microscope camera lucida
Datecirca 1886
Inventory Number1123b
ClassificationCamera Lucida
Subject
Maker
Ernst Leitz (company)
1849 - 1986
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Place of Use
Dimensions5.3 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
case: 5.3 x 8.9 x 5.4 cm (2 1/16 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)
case: 5.3 x 8.9 x 5.4 cm (2 1/16 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase, filter
DescriptionThis camera lucida is an accessory to Charles S. Minot's Zeiss laboratory microscope with stand I (inv. 1123a). It is stored in a little box inside the case of the Zeiss microscope.
The instrument consists of a nickel-plated cylinder like a microscope ocular with a prism attached. There is a rectangular glass filter. The wooden box is fitted for the instrument and lined in dark burgundy velvet.
The instrument consists of a nickel-plated cylinder like a microscope ocular with a prism attached. There is a rectangular glass filter. The wooden box is fitted for the instrument and lined in dark burgundy velvet.
SignedE. Leitz / Wetzlar
Inscribedstamped on inside edge of box: CHAS. S. MINOT
ProvenanceDr. Charles Sedgewick Minot, Harvard Medical School, Boston, circa 1886; Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes (no. 123), Harvard Medical School.
Historical AttributesThis microscope camera lucida was used by Dr. Charles Sedgewick Minot.
Ernst Abbe
Date: circa 1886
Accessories: oculars (5): 0, 1,2, 3, 4; objectives (7): AA, A, C, D, E, F, 1/12 Homog. Immers. Apert. 1.20; Abbe condenser; disc diaphragms (6); cup diaphragms (3) with frame; articulated substage mirror; cyllindrical wooden box; key; case. See also Leitz camera lucida in small box (1123b) and stage screw micrometer (1123c).
Object number: 1123a
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1930
Accessories: case
Object number: 1999-1-0020e
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1930
Accessories: case
Object number: 1997-1-2018
Carl Friedrich Zeiss
Date: 1885
Accessories: case.
Object number: 1126b
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1898
Accessories: objectives (3): Leitz 3, 7 in original canisters; Spencer Lens Co. 2mm N.A. 1.30 ser. no. 9197; oculars (2): 3, 2; Abbe condenser; holder with 3 cup diaphragms; glass filters (2); box of cover slips; key; standing case
Object number: 1994-1-0007a
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: 1881-1891
Accessories: box
Object number: 1990-2-0008
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: 1924-1934
Accessories: spare prism; Turret attenuator; case.
Object number: 1996-1-0004
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1898
Accessories: oculars (4): 2, 4, and compensating oculars 6, 8; objectives: AA, DD, a2, and apochromat HI 2.0 mm; triple nosepiece; swing-out condenser with iris-cylinder diaphragm; disk diaphragm and central stop diaphragm; filter; eyepiece micrometer, brush, spare stage clips; large mechanical stage (2006-1-0114b); centering glass (2006-1-0114c) with instructions; magnification tables (2); standing case; key; leather traveling case (2006-1-0114d).
Object number: 2006-1-0114a
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1891
Accessories: 2 RMS objectives in original canisters marked E. Leitz 1 and 5; 2 empty canisters 3 and 7; 4 oculars : 1, 3, 4, 5; triple nosepiece; Abbe condenser; 3 cup diaphragms with holder; blue glass filter; standing case with key.
Object number: 1172
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1919
Accessories: oculars (2): 3, 8x; accessory box; Leitz objectives (5); wrenches (2); ground glass; N.A. 1.45 condensor cap; Abbe condensor; rotary stage; case
Object number: 1345
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1885
Accessories: objectives (4): A, C, F, and DD; 1 ocular: 5; small-parts box with ocular micrometer case; key; Abbe drawing camera in separate box (1125c); box to hold objectives; standing case.
Object number: 1125
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1937
Accessories: standard eyepieces (3): 8X P, Periplan. OK 10X, and Periplan. Ok. 25X; wide eyepieces (3): 1, 1, 8X, 10X; objectives (4) in fitted case: 1b 4.3X, 3 10X, P7 62X, P 1/12 oel; waveplates (2); condenser with polarizer; mechanical stage; loupe 6x; box of cover glasses; standing case; key; objective adaptors (4); and watch keys (2)
Object number: 1999-1-0020a
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