Accession No

3837

Brief Description

compound microscope, possibly achromatic, by Ernst Leitz, German, 1895 (c)

Origin

Germany; Wetzlar

Maker

Ernst Leitz

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1895

Latest Date

1895

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, white metal, oxidised brass); plastic; glass

Dimensions

height 325mm; breadth 106mm; depth 132mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s, South Kensington, London, England; lot 320, 03/03/1992.

Inscription

‘E. Leitz Wetzlar
New-York 411.W.59.Str.
No 30653’ (foot)

Description Notes

Brass horseshoe base. Pillar to joint; brass pillar with knurled screw with conical cap for fine focus; fine focus scale divided [0] - 50, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1. Swinging plano-concave mirror. Round brass and plastic stage; white metal stage clip (one missing). Swinging substage condenser. Shaped bar to limb with rack and double screws either side for coarse focus; rack on body. Draw tube graduated [14] - 20, numbered by 1, subdivided to 0.1. Rotating triple nose piece with 3 Leitz objectives attached. Push fit eyepiece.

Condition fair; complete.

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