Lens, microscope

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0991.007

MANUFACTURER: Zeiss, Carl
MODEL: 10/ 0,30
LOCATION: Jena, German Democratic Republic

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General Information

Serial #: 23336
Part Number: 7
Total Parts: 7
AKA: objective
Patents: N/A
General Description: All metal housing brass [?]; 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: 3.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 2.2 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Light & electromagnetic radiation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Zeiss
Country: German Democratic Republic
State/Province: Unknown
City: Jena

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1920s+
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: "CARL ZEISS/ JENA [logo]/ 23336" and "10/ 0,30" stamped into cylindrical portion of housing. UHN catalogue no. 980.23.12 c" printed by hand in white ink on lens casing.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: All metal casing [brass ?] has black finish on underside of adjustment ring; clear glass optics.
Decoration: N/A

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Zeiss, Carl, Lens, microscope, circa 1920, Artifact no. 2002.0991, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0991.007/

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