General Information

Serial #

373546

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY & PARTS/ GLASS FILTERS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC POWER CORDS, PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

58.0 cm

Width

39.6 cm

Height

83.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Leitz

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wetzlar

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

USED AT CANADIAN UNIVERSITY TO PHOTOGRAPH SPECIMENS UNDER HIGH MAGNIFICATION.

Function

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING MAGNIFYING LENS OR COMBINATION OF LENSES DESIGNED TO OBJECTS THAT ARE TOO SMALL BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE, OR TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN DISTINCTLY OR IN DETAIL. THE ADDITION OF A CAMERA (MISSING) ENABLED THIS APPARATUS TO BE USED TO MAKE MICROPHOTOGRAPHS.

Technical

LEITZ MADETHESE "PANPHOT" MODEL UNIVERSAL MICROSCOPE CAMERAS IN THE 1930S TO WORK WITH THEIR 35 MM SLR CAMERAS WHICH, WITH THE REFLEX UNIT BETEEN THE MICROSCOPE AND CAMERA, ALLOWED THE SCIENTIST TO FOCUS AND FRAME THE SUBJECT MATTER AS DESIRED. tHE MECHANICAL STAGE ALLOWED X-Y POSITIONING AND THERE WAS ALSO A SUB-STAGE CONDENSER TO FOCUS AND ADJUST THE LIGHT TO GET THE DESIRED DETAILS OF THE SPECIMEN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISEDWHITE LETTERING READING "E. LEITZ/ WETZLAR/ 373546"/ INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING "E. LEITZ/ WETZLAR" ON STAGE WITH INCISED BLACK MICROMETER MARKINGS/ BLACK PLATE ON BASE WITH WHITE LETTERING READING "Germany"/ BLACK LETTERING ON KNOB READS "Ernst Leitz/ Wetzlar"

Missing

OPTICS/ FILTER/ CAMERA/ TRANSFORMER From CA of 02/04/2002 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - apparently missing optics, filter, camera and transformer at time of accession

Finish

GREY WRINKLE FINISH ON BODY/ BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON MICROSCOPE TUBES, STAGE PARTS/ PLATED, BRUSHED, METALLIC & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ GREEN & BLUE FILTERS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A