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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/binocular
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0380.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- York, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- M2587
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 17
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL MICROSCOPE & PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS/ WOOD CASES WITH METAL HARDWARE & FELT-LIKE PADDING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 22.2 cm
- Height
- 42.5 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
- Cooke Troughton Simms
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH, GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION. - Function
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INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO MAGNIFY OBJECTS TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN BY NAKED EYE OR IN TO BE SEEN IN DETAIL, IN THIS CASE SPECIMENS MOUNTED ON SLIDES. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MICROSCOPE: INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "COOKE, TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LTD/ YORK, ENGLAND/ PAT NO 525970/ M2587/ 1 DIV=1 MICRON"; INCISED BLACK GRADUATIONS ON METALLIC SCALES ON STAGE; INCISED WHITE GRADUATIONS ON EYEPIECES; LABEL READING "Property of/Propriete du/ NRCC/CNRC/ 097778"/.12 INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING "40X" & "COOKE D.26/ 4 MM. 0.85 N.A. IMM." WITH INCISED BLACK GRADUATIONS/.13 INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING "95X", & "COOKE D.26/ 2 MM. 1.3 N.A. IMM." WITH INCISED BLACK GRADUATIONS/.14 INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING "10X" & "COOKE 59549/ 16 MM. N.A. 0.28/.15 INCISED D.26"
- Missing
- VARIOUS ACCESSORIES, JUDGING BY STORAGE SPACES IN CASE From CA of 12/10/2001 by David Daley: Yes - empty storage spaces indicate a loss of parts
- Finish
- MICROSCOPE & SOME PARTS PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/ PLATED PARTS/.12-.17 PAINTED GREY/ BROWN WOOD WITHCLEAR COATING & GREEN PADDING
- Decoration
- .1 MICROSCOPE: INCISED WHITE MFR.'S LOGO IN TWO PLACES CONSISTING OF SUPERIMPOSED "C", "T", & "S"/.17 INCISED "MOORE & WRIGHT SHEFFIELD/ 52 ENGLAND"
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