General Information

Serial #

394782

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BODY BASE, ARM ARE BRASS & OR STEEL/ GLASS TABLE/ NICKEL PLATED ADJUSTMENT SCREWS/ GLASS OBJECTIVES/ PLASTIC COVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

20.0 cm

Width

12.5 cm

Height

23.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Leitz

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wetzlar

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

USED IN THE RESEARCH LABS OF A FEDERAL DEPARTMENT (AGRICULTURE)

Function

FOR INSPECTION OF OBJECTS DURING DISSECTION THAT ARE TOO SMALL TO BE DISTINCTLY SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE

Technical

THE BINOCULAR EYEPIECES WERE ADJUSTABLE FOR WIDTH OF THE PUPILS OF THE USERS EYES PROVIDING BETTER EYE RELIEF AND VISUALIZATION WITH MODEST POIWER. THE STAGE HELD MODERATELY LARGE SAMPLES TO BE MOUNTED AND THE OPTICS COULD THE ADJUSTED IN THE X-Z DIRECTIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL INFO BELOW IS STAMPED INTO ARTIFACT/ AROUND BOTH EYE PIECES IS: `G8X Ernst Leitz Wetzlar'/ ON NOSE PIECE, STAMPED IN & PAINTED WHITE IS: `E.LEITZ WETZLAR 394782'/ ON TOP OF JUG HANDLE IS: `E.LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY'/ ON BASE IS: `Ernst Leitz/ Wetzlar'/ ON SMALL OBJECTIVE MOUNT FACE IS: `4X', ON LARGE OBJECTIVE MOUNT FACE IS: `8X'/ HAND SCRATCHED BY POST & PIN: ON SMALL OBJECTIVE IS:`24'; ON LARGE OBJECTIVE IS: `12'/ HAND SCRATCHED ONTO UNDERSIDE OF BASE IS: `OP5077017'/ A BLACK & YELLOW STICKER WITH RED NUMBERS IS LOCATED ABOVE OBJECTIVES & READS: `CANADA/ [AG]RICULTURE/ 008936'

Missing

From CA of 12/31/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete

Finish

MOST OF MICROSCOPE IS BLACK ENAMELED/ SILVER COLOURED ADJUSTMENT SCREWS & OBJECTIVES/ GLASS TABLE HAS ACRACK RUNNING FROM THE PILLAR ALMOST TO FRONT/ CLEAR, SLIGHTLY YELLOWED PLASTIC COVER

Decoration

N/A