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Unitron microscope Illuminator
Unitron microscope Illuminator

Unitron microscope Illuminator

Date1970
Inventory Number2003-1-0034
ClassificationMicroscope Light Source
Subject
    Maker Unitron founded 1951
    Place of Origin
      Dimensions16.5 x 12.2 x 17.8 cm (6 1/2 x 4 13/16 x 7 in.)
      Material
        Accessoriesdetachable power cord and lamp cord
        DescriptionThis is a Unitron illuminator. The instrument comprises a variable transformer and a lamp house. The latter has a collector or collimator lens, a focusable and laterally adjustable bulb, and a iris diaphragm.
        Signedon plate in from of illuminator: UNITRON
        Inscribedon plate in fron of illuminator: UHI on narrow metal label: Made in Japan on side of illuminator in black marker: NAGASAWA
        Olympus Illuminator and transformer
        Olympus
        Date: 1980
        Accessories: lamp 6V, 30 W
        Object number: 2003-1-0044c
        vertical Illuminator
        Spencer Lens Company
        Date: circa 1940
        Object number: 1378b
        Unitron inverted phase compound microscope
        Unitron
        Date: after 1955
        Accessories: eyepieces WFH10XR (2); phase condensor marked UMP 737; standing case with set of keys
        Object number: 2003-1-0032
        Unitron Inverted phase compound microscope
        Unitron
        Date: 1970
        Accessories: Unitron phase objectives (7): B.M. 100x, 73956; 40x, 71808; 20x, 71438; 10x, 71536; D.M. 100x, 72699; 40x, 71242; 20x, 70819; other objectives (7): 100x, 86250; 40x, 73397; 20x, 72429; M10x, 86250; 40XR, 64223; 5x, 72019; 3x, 71286; eyepieces (2); phase condensor; eyepiece micrometer box; reticle; hemacytometer; color filters (6); polarizers (2); pair of stereo objectives for an unknown instrument; very large 40x phase aperture for Olympus; standing case with set of keys; built-in transformer for illumination
        Object number: 2003-1-0048
        vertical Illuminator
        Ernst Leitz (company)
        Date: circa 1930
        Accessories: Leitz objectives on special mountings (3): p14 mm/ 3b, 3.2x/1, 6a ohne Deckglas Tubusl. 215 mm; small wrenches (5); polarizer; spare beamsplitter glasses; case
        Object number: 1999-1-0020f
        variable transformer for microscope illuminator
        Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen)
        Date: circa 1964
        Object number: 2003-1-0002b
        B&L carbon-arc projection microscope
        Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
        Date: 1950-1960
        Accessories: arc lamp, power supply, and carbons original to this microscope have been separated from it (1998-1-1637a). Objectives (3): 10X, 21X, 43X; vertical illuminator; projection eyepiece.
        Object number: 1998-1-1637
        Leitz Ultropak microscope lamp
        Ernst Leitz (company)
        Date: 1950
        Accessories: Ultropak microscope lamp; sector shutters (2); glass filters (5); driver; spare bulbs (8); boxes (2).
        Object number: 2009-1-0070b
        pancratic illuminator
        Carl Zeiss Jena
        Date: circa 1936
        Accessories: lamps with blackened bulbs (5); filter glasses (3), flat case
        Object number: 1997-1-2024
        B&L model 31-33-27 adjustable microscope lamp
        Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
        Date: 1955-1965
        Accessories: neutral density filter: 0.1; blue filter
        Object number: 1997-1-1892
        B&L research microscope incandescant lamp
        Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
        Date: circa 1948
        Object number: 1997-1-1891
        mechanical feed microscope arc lamp
        Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
        Date: circa 1948
        Accessories: water chamber; 2 boxes of arc carbons (2002-1-0034c); rheostat (2002-1-0034b)
        Object number: 2002-1-0034a