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OBJECT TYPE
tube
DATE
1857–1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2002.1028.005
MANUFACTURER
Potter, A.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
5
Total Parts
5
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
It is made of brass with a glass lens.

Dimensions

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

Length
4.0 cm
Width
3.5 cm
Height
5.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Medical Technology
Category
Medical equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Potter
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Toronto

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
1857-1860
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 aid in observing specimens in minute detail;
Technical
The ocular lens, also known as the eyepiece lens, is the part of a compound microscope that a user looks into to see a magnified image. It is a see-through double convex lens curved to cause images to appear larger; the eyepiece screws on to the eyepiece tube which then sits inside the draw tube that that adjusts up or down for closer or farther viewing.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
None.
Missing
Mirror objectives
Finish
It is made of brass with a glass lens.
Decoration
None.

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Potter, A., Eyepiece, between 1857–1860, Artifact no. 2002.1028, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.1028.005/

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