General Information

Serial #

114299

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METAL BASE & BODY; GLASS PLATE; METAL CLIP; BRASS? FOCUSSING KNOBS/.2 FERROUS METAL REMOVABLE PLATE/.3-.4 GLASS OPTICAL ELEMENTS IN BRASS? FRAME/.5-.6 FERROUS METAL/.7 WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

15.8 cm

Width

13.8 cm

Height

17.0 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

Bausch Lomb

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

INSTRUMENT USED BY HEALTH CANADA, DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.

Function

LOW-POWER MICROSCOPE THAT MAGNIFIES IMAGES OF OBJECTS BEING DISSECTED & HAS ADEQUATE FREE SPACE BENEATH OBJECTIVE FOR DISSECTION TO TAKE PLACE. IT ENABLED USER TO OBSERVE MINUTE DETAIL IN BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS DURING DISSECTION.

Technical

SPECIALIZED MICROSCOPE MADE BY AMERICAN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT MFR. BAUSCH & LOMB, MAKER OF MICROSCOPES SINCE 1874. LENS ARM OF THIS MICROSCOPE WAS JOINTED SO THAT THE ENTIRE FIELD OF THESTAGE COULD BE COVERED. ITS APLANATIC LENS WAS DESIGNED TO CORRECT FOR SPHERICAL ABERRATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED MFR'S. LOGO ON STAGE READS "BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO./ U.S.A./ ROCHESTER, N.Y."; INCISED "114299" BESIDE LOGO/.2 INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "25 mm. TRIPLE APLANAT." & "BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO."/.4 INCISED WHITE LETTERING READING "13 mm. TRIPLE APLANAT." & "BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO."

Missing

ONE LENS From CA of 11/19/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - Empty slot in case implies missing lens or eyepiece

Finish

.1 BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON BODY; METALLIC PARTS; MIRROR GLASS /.2 PLATE PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK ON ONE SIDE, GLOSSY WHITE ON OTHER/.3-.4 PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK METAL; COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/,5-.6 BLACK WRINKLE FINISH/.7 LIGHT BROWN STAINED, COATED WOOD; GOLD PAINTED HANDLE; FINISH ON HINGES & CLASP OBSCURED BY CORROSION

Decoration

N/A