General Information

Serial #

693838

Part Number

1

Total Parts

18

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Mainly steel and glass components. Wooden case.

Dimensions

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

Length

51.4 cm

Width

36.4 cm

Height

31.3 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

1968 - 1981. Purchased new in 1968 used by Dr. D.M. Baird, Director of the National Museum of Science and Technology.

Canada

Used by the Canada Science and Technology Museum's first director, Dr. David Baird, while at the Museum.

Function

To provide magnification of material placed on the stage for visual inspection or photographic record.

Technical

A high quality optical binocular microscope with 3-lens objective turret, integrated illumination, rotating stage (calibrated in degrees), and sub-stage condenser and illumination device.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On microscope: 'Leitz/ WETZLAR/ 693838/ GERMANY'; On bottom of binocular housing 'ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR/ GERMANY'; On sticker at base: '[Co. logo] Carveth/ Walter A. Carveth Ltd./ SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS/ PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT/ TORONTO-MONTREAL-VANCOUVER'.

Missing

Yes - Undetermined From CA of 11/16/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined

Finish

Predominantly black enamel finish with polished chrome and satin chrome finished parts and a green and white sticker on the proper front of the base.

Decoration

N/A