General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOOD BOX; METAL PARTS; GLASS OPTICS/.2 METAL BODY & PARTS; LEATHER BELLOWS; SIMULATED LEATHER COVERING; GLASS OPTICS; SYNTHETIC PARTS/ PT: WOOD CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE, LEATHER STRAP, FELT LINING

Dimensions

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

Length

34.0 cm

Width

26.2 cm

Height

20.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Observatory CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA. 1945-1960

Canada

THIS CAMERA (.1) WAS DESIGNED BY & MADE AT THE DOM. OBS.FOR DR. PETER MILLMAN AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED SPECIALIST IN METEOR STUDIES.

Function

USED FOR ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY, SPECIFICALLY TO OBTAIN SPECTRA OF BRIGHT METEORS WITH TIME-LAPSE EXPOSURES.

Technical

AN EARLY ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN SPECTRA OF METEORS IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER. BEFORE MILLMAN BEGAN THIS WORK AT THE D.O. IN THE MID 1940S, METEOR SPECTRA WAS VERY RARE, HAVING ONLY OCCASIONALLY BEEN CAUGHT BY LARGE PHOTOGRAPHIC TELESCOPES OUTFITTED WITH OBJECTIVE GRATINGS WHILE WORKING ON OTHER PROJECTS [SEE REF.1 FOR FULL TEXT]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON LENS HOUSING READS "SAPHIR BOYER PARIS 1:4.5 F:150 No 48172"/.2 INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON CAMERA FRONT READS "Voigtlander", "COMPUR", "D.R.P. No 258646 D.R.G.M."; INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON LENS HOUSING READS "Voigtlander Anastigmat "Skopar" 1:4,5. F=13,5 cm. No 341212."

Missing

FILM HOLDER From CA of 11/15/2001 by David Daley: Yes - both camera and painted box with lens appear to be missing rear covers

Finish

.1 PAINTED GLOSSY LIGHT GREEN; PLATED & BLACK PAINTED METAL/.2 BLACK COVERING & BELLOWS; BLACK PAINTED PARTS; PLATED & METALLIC PARTS; WHITE SYNTHETIC DISTANCE SCALE/ PT: WOOD CASE STAINED WITH CLEAR COATING; BRASS COLOURED HARDWARE; BROWN STRAP; DARK BLUE LINING

Decoration

N/A