General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal lamp housing, mount, parts/ glass lamp/ synthetic lamp parts and power cord

Dimensions

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

Length

14.2 cm

Width

4.5 cm

Height

2.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Lighting Technology

Category

Lighting devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Leitz

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wetzlar

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

An instrument of a type used by the Meteorological Service of Canada, possibly in its calibration laboratories. Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).

Function

A pair of lamps used to provide light for a microscope.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

none

Missing

appears complete

Finish

plated lamp housing with brown synthetic parts/ blue lamp/ black painted and plated metal mount/ black power cord

Decoration

N/A