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- Description
- This is a compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, triple nosepiece, large square stage covered with vulcanite, inclination joint, sub-stage condenser and iris diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, and horseshoe base. The inscription reads “Ernst Leitz / Wetzlar / No. 236232.” The serial number indicates a date in the mid-1920s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- date made
- mid 1920s
- maker
- Ernst Leitz
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 cm x 12.4 cm x 28 cm; 11 13/16 in x 4 7/8 in x 11 1/32 in
- ID Number
- MG.M-11514
- accession number
- 260035
- catalog number
- M-11514
- Credit Line
- Division of Marine Invertebrates, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Science & Mathematics
- Microscopes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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