Microscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1909
name: label: maker
content: Leitz, Ernst
notes: label: Description
content: This Leitz model IIa microscope is a compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, triple nosepiece, square stage, inclination joint, sub-stage condenser and iris diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, and wooden box. The inscription reads “E. Leitz Wetzlar / No 125871.” The serial number indicates a date around 1909. A brass tag on the box reads “E. Leitz-Wetzlar / NEW. YORK. CHICAGO.” The donor bought this from Dr. Randolph of Upperville, Va., in around 1919, and used it in medical school.
label: Description
content: This has a mechanical stage marked “BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. / Rochester, N.Y. U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Ernst Leitz, <i>Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus</i> (Wetzlar, 1907), pp. 42-43.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. & Mrs. R. Massie Page
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12148.01
label: accession number
content: 270772
label: catalog number
content: M-12148.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
label: Other Terms
content: microscope; Monocular; Compound
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.6 cm x 19.5 cm x 17 cm; 13 7/32 in x 7 11/16 in x 6 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.4 cm x 10 cm x 16 cm; 11 31/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 6 5/16 in