Accession No

1527

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, by Carl Zeiss, German, 1912 (c)

Origin

Germany; Jena

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1912

Latest Date

1912

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood

Dimensions

box length 357mm; breadth 189mm; height 175mmm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Carl Zeiss
Jena’ (in logo)
‘Nr. 59219’
‘S Pampling, 8 Regent Street, Cambridge’

Description Notes

Horseshoe foot; painted black; black pillar to joint; circular stage graduated 0-(360) by 10 to 1; brass index; socket substage with 3 clamping screws; swinging plano/concave mirror; black pillar with cranked limb; pair of knurled brass screws for coarse focus; knurled brass screw with conical cap for fine focus; draw-tube graduated 13-16 by 1 to 0.1; push fit eyepiece. Analyser; polariser; objective with stop by ‘Baker’; fitted wooden box.

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