Microscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1883
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular microscope with coarse and fine focus, inclination joint, large square stage, sub-stage diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, horseshoe base, and wooden box with extra lenses. The inscription reads “E. LEITZ WETZLAR / No. 7630.” The serial number indicates a date around 1885. The accompanying instructions are dated 1883. A second brochure describes the mechanical stage in German, English, French and Spanish.
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: MG.M-12957
label: catalog number
content: M-12957
label: accession number
content: 287618
label: catalog number
content: 287618.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
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content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (microscope material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 12.8 cm x 31.2 cm x 20 cm; 5 1/16 in x 12 5/16 in x 7 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 26.6 cm x 10.2 cm x 13.1 cm; 10 1/2 in x 4 in x 5 3/16 in