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- Description
- This is an example of the Zeiss compound monocular model Ic. It has coarse and fine focus, quadruple nosepiece, large circular mechanical stage, trunnion, and sub-stage diaphragm and condenser that can swing out of the line of sight, black horseshoe base, and wooden box. The inscription on the tube reads “CARL ZEISS / JENA / 43262.” That on the stage reads “Nr. 8729.” It dates from the early years of the twentieth century, and was used at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York.
- Ref: Eimer & Amend, Chemical & Physical Apparatus & Assay Goods (New York, 1903), pp. 296-297.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- Other Terms
- microscope; Medicine
- date made
- ca 1905
- maker
- Zeiss, Carl
- place made
- Germany: Thuringia, Jena
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- case: 14 13/16 in x 8 5/16 in x 8 in; 37.62375 cm x 21.11375 cm x 20.32 cm
- microscope: 13 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 33.3375 cm x 10.4775 cm x 15.5575 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-09356
- catalog number
- M-09356
- 224610.08
- accession number
- 224610
- serial number
- 43262
- Credit Line
- Gift of Rockefeller Institute through Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, President
- 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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