Object Details
- Description
- Stereo dissecting microscope that, with prisms in each side, gives an erect image of objects on the large glass stage. The inscription on the eyepiece reads “E. LEITZ / WETZLAR / 202329.” The serial number indicates a date of 1921. The wooden box holds extra lenses. There is also a Smithsonian property tag.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Ernst Leitz
- date made
- 1921
- Credit Line
- Division of Marine Invertebrates, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Physical Description
- glass (microscope material)
- metal (microscope material)
- wood (case material)
- Measurements
- microscope: 27.6 cm x 10.7 cm x 15 cm; 10 7/8 in x 4 3/16 in x 5 7/8 in
- case: 32.5 cm x 19.7 cm x 23.5 cm; 12 13/16 in x 7 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in
- Object Name
- microscope
