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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/drum
- DATE
- 1840–1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0040.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 24
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS, GLASS, METAL/ PT. CASE, WOOD, BRASS HINGES & LOCK VELVET ON INTERIOR LID.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.5 cm
- Width
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 6.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1840'S (REF.1)
- Canada
-
ALTHOUGH ACQUIRED FROM NRC, THE INSTRUMENT LONG PREDATES THE CREATION OF NRC. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A STAFF MEMBER HAD ACQUIRED IT FOR THEIR OWN USE OR AMUSEMENT AND LEFT IT BEHIND IN THEIR OFFICE WHEN THE LEFT NRC. - Function
-
USED TO OBSERVE BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS IN DETAIL. SUCH INSTRUMENTS WERE OFTEN USED IN THE FIELD BECAUSE OF THEIR COMPACT SIZE AND EASE OF USE. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF A DRUM TYPE MICROSCOPE. THIS CYLINDRICAL STYLE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY THE DRUM-SHAPED SECTION BELOW THE STAGE. THIS AREA HAD A CUT AWAY SECTION TO ADMIT LIGHT AND IN LATER MODELS INCORPORATED A SUBSTAGE MIRROR. (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 5 LINES ARE ETCHED AROUND SURFACE OF INNER TUBE & NUMBERED 2-6/ ETCHED ON OBJECTIVE MOUNTED ON MICROSCOPE '2'.
- Missing
- NONE/ PT. CASE MISSING PLATES RECESSED IN TOP OF LID & LOCK
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS, PIN TO MOUNT FOCUS KNOB SILVER- COLOURED METAL/ PT CASE, WOOD STAINED BROWN, VELVET INTERIOR, BLUE
- Decoration
- TOP OF EYEPIECE PAINTED GREY
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Unknown Manufacturer, Microscope, circa 1840–1870, Artifact no. 1970.0040, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1970.0040.001/
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