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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLATE/SPECTRA
- DATE
- 1901
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0222.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeiss, Carl
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Jena, German Democratic Republic
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1133
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, (SOME BRASS), GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 31.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zeiss
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Jena
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1901 - C. 1965
- Canada
-
THE EARLY SPECTRASCOPIC STUDIES AT THE DOMINION OBSERVATORY RESULTED IN THE CREATION OF THE DOMINION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY WHICH PUT CANADA AT THE FOREFRONT OF SUCH STUDIES/ MEASURING MACHINES WERE A KEY ELEMENT OF RESEARCH EQUIPMENT FOR THESE STUDIES - Function
-
TO MEASURE STELLAR SPECTRA - POSITIONS OF STELLAR LINES MEASURED WITH COMPARISON LINES PLACED ON SPECTRUM AT TIME OF EXPOSURE - Technical
-
UTILIZED 18TH & 19TH CENTURY MICROMETERS; USED PRECISION SCREWS TO FACILITATE MEASUREMENT TAKING; ZEISS (ALONG WITH TOEPFER (700214 & 700221)) WAS ONE OF THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF ITS TIME - ARTIFACT IS A GOOD DISPLAY OFGERMAN WORKMANSHIP OF THE PERIOD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 ENGRAVED 'Carl Zeiss, Jena/ No.1133'/ ON ONE LEG OF BASE 'DOM. OBS./ 102'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/07/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - Complete
- Finish
- .1 BASE HAS BLACK PEBBLED FINISH, BODY PAINTED BLACK WITH BRASS-COLOURED PTS, TUBES OF TELESCOPES SILVERY-GOLD METAL, SOME HARDWARE HAS CHROME-LIKE FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zeiss, Carl, Engine, measuring, circa 1901, Artifact no. 1970.0222, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1970.0222.001/
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