Microscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/monocular/petrological
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0117.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Swift, J.S. & Son
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .001 -.005 mainly metal construction with brass and iron/ glass optics
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Geophysics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Swift
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. - Function
-
Polarizing microscope used by minerologists & crystallographers to analyze & identify unknown minerals in rock by studying their optical properties. (Ref.1 & 2) - Technical
-
Microscope developed for a specific use. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- unknown. only .001 examind on 19/10/15
- Finish
- lacquered brass/ black painted iron
- Decoration
- N/A
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Swift, J.S. & Son, Microscope, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1969.0117, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.0117.001/
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