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OBJECT TYPE: DEMO./CONVEX & CONCAVE/POLISHED
DATE: 1889
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0235.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
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: N/A
Missing: 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/1998.0235.002/

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