Lens, objective
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- OBJECT TYPE
- microscope/2/3 In
- DATE
- 1870–1872
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0181.005
- MANUFACTURER
- Ross
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 30
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass and glass microscope lens
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 3.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 2.7 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Light & electromagnetic radiation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ross
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- FROM THE 1870S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE. - Function
-
Lens used to magnify objects in order to observe them in minute detail. - Technical
-
THE MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS OF LONDON WEREBY THE MID-19THC THE MOST HIGHLY SKILLED IN THE WORLD, WITH ANDREW ROSS (1798-1859) BEING ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE EARLIEST BRITISH MANUFACTURERS OF CAMERA LENSES. HE STARTED NUMBERING MICROSCOPES IN 1842 -THE MKGS ON THIS ONE INDICATE A DATE AFTER 1860 [REF 2]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On lid and side of objective: 'Ross/ London'/ '2/3 In.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- METAL LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ross, Lens, objective, between 1870–1872, Artifact no. 1997.0181, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0181.005/
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