objective, 1b
Date1945-1960
Inventory Number2003-1-0087
ClassificationMicroscope Optics
Subject
Maker
Ernst Leitz (company)
1849 - 1986
Owner
John B. Little
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm (1 15/16 × 1 × 1 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis is a Leitz microscope objective in a storage canister. The canister is brass. The objective is also brass with a nickel-plated tip. The objective is marked "1b 4.3X" and the canister is marked "1b."
Signedon objective: Ernst Leitz Wetzlar
on canister: E. LEITZ / WETZLAR [in achromat trademark]
FunctionJohn B. Little, Physiology Lab, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
ProvenanceJohn B. Little, Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health; gift to CHSI, 2003.
Historical AttributesThis item was used by John B. Little in the Physiology Lab, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
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: 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 (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
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
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: 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
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1953
Accessories: objectives (4); eyepieces (8); oil bottle; dropper bottle; cover slips; case.
Object number: 2009-1-0011b
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1953
Accessories: objectives (4); eyepieces (8); oil bottle; dropper bottle; cover slips; case.
Object number: 2009-1-0011a
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1900-1910
Object number: 2003-1-0086