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Microscope Slide Centring Glass, by Carl Zeiss, Jena, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 28266

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.28266

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Printed label pasted on slide: "Carl Zeiss / opt. Werkstaette / Jena. / No. ...................." Stamped on lid of case "KREUZTISCH - CENTRIRGLAS / C. ZEISS JENA"
Dimensions
Height: 23mm Width: 92mm Depth: 45mm Weight: 42g
Inventory No
28266

Description

With velvet-lined case. The slide carries another pasted label on which the appropriate positions for centring can be recorded. There is also a slip of paper with MS notes recording further centring positions, possibly dated "March "09" and "1910".

Hinged maroon case with blue velvet lining containing: one labelled glass slide with centring positions, a handwritten slip of paper, and a small black piece of shaped glass (?).

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