Condenser, microscope

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OBJECT TYPE: substage condenser system
DATE: 1930–1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0217.001

MANUFACTURER: Leitz, E. Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Wetzlar, Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL BODY & PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS

Dimensions

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

Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Height: 27.0 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: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: USED AT CANADIAN UNIVERSITY IN A SCIENCE DEPARTMENT TO PHOTOGRAPH SPECIMENS WITH A SINGLE LENS REFLEX (SLR) CAMERA
Function: USED WITH A CAMERA MOUNTED ON A COPY STAND TO ILLUMINATE A SPECIMEN ON THE UPPER SURFACE. THE LIGHT SOURCE (MISSING) FITS IN THE HORIZONTAL TUBE.
Technical: A SIMPLE ARRANGEMENT TO ALLOW SIMPLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SPCIMENS AT APX. LIFE SIZE. THE SAMPLES HAD TO BE TRANSPARENT OR SEMI-TRASPARENT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE WITH WHITE LETTERING READING "Germany" ON SIDE
Missing: UNKNOWN From CA of 02/05/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED BODY/ GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED STAGES/ PLATED & METALLIC KNOBS ETC./ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ MIRROR GLASS
Decoration: N/A

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Leitz, E. Inc., Condenser, microscope, between 1930–1939, Artifact no. 1987.0217, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0217.001/

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