Lens, microscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1864
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2008.1131.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Potter, A.F.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass body; glass lens
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 1.6 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 2.0 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Light & electromagnetic radiation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Potter
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 19th century
- Canada
-
A.F. Potter was a relative of the well-known Toronto optician, Charles Potter. - Function
-
Used with a microscope for magnification of specimens on slides. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Brass body
- Decoration
- N/A
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Potter, A.F., Lens, microscope, 1864, Artifact no. 2008.1131, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.1131.003/
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