General Information

Serial #

64490

Part Number

1

Total Parts

23

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, SYNTHETIC, GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

72.0 cm

Width

48.0 cm

Height

67.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Zeiss

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS MICROSCOPE WAS USED FROM THE LATE 1960'S TO THE EARLY 1990'S.

Canada

THE ULTRAPHOT WAS CONSIDERED THE 'CADILLAC' OF VISIBLE LIGHT MICROSCOPES IN THE 1960' & 1970'S, ZEISS SOLD SEVERAL TO UNIVERSITY & GOVERNMENT LABS IN CANADA BEFORE THEY WERE REPLACED BY THE MORE COMPACT & CHEAPER 35MM ZEISS PHOTOMICROSCOPE.

Function

USED TO VIEW & TO PHOTOGRAPH OBJECTS AT HIGH MAGNIFICATION.

Technical

ONE OF THE BEST VISIBLE LIGHT MICROSCOPES DESIGNED FOR PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE PRE-EMINENT MFR. OF OPTICS. THE OPTICAL DESIGN ALLOWED THE USER TO FOCUS & CENTRE THE OBJECT OF INTEREST & BY FLIPPING A MIRROR TO PHOTOGRAPH IT AT HIGH MAGNIFICATION WITH SPECIAL EMULSIONS SUITED TO TYPE &/OR WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT USED FOR ILLUMINATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLAQUE ON FRONT 'CARL/ ZEISS/ 64490/ Germany'/ SEVERAL PTS HAVE SAME MKS AS PLAQUE BUT WITH DIFFERENT NOS., AS FOLLOWS: PHOTO HEAD '4660158'; TUBE HEAD '4378612' & STICKER '0657'; MECHANICAL STAGE '4661141'; BELOW THIS '4242163'; ON SIDE OF BASE 'Micro' & 'Luminar'

Missing

From CA of 02/20/2002 by David Daley: No - Complete

Finish

GREY KRINKLE-LOOK, WITH SOME PTS A SMOOTH BLACK, SOME SMALLER PTS HAVE CHROME-LIKE FINISH, RED & WHITE BUTTONS ON FRONT

Decoration

N/A