set of objectives
Date1887
Inventory Number1103b
ClassificationMicroscope Objective
Subject
Maker
Ernst Leitz (company)
1849 - 1986
User
Silas Arnold Houghton
1864 - 1916
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionscase: 4.6 × 5.3 × 5.9 cm (1 13/16 × 2 1/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
in box with 1103a: 15.2 × 36.2 × 22.2 cm (6 × 14 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
in box with 1103a: 15.2 × 36.2 × 22.2 cm (6 × 14 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase
Description1103b is a small case of objectives that live inside the larger case of Leitz microscope 1103a.
The non-RMS objectives are marked 3 and 7. They are in their own fitted case made of wood, lined in brown silk, and covered in leather. The hardware is nickel-plated brass. There is empty slot for a third objective.
The non-RMS objectives are marked 3 and 7. They are in their own fitted case made of wood, lined in brown silk, and covered in leather. The hardware is nickel-plated brass. There is empty slot for a third objective.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksThis micrscope is close to Stand Ia in Leitz Price list no. 31, 1886, Lib. 1017. The stand and the case are the same as No. 1067.
This microscope can be dated by the lens card 8/87.
ProvenanceDr. Silas Arnold Houghton, Harvard Medical School, from 1887; gift to CHSI by his daughter, Margaret H. Bemis of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1958.
Historical AttributesNote by Margaret H. Bemis of Brookline, Massachusetts: "This belonged to [my father] Dr. Silas Arnold Houghton (1864-1916), Harvard 1887, Medical School 1891. An Assistant Professorship of Bacteriology was established at Harvard Medical School by a friend in his memory."
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1887
Accessories: non-RMS objectives (2): 3, 7; case for objectives (1103b); oculars (2): 1, 3; cup diaphragms (3); magnification table; glass slides (4); cover slip; case for microscope
Object number: 1103a
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
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1888
Accessories: magnification card (missing)
Object number: 1067b
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
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1888
Accessories: objectives (2): 3, 7 with non-RMS (~12.7 mm) threads in fitted box [1175b]; oculars (2): 1, 3; cup diaphragms (2); glass slides (6); case
Object number: 1175a
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1903
Accessories: ocular: 6x; objectives (3): Leitz No. 6, No. 3, Voigtländer 2mm ap. 1.30, #2867; canisters (3); eyedropper; slides (6); clips (2); case and key
Object number: 1997-1-1936
Ernst Leitz
Date: 1910-1920
Accessories: case; key; magnification card.
Object number: 2008-1-0054
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1892
Accessories: Leitz objectives in cans (3): 7, 3, 2; empty can # 7; cup diaphragms (3); ocular: 1; magnification table; standing case
Object number: 1100
E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
Date: 1870-1880
Object number: 1998-1-0584a
E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
Date: 1870-1880
Object number: 1998-1-0584b