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- OBJECT TYPE
- Wenham's
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0428.036
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 36
- Total Parts
- 47
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass plate with glass window
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.0 cm
- Width
- 3.5 cm
- Height
- 1.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown. Purchased from Christie's. Microscope made in 1856. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Wenham introduced his beam splitting prism in 1861 for use in a binocular microscope. This resulted in one tube straight & one inclined. Wenham microscopes were popular for the rest of the century because the prism could be removed to restore monocular vision, important for use at higher powers & resolution (ref.1,pg73-74) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Brass-coloured plate with a ring and arm.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Compressorium, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1972.0428, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0428.036/
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