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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/monocular
- DATE
- 1861
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0035.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Potter, A.F.
- MODEL
- 2
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS BODY/ GLASS OPTICS & MIRROR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.0 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 42.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Medical equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Potter
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
OPTICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING MAGNIFYING LENS DESIGNED TO VISUALLY ENLARGE OBJECTS THAT ARE TOO SMALL BE SEEN BY NAKED EYE, OR TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN DISTINCTLY OR IN DETAIL. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON BASE READS "A.F. POTTER/ TORONTO."
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Potter, A.F., Microscope, circa 1861, Artifact no. 2002.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0035.001/
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