Lid, box
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- OBJECT TYPE
- sliding
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2012.0084.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood body; fabric lining; synthetic label
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.7 cm
- Width
- 11.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Housed a precision measuring device used at the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa (c. 1905-1970). This spherometer may have been used on a variety of astronomy, survey or metrology instruments employed there. - Function
-
Covers the opening of a box used to store a spherometer. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black label on the back: "FOOT RADIUS 45MM"/ On the front inscribed in pencil: "#25085"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Medium brown wood with a slightly darker finish and a green cloth strip on the back side.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lid, box, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2012.0084, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2012.0084.004/
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