Binoculars
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POCKET/PORO PRISM
- DATE
- 1995
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0214.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- 8X 24 PC
- LOCATION
- Chiba, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 101059
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC & GLASS COMPONENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.0 cm
- Width
- 8.8 cm
- Height
- 5.0 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
- Olympus
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Chiba
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS ITEM BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED ONLY FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES 1995+.
- Canada
-
PART OF THE EXHIBIT "TODAY'S JAPAN: DESIGN SAMPLING '95", PRODUCED SPECIFICALLY TO SHOWCASE TALENTS OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DESIGNERS, FOR CANADIAN PUBLIC. EXHIBIT VENUES INCLUDED HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, TORONTO & NMST OTTAWA - Function
-
TO MAGNIFY OBJECTS VIEWED FROM A DISTANCE - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF MODERN BINOCULARS OF LIGHT & COMPACT DESIGN, WITH GOOD QUALITY OPTICS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'OLYMPUS/ 8X24 PC/ MULTI COATED/ FIELD 7.1 [DEGREE SYMBOL]' PRINTED ON LOWER FRONT. SN '101059' PRINTED ON DECAL ON BACK; 'JAPAN' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON CASING BACK.
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- OBJECTIVE & EYEPIECE LENS HOUSINGS, HINGE & BRIDGE HAVE SMOOTH DARK GREY-TO-BLACK FINISH
- Decoration
- THREEVERTICAL ROWS OF RAISED DOTS APPEARS ON EITHER SIDE OF CENTRAL FOCUSING WHEEL. [PURPOSE PROBABLY TO IMPROVE USER'S GRIP.]
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OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO. LTD., Binoculars, circa 1995, Artifact no. 1996.0214, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0214.001/
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