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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound binocular/Wenham
- DATE
- 1847–1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0115.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Smith & Beck
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2083
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 26
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass, glass/ accessory pt: holder: brass/ pt. case, wood, some velvet on interior, paper charts inside lid
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- 47.0 cm
- 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
- Smith Beck
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- c.1860
- Canada
-
Used in one of the Departments of Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. - Function
-
To observe petrological specimens in minute detail. - Technical
-
Wenham introduced his beam splitting prism in 1861 for use in a binocular microscope. This resulted in one tube straight & one inclined. Wenham microscopes were popular for the rest of the century because the prism could be removed to restore monocular vision, important for use at higher powers & resolution (ref.1,pg73-74) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Etched on surface of wheel at base of binoc. tubes, A SCALE 0-9 IN INCREMENTS OF 1/ etched on base 'Smith & Beck/ 6 Coleman St./ LONDON/ 2083'/ PT CASE: two handwritten charts inside of lid.
- Missing
- A few accessories
- Finish
- Lacquered brass/ pt. case, wood stained brown & varnished, velvet lining inside dyed blue.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Smith & Beck, Microscope, circa 1847–1860, Artifact no. 1969.0115, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.0115.001/
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