General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRASS (AND POSSIBLY OTHER METALS) CAMERA BODY TUBE LINED WITH VELVET; FITTED WITH WOODEN KNOB.

Dimensions

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

Length

22.5 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

26.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cooke

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London & York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS TELESCOPE CAMERA BODY CONSTRUCTED FOR USE AFTER 1921. APPEARS LITTLE USED/NEW.

Canada

PART OF DOMINION OBSERVATORY COLLECTION OF ASTRONOMY EQUIPMENT.

Function

USED AS PART OF TELESCOPE CAMERA SYSTEM TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOON, STARS, AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES.

Technical

CAMERA BODY FEATURES RACK & PINNION FOCUSING AND LOCKING COLLAR. PLATE HOLDER (.2) WAS PROBABLY ONE OF SEVERAL, VARYING IN SIZE. USING AN ADAPTOR, THIS CAMERA BODY WOULD HAVE BEEN FITTED TO THE MOUNTING PLATE OF A TELESCOPE. PROBABLY USED WITH 15" TELESCOPE (740488), BUT COULD BE USED WITH OTHERS. APPEARS ALMOST NEW.(REF 1

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"T. COOKE & SONS LTD. LONDON & YORK." incised in camera body tube. Small "x" crudely incised on edge of one endpiece.

Missing

CAMERA BODY ITSELF APPEARS COMPLETE.COLLAR PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL: MAY HAVE BEEN MFD AT DOMINION OBSERVATORY. REQUIRES LENS.

Finish

MOST EXTERNAL AREAS OF CAMERA BODY TUBE, AND LOCKING COLLAR ARE BLACK; BRIGHT LACQUERED BRASS ENDS, AND ADJUSTMENT KNOB; RED-BROWN WOOD KNOB CONTROLLING TUBE EXTENSION IS VARNISHED (?); INTERIOR OF TUBE LINED WITH BLACK VELVET.

Decoration

N/A