General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal/ wood/ glass

Dimensions

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

Length

34.3 cm

Width

17.2 cm

Height

17.8 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

Manufactured by Ernst Leitz of Wetzler, Germany, sold to NRC by Instruments Limited. Used in the chemistry dept. of NRC.

Function

Primarily adapted as an auxiliary laboratory stand for counting plate cultures and for the inspection of meat.

Technical

Adjustable by means of a fine rack and pinion movement. Available for focussing objectives of fairly high power.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Front of barrel 'ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR NO. 336082'/ Back of stand 'NRC APPLIED CHEMISTRY 311'/ Inside door of case 'INSTRUMENTS LTD./ SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS/ OTTAWA, TORONTO, MONTREAL'/ COVERS: '1/2 OE MICROSCOPE CLASS CIRCLES 18 DIAM. NO. 2'

Missing

From CA of 11/19/2001 by David Daley: Yes - n

Finish

.1 Black body, mirror under stage for reflecting light up through specimen, includes a 4 x 12 x objectives, front lens made of 3 lenses for changing power, 2 lower lenses pivot so they can be moved in or out of the line of view/.2 wood case with hinged door, key lock supplied/.3 box of glass slides & covers/.4 12x objective (inside case) for microscope

Decoration

N/A