Accession No

3203

Brief Description

mechanical stage, by Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, German, 1920 (c)

Origin

Germany; Wetzlar

Maker

Ernst Leitz

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1920

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); wood; cloth (velvet); hide (leather)

Dimensions

box length 136mm; breadth 126mm; height 44mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Pathology Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 09/1971.

Inscription

‘E. Leitz Wetzlar’

Description Notes

Brass with steel scales; a hexagonal clamp with two knurled brass screws attaches stage to stand; 2 knurled brass screws operate horizontal and vertical movement; divided 0-60 by 10 to 1 mm and by vernier to 1/10 mm and 60-100 by 10 to 1 mm and by vernier to 1/10 mm. Steel clips, one sprung hold slide in position.
Fitted wooden box lined with red velvet and covered with leather stamped ‘E.Leitz, Wetzlar’.

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