Microscope Nosepiece with Objectives, by Carl Zeiss, Jena, c.1930

Subject: Microscopy
Item type: Object
Makers: Carl Zeiss
Provenance: Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Presented to the Society by L. P. Clarke FRMS, December 1937.
Primary inscriptions: "C. ZEISS / JENA" and "28" on the nosepiece. "A" on one of the extension tubes. The objectives are marked "C. ZEISS / A / 1590", "C. ZEISS / B", [unmarked], "C. ZEISS / D / 1775 [?]"
Physical material: nickel-plate
Dimensions: Diameter: 14mm
Inventory No: 33403
Accession Number: 1970-101/part

Description

The four objectives are mounted on a nosepiece changer; the small objectives are for a travelling microscope.