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Description: | E. Leitz Wetzlar (maker's trade mark engraved on the brass bezel of the glass stage). E . Leitz Wetzlar x8 ( engraved on the eyepiece). MANU Ernst Leitz. circa 1890 Wetzlar, Germany. This is a 19th century Leitz dissecting microscope that was designed for anatomical or botanical studies. It has a single lens, which does not have the high power of the compound lens but does have a wider field of view.
The instrument has a square stage and two compound oculars (eyepieces). The tringular limb slides, on a rack and pinion adjustment, inside the tubular pillar, which is supported by a continental horshoe base. The lenses and camera lucida are supported on a swinging arm attached to the top of the limb. There is a mirror and a white paper backed glass on a gimbal attached to the pillar below the stage. There are two detachable hand rests that affix to the side of the stage. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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