Accession No

1529

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, by Ernst Leitz, German, 1926 (c)

Origin

Germany; Wetzlar

Maker

Ernst Leitz

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1926

Latest Date

1926

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (brass); wood

Dimensions

box height 400mm; depth 249mm; breadth 225mm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Ernst Leitz
Wetzlar
No 240704’
‘D.R.P.
E.LEITZ
WETZLAR
259935’

Description Notes

Black finish; horse shoe foot; joint to limb; circular stage fitted with heating and cooling object stage - a circular plate with a thermometer fitted round the perimeter and 2 terminals for controlling the temperature of the object; racked substage by ‘OGILVY & Co MAKERS LONDON’ with condenser on a shoe fitting; swinging plano/concave mirror; arched limb to body; brass knurled screw for coarser focus; graduated draw tube push fit eye piece; [objective fitting] - no optics extant; home made power source.
Fitted wooden box (with Watsons transfer).

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