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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0430.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LEMAIRE FABT
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Paris, France
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 NICKEL PLATED BRASS, ALLIGATOR SKIN COVERS, GLASS, POSSIBLY PLASTIC PT/.2 LEATHER WITH METAL FASTENERS, LINED WITH VELVET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.0 cm
- Width
- 11.7 cm
- Height
- 5.0 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
- LEMAIRE
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Paris
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED C. 1900 & AFTER
- Canada
-
OWNED BY WILLIAM VAN HORNE, PRESIDENT OF CP RAIL DURING THE PERIOD OF ITS COMPLETION THROUGH THE ROCKIES IN THE 1880'S. - Function
-
TO ASSIST IN VIEWING OBJECTS AT A DISTANCE BY MAGNIFYING THE IMAGE. - Technical
-
A PARTICULARLY FINE EXAMPLE OF BINOCULARS MADE BY ONE OF THE LARGEST (IF NOT THE LARGEST) MFR. OF BINOCULARS IN THE LATE 19TH & EARLY 20TH CENTURIES. BINOCULARS SUCH AS THESE WERE MOST OFTEN USED FOR GENERAL PURPOSE VIEWING, SUCH AS WHEN YACHTING OR ON VACATION; THEY WERE LESS SUITABLE FOR BIRD WATCHING OR ASTRONOMY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 AROUND EYEPIECES 'LEMAIRE FABT/ PARIS'/ UNDER ONE EXTENDING TUBE ENGRAVED 'W.C. Van Horn'/ AROUND CENTRAL SECTION 'BE. S.G.D.G'/.2 INSIDE TOP 'W.C. VAN H'
- Missing
- Unknown.
- Finish
- .1 BRIGHT NICKEL PLATING, DULL BRASS COLOUR SHOWING AT EDGES OF ALLIGATORCOVERS; BLACK SURROUNDING EYEPIECES; BLACK ADJUSTMENT KNOB; REDDISH BROWN COVERS WITH ALLIGATOR PATTERN/.2 BLACK, SURFACE FLAKING OFF IN PLACES, SHOWS BROWN BENEATH, BLACK LINING
- Decoration
- N/A
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LEMAIRE FABT, Binoculars, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1994.0430, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1994.0430.001/
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