Accession No

3833

Brief Description

compound microscope, possibly achromatic, by Carl Zeiss, German, 1900 (c)

Origin

Germany; Jena

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; hide (leather); cloth (velvet)

Dimensions

box length 276mm; breadth 165mm; height 96mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased, 11/03/1992.

Inscription

‘C. ZEISS JENA’ (on objectives)
‘Dr. Ch. Bernard’ (outside of case)
‘CARL ZEISS
JENA
Nr.44738’

Description Notes

Black painted stand and square stage with central aperture. Brass limb and body. Horseshoe base with 2 rectangular pillars to joint. Swinging plano concave mirror. Double pinion coarse focus, fine focus screw with conical head at top of pillar. 3 objectives, and 3 cases for objective lenses for B, D, and A lenses. Also case and lens of “1/12 Homog. Immers. Apert. 1.25”. All with ‘C. ZEISS JENA’ inscribed. 4 eyepieces, nos. 2, 4, 3 Mikrometer, and 6 Compens-Ocular. Fitted leather case with blue velvet lining, brass protective corner pieces and leather carrying straps. Box with 10 microscope slides inside case.

Condition: good; complete.

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