Case, microscope

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.0117.006

MANUFACTURER: Swift, J.S. & Son
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Stained wood with dovetail or faux dovetail joints, brass coloured metal fixtures.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 37.0 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Height: 14.6 cm
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: Case stamped: "School of Mines Kingston Canada". Label indicates microscope serviced by the Topley Co., Eng on loan from Queen's University.
Function: "Advanced students' petrological microscope" polarizing microscope used by minerologists & crystallographers to analyse & identify unknown minerals in rock by studying their optical properties. (ref.1 & 2)
Technical: Microscope developed for a specific use. Petrological microscopes are polarizing microscopes. the descriptor "Petrological" was used until c 1930 when polarizing became the preferred term.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Stamped on proper top: "SCHOOL OF MINES / Kingston Canada"
Missing: N/A
Finish: Stained wood, brass coloured metal fixtures.
Decoration: N/A

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Swift, J.S. & Son, Case, microscope, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1969.0117, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.0117.006/

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