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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/monocular
- DATE
- 1935–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0138.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Spencer Lens Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Buffalo, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 213463
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass with chromed focus knobs and lens frames. Steel rack & pinion. Wooden case with three brass latches. Glass optics.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.4 cm
- Width
- 37.0 cm
- Height
- 22.0 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
- Spencer
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Buffalo
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Was used by RCN doctors, probably during WWII; was quite possibly used aboard ships. - Function
-
Optical instrument, having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses, designed to magnify objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye, or too small to be seen in detail. - Technical
-
Type sample. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Markings for .001 are as follows: '[Co. logo] SPENCER/ BUFFALO/ U.S.A.'; Serial number: '213463'.
- Missing
- Diaphragm lens listed on original catalogue card. From CA of 11/16/2001 by David Daley: Yes - empty parts storage spaces in box suggest lost components
- Finish
- Painted black enamel.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Spencer Lens Co., Microscope, between 1935–1945, Artifact no. 1969.0138, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.0138.001/
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