Electroscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- quartz fibre
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0871.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Henson, Fred C. Co.
- MODEL
- 1
- LOCATION
- Pasadena, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 57
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brushed silver metal cylinder mounted horizontally on metal stand with black wrinkle-textured finish. Eyepiece mounted within black synthetic frame. Black synthetic handle fitted to silver metal contact. Glass optics.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 9.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Atomic & nuclear
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Henson
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Pasadena
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This example presumably used in 1940s; possibly also used later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
To demonstrate electrostatic phenomena, ie. conduction and induction of electric charges. Used to make qualitative measurement of electrostatic charge. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "QUARTZ FIBER/ ELECTROSCOPE/ PAT. NO. 2022117/ MODEL 1 SER. NO. 57/ FRED C. HENSON CO./ PASADENA, CALIF., U.S.A." appears on mfr's plate fixed to stand. UHN catalogue no. "2000.1.2" printed by hand in white ink in lower right corner of stand.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Brushed silver metal cylinder mounted horizontally on metal stand with black wrinkle-textured finish. Eyepiece mounted within black synthetic frame. Black synthetic handle fitted to silver metal contact. Glass optics.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Henson, Fred C. Co., Electroscope, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0871, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0871.001/
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