Microscope
Microscope
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- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- date made
- 1921
- maker
- Ernst Leitz
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- glass (microscope material)
- metal (microscope material)
- wood (case material)
- Measurements
- 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
- 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
- ID Number
- MG.M-11516
- accession number
- 260035
- catalog number
- M-11516
- 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
- Microscopes
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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