Lens, microscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1950–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0991.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Leitz, E.
- MODEL
- 6F1
- LOCATION
- Wetzlar, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- objective
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Silver metal housing; black metal mounting ring; clear glass lens.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 4.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 2.3 cm
- 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
- Presumably used after c. 1950s+
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
To magnify objects for viewing with a microscope. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "E.LEITZ/ WETZLER/ Germany/ A=0.85/ 42:1" marked on lens casing. "24" etched into lens housing. UHN catalogue no. "980.23.12d" printed by hand in black ink on housing front.
- Missing
- Unknown.
- Finish
- Silver metal housing; black metal mounting ring; clear glass lens.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Leitz, E., Lens, microscope, circa 1950–1970, Artifact no. 2002.0991, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0991.006/
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