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Microscope Vertical Illuminator in Box, by Carl Zeiss, Jena, c. 1900

Inventory Number 77561

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.77561

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Eliot Merlin Bequest 1948.
Primary inscriptions
"Carl Zeiss Jena" is engraved on the body
Inventory No
77561
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Vertical illuminator constructed in copper alloy  with a black finish, the illuminator screws into a nosepiece and has an opening in  the side allowing light to fall onto the reflecting prism inside. The box is covered in red leather with fitted blue velvet interior.

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