General Information

Serial #

531869

Part Number

1

Total Parts

11

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PRIMARILY METAL, WITH SYNTHETIC KNOBS, EYEPIECE HOUSINGS & SOME FITTINGS; GLASS MIRRORS & OPTICS/ PT WOODEN BOX HAS STEEL (?) CARRYING HANDLES, BRASS HINGE, AND METAL CLASP CLOSURE

Dimensions

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

Length

44.0 cm

Width

25.5 cm

Height

20.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Photogrammetry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Delft

Country

Netherlands

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS STEREOSCOPE PROBABLY USED C.1940S-1960, AND POSSIBLY LATER.

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO VIEW TWO PHOTOGRAPHS TO OBTAIN MENTAL IMPRESSION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL

Technical

EXAMPLEOF SIMPLE SCANNING STEREOSCOPE, USED TO VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS OR POSSIBLY DIAPOSITIVES IN 3-D

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 'OLD DELFT SCANNING STEREOSCOPE II/ PATENTS/ APPLIED FOR/ [LOGO]/ OLD DELFT/ 531869/ MADE IN/ THE NETHERLANDS' INCISED IN WHITE ON TOP OF VIEWER. '___' & '___' INCISED IN WHITE ON LEFT & WHITE ADJUSTMENT KNOBS RESPECTIVELY. '4,5 X __ __ 1,5 X' INCISED IN WHITE ON CONICAL DIAL ON PROPER LEFT SIDE; DECAL APPLIED TO UNDERSIDE OF VIEWER READS: 'EMR EMR/ INVENTORY CONTROL - CONTROLE DES STOCKS/ R.C./C.R. 636 018468/ EQ. CODE D'EQUIPE 6675-21-888-6393/ DO NOT REMOVE NE PAS ENLEVER'..2-.10 NOT MARKED, SAVE BY SINGLE, DOUBLE OR BOTH SINGLE & DOUBLE COLOURED DOTS - RED, WHITE OR YELLOW/ MASKING TAPE LABEL ON CASE TOP MARKED 'ANDRE' IN RED/ CLASPS ON CASE STAMPED: 'PAT. NOS./ 165333/ 173997/ MADE IN/ ENGLAND'/

Missing

UNKNOWN. PROBABLY MISSING RED & GREEN FILTERS FOR .11; POSSIBLY OTHER PTS MISSING.

Finish

.1-.10 ALL COMPONENTS HAVE DRAB GREEN WRINKLE FINISH..1 BLACK SYNTHETIC ADJUSTMENT FITTINGS, EYEPIECE HOUSING, ETC..3-.10 HAVE SMOOTH BLACK ENDPIECES,.11 HAS UNIFORM BLACK FINISH. PT: CASE HAS BEEN STAINED & VARNISHED; FITTED WITH BLACK WRINKLE FINISH CAST METAL CARRYING HANDLES; SILVER METAL HINGES, CLASPS & LOCK

Decoration

N/A