Binoculars
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- OBJECT TYPE
- marine
- DATE
- 1875–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0719.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Jumelle Marine
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass/ Glass/ Leather carrying case.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.0 cm
- Width
- 12.3 cm
- Height
- 7.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Late 19th century surveying instruments of Dominion Land surveyor John McLatchie (1842-1908) President of the Dominion Land Surveyors (1892- 1893), whose work included surveys of international boundary, the Alaska boundary, and extensive surveys in western Canada and the maritime provinces. - Function
-
To magnify distant objects. - Technical
-
A typical pair of direct vision (probably French) binoculars from the 4th quarter of the 19th c. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Eyepieces read: "JUMELLE MARINE".
- Missing
- Complete, but one lens cracked. From CA of 11/28/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- Casing covered with brown leather/ Brass enamelled black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Binoculars, between 1875–1900, Artifact no. 1978.0719, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0719.001/
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