Accession No

3140

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, stand II-III type, which belonged to Dr Gertrude Mary Leedham-Green, a GP in Southwold, by Ernst Leitz, German, 1910 (c)

Origin

Germany; Wetzlar

Maker

Ernst Leitz

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1910

Latest Date

1910

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood

Dimensions

box length 350mm; breadth 198mm; height 172mmm

Special Collection

Provenance

Loan changed to donation from 07/10/2008. On loan to museum from 1984 to 07/10/2008. Donor indicated on 07/10/2008 that this object previously belonged to Gertrude Mary Leedham-Green, a GP in Southwold.

Inscription

‘E. Leitz Wetzlar
No 110027’
Watson trade label in box.
Card for ‘Microscope No 94466’

Description Notes

Horse shoe base; black painted finish; flat profile; pillar to tongued joint; brass pillar with knurled screw with conical cap for fine focus; swinging plano/concave mirror on articulated limb from hinge; square plain stage with clips’ shaped bar to limb with rack and double screws either side for coarse focus; rack on body; draw tube graduated 14-19 by 1 to 1/10; rotating triple nose piece; fitted wooden box with sliding drawers; 3 objectives one oil immersion 1/12; one 3 and one 5 all by Leitz. 2 in brass cases; 2 eyepieces 0 & 2 by Leitz; iris diaphragm with condenser; funnel stop with 3 heads.

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