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- OBJECT TYPE
- 7X5 IN. EQUAL FOCUS 8.6 IN.
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0656.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TAYLOR, TAYLOR & HOBSON LTD.
- MODEL
- COOKE SERIES III
- LOCATION
- Leichester, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 13923
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS TUBE & HOUSING/ GLASS OPTICS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.5 cm
- Width
- 5.7 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 5.5 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TAYLOR HOBSON
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Leichester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED AT DOMINION OBSERVATORY, CANADA'S PREDOMINANT ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY WHICH OPERATED FROM 1905 TO 1970. - Function
-
OPTICAL COMPONENT OF CAMERA WHICH FUNCTIONS BY BENDING LIGHT RAYS TO CREATE IMAGE WHICH IS IMPRINTED ON FILM IN CAMERA, FORMING PHOTOGRAPH. - Technical
-
H.D. TAYLOR WORKED FOR T.COOKE & SONS, TELESCOPE MAKERS IN YORK & IN 1893 HE DESIGNED FAMOUS & ENTIRELY NEW TRIPLET CAMERA LENS. SINCE COOKE DID NOT MAKEPHOTOGRAPHIC EQ., TAYLOR OFFERED DESIGN TO TAYLOR, TAYLOR & HOBSON (NO RELATION) OF LEICESTER, WHO UNDERTOOK TO MFR. IT AS COOKE TRIPLET (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON LENS READING "COOKE LENS/ H.D. Taylor's patents/ Series III. 7 x 5 inches Eq. focus 8.6 inches" & "TAYLOR TAYLOR & HOBSON/ Leicester & London/ No 13923"/ INCISED LETTERING ON TUBE READS "2421" WITH MARKINGS FOR "RO", "MP", "Eq. F", "SC"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- COATED (LACQUERED?) BRASS COLOURED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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TAYLOR, TAYLOR & HOBSON LTD., Lens, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1991.0656, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0656.001/
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