loupe with rotating filter wheel
Inventory Number2020-1-0001
Classification(not assigned)
Dimensions27.9 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm (11 × 7 × 7 in.)
AccessoriesExtra color disks
DescriptionLoupe with rotating filter wheel with extra color disks for use with PDP-1 computer.
Curatorial RemarksFor seeing and drawing stereo color images on the display, used in Richard Land's experiments, 1968-1969. With offprint from Leonardo, 1969 (in accession file).
Land, Richard I. 1969. “Computer Art: Color-Stereo Displays.” Leonardo (Oxford) 2 (4): 335–44. https://doi.org/10.2307/1572116.
ProvenanceGift of Richard I. Land, July 23rd, 2020.
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: ocular (1); objectives (6); fish plate; substage cone diaphragm; round spring slide holder; stage forceps; bull's eye condenser; wet specimen glass cup; rotating slide speciment holder with black and white disks; small black and white disks as bead on cord; brass spring; spare collar from an ocular; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1242
H. Sumner
Date: circa 1903
Accessories: wooden disks (41); steel and brass fittings; wooden box for storing accessories
Object number: WJ0112
Apple Computer Inc.
Date: circa 1984
Accessories: power cord; network utility disks (3); system disks (7); instruction manuals (2, in object file); other papers (in object file)
Object number: 2004-1-0172
Daniel Branton
Date: 1978-1986
Accessories: foot; Dewar flask; Kodak canisters; copper specimen support; floppy disks; EPROMs; sensor crystals; platinum loop; razor blades (1999-1-0041b through 1999-1-0041j)
Object number: 1999-1-0041a
Claude-Siméon Passemant
Date: 1749-1769
Accessories: ocular; objectives (7); bull's eye condenser; Lieberkühn for stage mounting; cone diaphragm; spring frame for slides; frog plate; stage forceps; large and small black and white disks (2); round micrometer slide with fine wire screen; low-power lens; black aperture disk; brass slider for 4 specimens; ivory slides--rectangular (6); ivory slides--circular (2); brass slide with aperture to hold circular ivory slides; boxes (2) of round ivory slides (40 in total).
Object number: 1182
Benjamin Wood
Date: 1820
Accessories: 10 objectives, numbered 1-10 (caps on 1 and 2); 4 objectives with lieberkuhns (one lens missing); 2 oculars; 3 simple lenses in eye cups; diaphragm cone; live box; spring stage; three-wing stage; double-convex lens on rod; simple-lens carrier on an arm; ivory black/white disk; 1 ivory disk with cork; 3 flat glass disks of differing sizes; 1 large glass disk in threaded brass rim; 1 watch glass; 3 large glass, magnifying lenses, one tinted green; 2 small magnifying glasses; stage condensor; fish plate; 2 stage forceps; 1 stage 3-pronged gripper; tweezers; 3 ivory handled knives for preparations; 10 small and 3 medium ivory slides of transparent specimens; 3 ivory slides of opaque specimens; 3 boxwood slides of transparent specimens; 1 brass wet-cell slide with 4 apertures for preparations; 2 cylindrical ivory boxes with mica cover slips and snap rings; wrench; chamois; flat case with sockets for the above; key.
Object number: 1002
Thomas S. Curtis Laboratories
Date: 1934-early 1940s
Accessories: extra lens; photographic color plates (5); operating instructions on cardboard; calibrated grey card
Object number: 2004-1-0302
French
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: 3 lenses; brass stage plate; case.
Object number: 1990-2-0003
Commodore International
Date: 1982-1985
Accessories: four-shelf computer rack (2003-1-0239a); commodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); magnetic temperature monitor (2003-1-0239c); pulse timer (2003-1-0239d); Panasonic dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0239f); two cyclotron lead bricks (2003-1-0239g, h); cardboard box with printer paper (2003-1-0239i); user's guide for commodore 64 with instructions for use, connections, installation, and service (stored next to the commodore video monitor on top shelf of computer rack); user's guide for commodore 1541 with instructions for use, maintenance, connection, installation, and service (stored next to the commodore video monitor on top shelf of computer rack); ten floppy discs stored in a cardboard box on top of external disk drive
Object number: 2003-1-0293e
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1888
Accessories: objectives (5): Leitz immersion 1/12 and 1/20, objectives 3, 5, 7 in leather covered wooden fitted box [1067b]; oculars (3): 0, 1, 3; dark field and disk diaphragms (2); cup diaphragms (3) with slide holder; Abbe condenser; extra substage mirror; iris diaphram and mirror on one bracket; microscope case with key; Leitz Bi-centric darkfield condenser Model B in brown leather shaped box [1167d]; set of test slides in a wooden box [1167c]
Object number: 1067a
Fairchild Aviation Corporation
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: Viewfinder attachment, battery pack, optical filters, paper disks. Manual in library.
Object number: DW0913
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