: PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/ PLATED PARTS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: N/A

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Leitz, Ernst, Microscope, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1995.0381, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0381.001/

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