Objektmikrometer
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: An objektmikrometer is a glass plate with a divided scale, used for determining the magnification of a microscope with a specific objective. This example was used by Dr. Barbara McClintock in her laboratory at Cold Springs Harbor, New York. The inscription on the case of reads “Objektmikrometer 1/100 m/m. / E. Leitz Wetzlar.” Those on the object and inside the case read “BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. / U.S.A.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Peter M. McKinley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0074.12
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0074.12
label: accession number
content: 1993.0074
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Objektmikrometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leatherette (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.7 cm x 8.6 cm x 3.5 cm; 11/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in