I've never tried to see if the light works. The microscope looks to be in good shape, and all the adjustment knobs seem to work ok. It has a light mounted under the table, the power cord has an on/off switch, but the plug is not a US plug, it has two round prongs on it, I assume it is a German plug.
It looks like it has room for 4 lenses on the head.
Other than it was originally from Germany and was given to me by my former boss when he moved back to Germany. Use of this website means you agree to all of the Legal Terms and Conditions set forth by the owners.Up for bid is a Ernst Leitz GmbH Wetzlar microscope with these numbers on the frame 529769 and below that 6650-1. No images, graphics, scripts, or applets may be reproduced or used in any manner without permission from the copyright holders. Davidson and The Florida State University.Īll Rights Reserved. The body tube had a nosepiece that holds several objectives and is focused with a rack and pinion mechanism.īACK TO NINETEENTH CENTURY MICROSCOPES Questions or comments? Send us an email. A rectangular mirror beneath the stage has a milled head. The stage is made of a glass plate resting on a frame supported by four columns, which can also be translated laterally with a pair of knurled knobs. The body tube/limb combination is translated from side to side by means of a lateral track and screw mechanism that has handles at the ends to turn the assembly. The limb of the microscope is positioned on a large beam that is secured to the base by two thick brass pillars. The cast iron base of this rather large microscope has the sides cut away to form legs to support the instrument. The model featured below was redrawn from photographs of the original microscope, which is part of the Billings microscope collection at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC. Nebelthau (Marburg, Germany) for examining very large sections of tissue or bacterial culture plates, this compound monocular microscope was built by the Ernst Leitz Company in Wetzlar, Germany in 1896. Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer: Museum of Microscopy - Ernst Leitz Compound Monocular Tissue Examination MicroscopeĮrnst Leitz Compound Monocular Tissue Examination Microscopeĭesigned by Dr.
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