Accession No

3848

Brief Description

compound microscope, possibly achromatic, by Carl Zeiss, German, 1905 (c)

Origin

Germany; Jena

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1905

Latest Date

1905

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood

Dimensions

box height 374mm; breadth 210mm; depth 203mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1992.

Inscription

‘Carl Zeiss
Jena
No 39284’

Description Notes

Black finish with brass screws, eyepiece and stage. Horseshoe foot, double rectangular pillars to pivot. Stage made up of 2 circular plates with rack and pinion adjusters marked with a scale of 0-20. Substage swinging condenser with iris diaphragm. Swinging plano concave mirror on arm from base. Double screw pinion for coarse focus. Fine focus ring graduated 0-20. Revolving objective holder for 3 lenses. 1 eyepiece, no.4. Fitted wooden box with removable shelf drawer for more lenses, all missing.

Condition: good; incomplete (extra lenses missing).

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