objective, 5
Date1925-1950
Inventory Number2003-1-0088
ClassificationMicroscope Optics
Subject
Maker
Ernst Leitz (company)
1849 - 1986
Owner
John B. Little
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions5 × 2 × 2 cm (1 15/16 × 13/16 × 13/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis is a Leitz microscope objective in a storage canister. Both the canister and the objective are brass. The objective is marked 1a and has a correction collar. The canister is marked 5.
Signedon objective: E. Leitz Wetzlar
on canister: E. Leitz / Wetzlar
FunctionJohn B. Little, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; gift to CHSI, 2003.
ProvenanceJohn B. Little, Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health; gift to CHSI, 2003.
Historical AttributesThis item was used by J.B. Little in the Physiology Lab, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1900-1910
Object number: 2003-1-0086
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 1929
Accessories: oculars (1 pair): G8X; objectives (3 pairs): 2X, 4X 8X
Object number: 2004-1-0318b
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
Robert B. Tolles
Date: 1860-1874
Object number: 1045a-v
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1902
Accessories: oculars (5); objectives (5); microplanar objectives (2); iris diaphragm; abbe condenser; collars and sleeves for photography; parts box; Leitz object micrometer (1308b); cardioid condenser (1308d); immersion oil bottle (1308c) ; Leitz erecting prism (1308e); standing case with key
Object number: 1308a
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