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- OBJECT TYPE
- DEMO./CONVEX & CONCAVE/POLISHED
- DATE
- 1889
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0235.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN STAND AND FRAME; BRASS MOUNTS; GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 62.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THESE MIRRORS PRESUMABLY USED C. LATE 1888S+.
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHYSICS LABORATORY AND CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATION APPARATUS FROM MCMASTER UNIVERSITY. FOUNDED IN 1887, MCMASTER WAS ORIGINALLY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION, AND WAS LOCATED IN TORONTO. IN 1930 THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS STUDENT POPULATION OF 500 WAS MOVED TO HAMILTON, ONT. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROPERTIES OF CONVEX AND CONCAVE SURFACES. - Technical
-
SET IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE USED IN CLASSROOMS AND LABS FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECTS OF CONVEX AND CONCAVE LENSES. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 marked " Paris, 1889 " onwooden shim, behind mirror [according to McMaster university; could not be confirmed at time of cataloguing]
- Missing
- NONE. From CA of 12/12/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- EBONISED WOODEN STAND AND FRAME; MIRRORS HAVE BEEN POLISHED.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Mirror set, 1889, Artifact no. 1998.0235, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0235.001/
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