Telescope, transit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSIT
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0300.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cooke & Sons
- MODEL
- 504
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ GLASS/ CAST IRON BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 73.7 cm
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 108.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cooke
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- C. 1905
- Canada
-
USED IN VANCOUVER FOR TRANSPACIFIC LONGITUDE/ ONE OF THE FIRST 2 TRANSITS USED AT THE CLIFF ST. OBS. IN OTTAWA (WHERE THE SUPREME COURT IS NOW) FROM CA. 1890-1905 THEN MOVED TO THE DOMINION OBS. IN 1905. - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE TIME FOR CANADA; MEASURES THE TIME IT TAKES FOR STARS TO CROSS THE CELESTIAL MERIDIAN. - Technical
-
LATER EXAMPLE OF A TELESCOPE OF THIS TYPE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- YES; (AS PER CATALOGUE CARD, PIECES MISSING UNKNOWN) From CA of 11/09/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears to be complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cooke & Sons, Telescope, transit, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1976.0300, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1976.0300.001/
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