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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPTICS/40-400M/F4/T4.5
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0513.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RANK TAYLOR-HOBSON
- MODEL
- VAROTAL V
- LOCATION
- Leichester, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 655420
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS LENSES/ METAL CASINGS AND FITTINGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.0 cm
- Width
- 18.5 cm
- Height
- 22.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TAYLOR HOBSON
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Leichester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED IN CBC WINNIPEG STUDIOS - Function
-
TO FORM IMAGE AND FOCUS IT ON FILM PLANE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'VAROTAL V', '1.6 INCH - 16 INCH (40mm-400mm) f/4 T4.5', 'Pats App For', 'TV LENS MADE IN ENGLAND BY/ RANK TAYLOR HOBSON', 'TAYLOR-HOBSON' & '655420' INCISED AROUND LENS/ '104/ 496/ RTH/ MADE IN/ ENGLAND' INCISED ON MOUNT/ '104/ 496/ RTH/ MADE IN ENGLAND' INCISED ON CRANKMOUNT/ PLATE 'C.B.C./ RADIO-CANADA/ 131155' & LABEL 'RADIO-CANADA CBC' ALSO PRESENT.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- MAIN CASING PAINTED BLACK/ MOUNT AND CRANK MOUNT ARE BLACK, PEBBLE-TEXTURED METAL.
- Decoration
- N/A
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RANK TAYLOR-HOBSON, Lens, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1986.0513, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1986.0513.001/
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