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- OBJECT TYPE
- GRAPHOSCOPE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0552.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD(WALNUT?)/ BRASS LENS RING/ GLASS MAGNIFIER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 8.2 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still images
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MAGNIFY AND GIVE APPARENT RELIEF TO PHOTOGRAPHS - Technical
-
THIS IS PURPORTEDLY AN EARLY, RARE VERSION OF THE GRAPHOSCOPES WHICH EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED INTO THE STEREOSCOPES. THEY LARGELY JUST MAGNIFIED THE IMAGE BUT IF VIEWED USING BOTH EDGES THERE IS SOME 3 EFFECT PROBABLY DUE MORE TO LENSOR CHROMATIC ABHERRATION IN THE MAGNIFIER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- YES, ONE SMALL PIECE OF EBONY TRIM IS BROKEN OFF; CATCH IS BROKEN AT JOINT
- Finish
- POLISHED EXTERIOR, EDGES INSET WITH EBONY
- Decoration
- BRASS LENS RING IS KNURLED/ THERE IS A SMALL BRASS CATCH AT THE OPENING
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Unknown Manufacturer, Viewer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1980.0552, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0552.001/
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