Accession No

5357

Brief Description

Panphot photomicrographic apparatus / camera microscope / camera microprojector, by Ernst Leitz, German, 2/2 20th Century

Origin

Germany; Wetzlar

Maker

Ernst Leitz

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

2000

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel); glass; plastic

Dimensions

approximate height 750mm; width 800mm; depth 400mm; box height 1000mm; width 800mm; depth 685mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated and used by OCÈ UK Limited, Langton Road, Loughton, Essex from 17/11/1998. Comes with work records produced by their technicians.

Inscription

on the lamp attachment and on the photographic attachment the signature logo
Leitz (an approximate rendition)

Description Notes

Panphot Photomicrographic Apparatus, known with other names such as Camera Microscope, Camera Microprojector with accessories. Maker Leitz, second half of 20th century. This object could be disassembled and reassembled with different fittings to carry out work in Mineralogy, Biology and Metallurgy.

The accessories that have come with the Panphot Photomicrographic Apparatus are those used at OCÈ UK Limited. They include attachments for changing the primary use of the instrument from polarising microscope to photographic apparatus. Photographic accessories including a darkslide holding frame, Polaroid land instrument camera model ED-10 and a Kodak lens attachment size No 370. Books and pamphlets include: Panphot Instruction book, exercise book containing photographic data, Ozalid Company Ltd Negative Register and a Handbook of Photomicrography, Hind and Randles, Published by Routledge, 1913. Filters such as Kodak Wratten Gelatin Filter 75mmx75mm variable colours. Miscellaneous items such as a Panphot base mirror, two Projection Prism by Leitz in purpose made boxes, wax and various shapes and sizes of glass. Objectives and lenses. Slides and slide accessories. For a full list of the accessories see the object history file.

References

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