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OBJECT TYPE: simple/pocket/folding
DATE: 1790–1820
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0843.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: botanical or naturalist's microscope
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bright brass frame (including lens housing); clear glass lens; ivory handle.

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 2.0 cm
Height: 1.7 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1790-1820; possibly also used later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "X969.4[60]" printed by hand in white ink on frame. NB: Small paper tag marked "1969.460.1" removed from microscope, for storage in Supp. Info. file.
Missing: Missing stage forceps/specimen pricker.
Finish: Bright brass frame (including lens housing); clear glass lens; ivory handle.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Microscope, circa 1790–1820, Artifact no. 2002.0843, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0843.001/

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