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OBJECT TYPE: microscope/mounted specimen
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0178.007

MANUFACTURER: Collins, C.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 7
Total Parts: 13
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS; LABEL, PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.6 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: N/A
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: Collins
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C.1926
Canada: AN EXAMPLE OF A CANADIAN YOUTHS MICROSCOPE AVAILABLE IN 1920'S.
Function: THIS FIELD NATURALIST'S MICROSCOPE HAS A MAXIMUM MAGNIFICATION OF 150X AND WOULD BE USED TO OBSERVE PARTS OF PLANTS, OR INSECTS IN DETAIL.
Technical: THIS WELL CONSTRUCTED MICROSCOPE ENABLES THE USER TO OBSERVE FRAGMENTS OR PARTS OF PLANTS & INSECTS IN DETAIL THAT THE NAKED EYE COULD NOT. BEING A YOUTHMICROSCOPE IT WAS A VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL TOOL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HAS CO. LABEL ON BOTTOM PRINTED WITH 'C. COLLINS,/ Optician,/ 157 Gt. PORTLAND ST./ LONDON W.'/ TOP LABELS PRINTED WITH 'NORMAN/ PREPARER'./ Handwritten on label of mounted specimen: ‘Eye of Water Beetle'
Missing: From CA of 12/11/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined - unknown
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Collins, C., Slide, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1993.0178, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1993.0178.007/

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