General Information

Serial #

3761

Part Number

1

Total Parts

30

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN STORAGE BOX WITH FELT LINING; BRASS MICROSCOPE AND MOST PARTS BUT SMALL AMOUNTS OF OTHER METALS AS WELL; GLASS LENSES

Dimensions

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

Length

25.5 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

31.0 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

Ross

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

FROM THE 1870S

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE. ALTHOUGH ACQUIRED FROM A GOIVERNMENT AGENCY, THE USE / ON WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT CLEAR.

Function

USED TO INSPECT OBJECTS TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN OR TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN DISTINCTLY AND IN DETAIL BY THE NAKED EYE.

Technical

THE MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS OF LONDON WEREBY THE MID-19THC THE MOST HIGHLY SKILLED IN THE WORLD, WITH ANDREW ROSS (1798-1859) BEING ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE EARLIEST BRITISH MANUFACTURERS OF CAMERA LENSES. HE STARTED NUMBERING MICROSCOPES IN 1842 -THE MKGS ON THIS ONE INDICATE A DATE AFTER 1860 [REF 2].

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON BASE: 'ROSS/ London/ 3761'/ ON BASE OF BINOCULARS: 'WENHAM'S BINOCULAR/ by Ross London'/ SCRATCHED ON BASE: 'L350'

Missing

PARTS OF BOX ARE BROKEN

Finish

METAL LACQUERED/ BOX: WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED; GREEN FELT

Decoration

N/A