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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/monocular/student
- DATE
- 1885–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0302.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Baker, Charles
- MODEL
- Student
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MICROSCOPE: METAL, BRASS, GLASS/ CASE: WOOD, BRASS, LEATHER/ OBJ. LENS CANS: BRASS/ SLIDE CASES: WOOD, CARDBOARD, PAPER, BRASS CLASP/ SLIDE BOX: CARDBOARD/ COVERSLIP BOX: CARDBOARD/ SLIDE: GLASS/ IRIS: BRASS/ GRATICULE: GLASS, METAL RING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.5 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 32.0 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
- Baker
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1938-1993 BY THE DONOR; BEFORE 1938, BY HIS UNCLE, MR. CAVE
- Canada
-
OWNED BY H.H. WATSON, AN ENGLISH PHYSICIST WHO STUDIED HEALTH HAZARDS DUE TO DUST IN FACTORIES & MINES. IN CANADA HE WORKED AT THE DEFENCE RESEARCH BOARD & THE FISHERIES & MARINE SERVICE. THIS MICROSCOPE WAS USED BY MR. WATSON UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1993 & THE SLIDE COLLECTION REPRESENTS A LIFETIME OF WORK. [REF 2] - Function
-
USED TO OBSERVE SPECIMENS IN MINUTE OR MICROSCOPIC DETAIL. - Technical
-
A MICROSCOPE FROM C.BAKER, WHO MADE INSTRUMENTS FORM 1866-1942 [REF 1]. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION IN SPITE OF OVER 55 YEARS OF USE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ETCHED ON REAR OF MICROSCOPE FOOT: 'BAKER/ 244 HIGH HOLBORN,/ LONDON'/ ETCHED ON TOP OF EYEPIECE: '3'/ ETCHED ON OBJ. LENSES: '6/ E.Leitz/ Wetzlar'/ '3/ E. Leitz/ Wetzlar'/ ETCHED ON LID OF OBJ. LENS CANS: 'AGENT, C. BAKER,/ 3/ E. Leitz/ Wetzlar/ 244 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.'/ [OTHER LID SAME EXCEPT] '6'/ PRINTED ON CIRCLE COVERSLIPS: '1/4 oz./ MICRO/ CIRCLES./ In. No. [HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON THIS LINE] 0.74 1'/ SPECIMEN CASES HAVE PRINTED NUMBERS FOR SLIDES & HAND-WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF SAMPLES.
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 12/10/2001 by David Daley: Yes - unlikely
- Finish
- MICROSCOPE: LACQUERED BRASS, HIGHLY POLISHED METAL/ CASE: STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ SLIDE CASE: IMITATION LEATHERETTE STAINED BLACK, BRASS HARDWARE, WHITE CHART WITH BLACK PRINT/ SLIDE CASE: IMITATION SNAKESKIN - BROWN & BLACK, BRASS HARDWARE, WHITE CHART WITH BLACK PRINT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Baker, Charles, Microscope, circa 1885–1900, Artifact no. 1994.0302, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0302.001/
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