Electroscope

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OBJECT TYPE: quartz fibre
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0871.001

MANUFACTURER: Henson, Fred C. Co.
MODEL: 1
LOCATION: Pasadena, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 57
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Brushed silver metal cylinder mounted horizontally on metal stand with black wrinkle-textured finish. Eyepiece mounted within black synthetic frame. Black synthetic handle fitted to silver metal contact. Glass optics.

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.0 cm
Width: 8.0 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Henson
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Pasadena

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This example presumably used in 1940s; 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: To demonstrate electrostatic phenomena, ie. conduction and induction of electric charges. Used to make qualitative measurement of electrostatic charge.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "QUARTZ FIBER/ ELECTROSCOPE/ PAT. NO. 2022117/ MODEL 1 SER. NO. 57/ FRED C. HENSON CO./ PASADENA, CALIF., U.S.A." appears on mfr's plate fixed to stand. UHN catalogue no. "2000.1.2" printed by hand in white ink in lower right corner of stand.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Brushed silver metal cylinder mounted horizontally on metal stand with black wrinkle-textured finish. Eyepiece mounted within black synthetic frame. Black synthetic handle fitted to silver metal contact. Glass optics.
Decoration: N/A

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Henson, Fred C. Co., Electroscope, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0871, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0871.001/

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