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Illuminator with Filter, by Leitz, Wetzlar, 20th Century

Inventory Number 11163


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11163

Item type
Object
Makers
E.Leitz
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970.
Primary inscriptions
"E. LEITZ WETZLAR"
Dimensions
Height: 270mm Width: 180mm Depth: 270mm Weight: 1800g
Inventory No
11163
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

The illuminator's frame is made of coated iron. The lamp housing can be tilted and fastened by knurl-edged screws. The conical flask to hold the filter liquid sits in a ring and is clipped in.