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Compound Microscope with Eyepieces and Case, by E. Leitz, Wetzlar, c.1925-50

Inventory Number 71500


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.71500

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Bequeathed to the Society by A. A. C. Eliot Merlin in 1948.
Primary inscriptions
"E. Leitz Wetzlar No 57304" on body tube
Other inscriptions
Carl Zeiss on eyepiece
Physical material
Brass
Iron
Wood
Object type
Microscope
Dimensions
Height: 290mm Width: 105mm Weight: 3450g
Inventory No
71500
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Compound microscope with two eyepieces and case.