Camera lucida

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OBJECT TYPE: microscope
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0681.006

MANUFACTURER: Nachet & Fils
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Paris, France

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 13
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: EYEPIECE, BRASS & GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.3 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Height: 3.4 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: Nachet
Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
City: Paris

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: MICROSCOPE USED BY OWNER PROBABLY FROM YEAR OF OBTAINING LICENSE, 1839 TO LATE 1800'S.
Canada: OWNER WAS OMA PRESIDENT & IN 1866 WAS ON THE CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH FOR ONTARIO.
Function: Device employing a mirror or prism to cast a duplicate image onto a plane which is used to facilitate the drawing of a subject being examined under a microscope.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF 19TH CENTURY MICROSCOPE TECHNOLOGY & LENS CRAFTMANSHIP.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED ON TOP OF EYEPIECE 'NACHET A PARIS'
Missing: From CA of 12/05/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined - unknown
Finish: EYEPIECE, SOME PARTS PAINTED BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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Nachet & Fils, Camera lucida, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0681, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.0681.006/

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