General Information

Serial #

9808

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal frame and legs with glass lenses

Dimensions

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

Length

37.0 cm

Width

26.5 cm

Height

11.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Chemistry

Category

Demonstration & teaching equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Wild

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960s and 1970s

Canada

Taken from curatorial worksheet: "Used in Fernande Rochon’s Crystallography laboratory at the Chemistry Department at UQAM. These items are excellent examples of technologies used in Canadian chemistry that pre-date the use of computer graphics for visualizing chemical models and crystals."

Function

Used to view chemical structures or maps in 3D.

Technical

Taken from curatorial worksheet: "Stereo viewer and drawings: Instrument to view things in 3D. It was used in the Geology department to look at 3D maps (in stereo) to visualize the mountains, etc. In chemistry, it was used it to visualize 3D crystal structures, especially packing in crystals. Fernande Rochon’s lab had a program (ORTEP) which could draw the molecules in stereo. Two different drawings were drawn and each had a slightly different viewing angle adapted for each eye of the viewer. These two drawings were placed under this instrument which has two mirrors on the sides. By looking in the two lenses, one could see the drawing in 3D."

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate reads "WILD/ HEERBRUGG/ Made in Switzerland/ ST4 - 9808". On backside, Incised (by hand) print "SCT UQAN", and plate "76". Below eye pieces is a scale from 54 to 75.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Metal frame is brownish-green textured enamel with silver metal legs. There are two clear glass lenses for which one of the lenses has detached and been catalogued as .2.

Decoration

N/A