average spatial: 34.4 cm x 17.5 cm x 19.8 cm; 13 9/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 7 13/16 in
average spatial: 30 cm x 11.5 cm x 15.9 cm; 11 13/16 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in
Object Name:
microscope
Other Terms:
microscope; Monocular; Compound
Place made:
Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
Associated place:
United States: Maryland, Edgewater
Date made:
ca 1911
Description:
Compound monocular with coarse and fine adjustment, rotating triple nosepiece, large circular stage, inclination joint, sub-stage condenser and iris diaphragm, horseshoe base, and wooden box with extra objectives. The “E. Leitz Wetzlar / No. 141938” inscription on the base indicates a date around 1911.
Ref: Ernst Leitz, <i>Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus</i> (Wetzlar, 1907).