Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: Stereo dissecting microscope that, with prisms in each side, gives an erect image of objects on the large glass stage. The inscription on the eyepiece reads “E. LEITZ / WETZLAR / 202329.” The serial number indicates a date of 1921. The wooden box holds extra lenses. There is also a Smithsonian property tag.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: Division of Marine Invertebrates, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11516
label: accession number
content: 260035
label: catalog number
content: M-11516
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 27.6 cm x 10.7 cm x 15 cm; 10 7/8 in x 4 3/16 in x 5 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 32.5 cm x 19.7 cm x 23.5 cm; 12 13/16 in x 7 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in