Lens, microscope

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0991.006

MANUFACTURER: Leitz, E.
MODEL: 6F1
LOCATION: Wetzlar, Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 7
AKA: objective
Patents: N/A
General Description: Silver metal housing; black metal mounting ring; clear glass lens.

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 4.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 2.3 cm
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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used after c. 1950s+
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: To magnify objects for viewing with a microscope.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "E.LEITZ/ WETZLER/ Germany/ A=0.85/ 42:1" marked on lens casing. "24" etched into lens housing. UHN catalogue no. "980.23.12d" printed by hand in black ink on housing front.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Silver metal housing; black metal mounting ring; clear glass lens.
Decoration: N/A

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Leitz, E., Lens, microscope, circa 1950–1970, Artifact no. 2002.0991, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0991.006/

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