Microscope
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: This is a simple dissecting microscope with rack-and-pinion, moveable lens carrier, large glass stage, sub-stage mirror, and wooden case. The inscription reads “E. Leitz Wetzlar / New - York / 411. W. 59. Str.”
label: Description
content: Ludwig Leitz and William Krafft, both of Wetzlar, came to the United States in 1893, and Krafft began in business as a microscope importer at 30 E. 23rd St., New York. The firm became Ernst Leitz Microscopes at that address in 1903, and moved to 411 W. 59th St. in 1904.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ernst Leitz, <i>Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus</i> (Wetzlar, 1907), pp. 82-83.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Microscopes
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0116.07
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0116.07
label: accession number
content: 2009.0116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
label: Other Terms
content: microscope; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 22.5 cm x 10 cm x 14 cm; 8 7/8 in x 3 15/16 in x 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 13.9 cm x 24.6 cm x 17.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 9 11/16 in x 6 7/8 in