Eyepiece

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OBJECT TYPE: tube
DATE: 1857–1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.1028.005

MANUFACTURER: Potter, A.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: It is made of brass with a glass lens.

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.0 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 5.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Potter
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1857-1860
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: To aid in observing specimens in minute detail;
Technical: The ocular lens, also known as the eyepiece lens, is the part of a compound microscope that a user looks into to see a magnified image. It is a see-through double convex lens curved to cause images to appear larger; the eyepiece screws on to the eyepiece tube which then sits inside the draw tube that that adjusts up or down for closer or farther viewing.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None.
Missing: Mirror objectives
Finish: It is made of brass with a glass lens.
Decoration: None.

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Potter, A., Eyepiece, between 1857–1860, Artifact no. 2002.1028, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.1028.005/

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