Accession No

3228

Brief Description

two dark field illuminators, by Ernst Leitz, German, 1920 (c)

Origin

Germany; Wetzlar

Maker

Ernst Leitz

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1920

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, chrome); glass

Dimensions

1st max diameter 45mm; length 41mm; 2nd breadth 67mm; length 45mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.

Inscription

‘Ernst Leitz Wetzlar
Apert. 1.20
Patent’ (signed round the lenses)
‘PATH. UNIV CAMB’

Description Notes

Brass mounts, one with a dove-tailed shoe and clamp; chrome screw fit lenses.

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