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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPTICAL/BOROSILICATE
- DATE
- 1941
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0752.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BASE; GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 71.0 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 47.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 68.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- REL
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- MADE DURING WORLD WAR II FOR THE WAR EFFORT
- Canada
-
ILLUSTRATES ONE OF THE MANY ASPECTS OF CANADIAN TECHNICAL EXPERTISE DEVELOPED AND ENCOURAGED DURING WORLD WAR II. RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD. WAS A BODY SET UP TO COORDINATE MANUFACTURING IN CANADA FOR THE WAR EFFORT. - Function
-
USED TO COMMEMORATE THE FIRST MELT PRODUCED IN CANADA OF BOROSILICATE OPTICAL GLASS - Technical
-
BOROSILICATE GLASS IS A SPECIALIZED GLASS REQUIRED FOR PRECISE OPTICAL DEVICES AS IN GUN SIGHTS OR ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE AFFIXED TO BASE: 'BOROSILICATE CROWN OPTICAL GLASS/ FROM THE FIRST MELT PRODUCED IN CANADA/ JUNE 16TH 1941/ PRESENTED TO/ THE HONOURABLE C.D. HOWE, B. SC./ MINISTER OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY/ BY/ RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LIMITED'
- Missing
- None
- Finish
- WOODEN BASE STAINED AND VARNISHED; IMMEDIATE GLASS SUPPORT PAINTED SILVER
- Decoration
- N/A
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RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD., Glass specimen, 1941, Artifact no. 1966.0752, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0752.001/
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