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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/binocular/research
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0400.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeiss, Carl
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Jena, German Democratic Republic
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General Information
- Serial #
- 250177
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS BODY/ WOOD CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 16.2 cm
- Height
- 33.0 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
- Zeiss
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Jena
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED IN AGRICULTURE CANADA ANIMAL DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEPEAN, ON. - Function
-
TO MAGNIFY OBJECTS FOR OBSERVATION. - Technical
-
A BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE WITH 4-OBJECTIVE TURRET - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FRONT ENGRAVING READS 'CARL ZEISS/ JENA'/ BASE READS: 'Nr.250177'/TOP OF ARM READS: 'CARL ZEISS/ JENA'/ STAGE: 'Nr.38243', ALSO MFR'S NAME/ 'ZEISS/ WINKEL/ 8X' INCISED ON BOTH EYEPIECES, ON MICROSCOPE/ LABEL ON ARM BEARS FOLLOWING INFO: 'CANADA/ AGRICULTURE/ 059566'/ 4 OBJECTIVES ON REVOLVING NOSEPIECE/ 1 EYEPIECE WITH BRASS BASE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘149254' and ‘2mm Apochromat/ Ernst Leitz Wetzlar/ N.A. 1.32/ 92X'/ EYEPIECE TO RIGHT OF ABOVE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘CARL ZEISS/ JENA/ 13659/ HI/ 100/ 1.30'./ EYEPIECE TO RIGHT OF ABOVE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘SPENCER LENS CO. BUFFALO, N.Y./ 4MM-N.A.O. 85-45X/ 605590'./ EYEPIECE TO RIGHT OF ABOVE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘SPENCER LENS CO. BUFFALO, N.Y./ 16MM-N.A.O. 25-10X/ 663662'./ PRECISE SCALES, FILTERS, ETC. ALL MARKED./ CASE: PLATE SCREWED INSIDE CASE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘THE HUGHES OWENS CO. LIMITED/ DISTRIBUTORS FOR CANADA/ OTTAWA MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG'./ INCISED ABOVE: ‘CARL ZEISS/ JENA'./ TYPEWRITTEN ON PAPER LABEL GLUED INSIDE DOOR: ‘Calibration of Micrometer/ Eyepiece./ #10. 1 div. = 6.6 microns./ #20. 1 div. = 3.3".'/ ‘Oben' INCISED IN WOODEN CROSSPIECE WHICH HOLDS MICROSCOPE WITHIN CASE.
- Missing
- From CA of 12/03/2001 by David Daley: Yes - empty parts storage compartments suggest lost pieces
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL FINISH BODY/ SILVER POLISHED EYEPIECE, FOCUS ADJUSTMENTS, CLIPS, STAGE CONTROL, CONDENSER ADJUSTMENT KNOB ETC./ VARNISHED WOOD/
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zeiss, Carl, Microscope, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0400, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0400.001/
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