Accession No

1528

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope; made by Voigtlaender & Sohn; 1938 - 1939

Origin

[Braunschweig]; Germany

Maker

Voigtläender & Sohn

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1938

Latest Date

1939

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); glass; wood

Dimensions

box height 370mm; depth 236mm; breadth 258mm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘VOIGTLAENDER
BRAUNSCHWEIG
NO 52056’ (on body)
‘PATH.UNIV.CAMB.212’ (on foot)
‘1910’ (on stage)

Description Notes

Horseshoe/claw foot; black finish; brass & steel fittings; single upright to pivoting limb; circular stage with detachable mechanical stage with rest divided 0-50 mm by 10 to 1 and vernier to 0.1; substage condenser with iris diaphragm and stop; fine horizontal and lateral motion screws; swinging plano/concave mirror; arched limb; coarse focus screws either side of limb; fine focus screw divided 0-(50) by 10 to 1; wide body; triple nose piece 2 push fit eyepieces; 4 objectives in brass cases and one empty case all signed ‘Voigtlander’, ‘N08’, ‘No7’, ‘No3’, ‘1/2 HomogJmm’, ‘Immersions - 01’ (empty). Eyepiece [with stop]. Fitted wooden box.

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