Camera replica
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLATE/SLIDING BOX
- DATE
- 1989
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0315.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DURST, E.F.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Seaforth, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ METAL, BRASS HINGES/ GLASS MIRROR & LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.7 cm
- Width
- 20.4 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- DURST
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Seaforth
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1826 WAS WHEN THE CAMERA OBSCURA WAS INVENTED, REPLICA UNUSED
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PREDECESSOR TO THE CAMERA, A DARK CHAMBER CAPITALIZING ON THE OPTICAL PHENOMENON OF THE PROJECTION OF AN IMAGE ONTO A WALL FROM A PINPOINT LIGHT SOURCE. - Technical
-
THE ADDITION OF A SIMPLE LENS TO A PORTABLE BOX TOOK PLACE ABOUT 300 YEARS BEFORE EXPERIMENTS BY JOSEPH NICEPHORE NIEPCE (1765-1833) SUCCEEDED IN CAPTURING THE IMAGE WITHIN THE CAMERA OBSCURA IN 1826. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S STICKER ON LEFT SIDE: 'E.F. DURST/ SEAFORTH, ONTARIO'
- Missing
- NONE - REPLICA
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED BROWN/ BRASS PTS/ CLEAR GLASS
- Decoration
- NONE
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DURST, E.F., Camera replica, circa 1989, Artifact no. 1989.0315, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0315.001/
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