General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

17

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 BRASS, METAL, GLASS/ PT CASE, WOOD, METAL, BRASS/ PT.ACC. CASE WOOD, METAL, SYNTHETIC, FABRIC

Dimensions

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

Length

16.0 cm

Width

10.0 cm

Height

38.0 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

Voigt Hochgesang

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C.1890

Canada

MICROSCOPE USED IN ONE OF THE FIRST UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY DEPARTMENTS IN CANADA.

Function

POLARIZING MICROSCOPE USED BY MINEROLOGISTS & CRYSTALLOGRAPHERS TO ANALYSE & IDENTIFY UNKNOWN MINERALS IN ROCK BY STUDYING THEIR OPTICAL PROPERTIES. (REF.1 & 2)

Technical

MICROSCOPE DEVELOPED FOR A SPECIFIC USE, I.E. TO ANALYSE THE PROPOERTIES OF ROCK SAMPLES WITH CRYSTALS AND CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ETCHED ON INNER BODY TUBE A SCALE FROM 200-230/ SCALE FROM 0-240 ETCHED ON DIAL AT TOP OF ARM/ SCALE ETCHED ON SUBSTAGE DIAL 0-350 AND 10-0-10/ ETCHED ON BOTTOM OF NICOL PRISM A SCALE 0-180 & 180-0 MARKED IN INCREMENTS OF 30/ PT. ACC. CASE. MARKED, ON PLATE "VOIGT & HOCHGESANG/ (INHABER R. BRUNNEE)/ GOTTINGEN"

Missing

1 STAGE CLIP

Finish

LACQUERED BRASS BODY, SURFACE OF STAGE PAINTED BLACK; TOP OF STAND HAS FINISH WORN OFF. SOME FOCUS KNOBS, MEASURING SCALES & INNER BODY TUBE ARE DULLED SILVER-COLOURED METAL/ PT. MICROSCOPE CASE, STAINED BROWN, VARNISHED SURFACE. HANDLE DULLED BRASS, HINGES & LOCK SILVER-COLOURED METAL/ PT. ACCESSORY CASE, STAINED BROWN, VARNISHED WOOD, SYNTHETIC PLATE IVORY COLOURED WITH BROWN LETTERING, METAL LOCK & HINGES SILVER-COLOURED, SATIN LINING IN LID IS YELLOWED

Decoration

N/A