General Information

Serial #

646766

Part Number

1

Total Parts

11

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL STAGE & CASING, GLASS OPTICS, SYNTHETIC PARTS/.2 WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE,FABRIC & FOAM PADDING/.3-.6 METAL WITH GLASS OPTICS/.7 METAL PART/.8 METAL CASING, GLASS & SYNTHETIC PARTS/.9 GLASS SLIDES IN CARDBOARD BOX/.10 GLASS IN PAPER WRAPPING/.11 FABRIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

55.0 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

56.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Leitz

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wetzlar

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960'S

Canada

PIECE OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT USED AT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS.

Function

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING MAGNIFYING LENS OR COMBINATION OF LENSES DESIGNED TO OBJECTS THAT ARE TOO SMALL BE SEEN BY NAKED EYE, OR TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN DISTINCTLY OR IN DETAIL. ADDITION OF CAMERA (MISSING) ENABLED THIS APPARATUS TO BE USED TO MAKE MICROPHOTOGRAPHS.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 WHITE LETTERING ON MICROSCOPE FRONT READS "LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY/ Nr. 646766" & ON TOP "LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY"; INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON BINOCULAR LENS SET READS "50X AO.85 Objective abgestimmt"; WHITE LETTERING ON STAGE READS "GERMANY/ 636735"; BLACK LETTERING ON METAL STRIP ON STAGE FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS; LABEL READING "Property of/Propriete du/ NRCC/CNRC/ 164668; IDENTICAL LABEL READS "098839"/ INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON.3 READS "50X AO.85/[SYMBOL]/0.17 Objective abgestimmt";.4 "20X A0.35 Objective abgestimmt"/.5 "100X AI.36 01 Objective abgestimmt";.6 "6/0,18 DO Suchobjectiv"

Missing

ACCESSORY CASE MISSING MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL CONTENTS/ CAMERA

Finish

.1 GREY PAINTED FRAME; BLACK PAINTED STAGE, MICROSCOPE, PARTS; BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS; BRUSHED & GREY METAL PARTS/.2 COATED LIGHT COLOURED WOOD; GREEN FABRIC; GREY FOAM/.3-.6 BRUSHED METAL/.7 GREY/.8 BLACK & GREY EXTERIOR, COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS, BLACK POWER CORD & CONNECTOR/.9 GREY BOX CONTAINING COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/.10 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/.11 YELLOW WITH RED TRIM

Decoration

.7 INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING "LEITZ WETZLAR/ GERMANY"/.9 BLUE LETTERING ON BOX LID LARGELY OBSCURED BY PAPER SEAL