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Accession Number: 2009.uc.17
Alternative Name: Ablese-Mikroskop
Primary Materials: Metal: Copper Alloy (Brass); Glass
Engraved on the barrel of the scope: “Ernst Leitz
Wetzlar
No. 241653”
41.5 x 18 x 15.5 cm (15.5 = telescope length)
This “Ablese-Mikroskop” was used as a horizontal microscope, possibly for reading scales with a high level of precision, as in the use of delicate equipment.
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Manufacturer: Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar, Prussia (Germany)
Date of Manufacture: c. 1910
This instrument was likely used in the University of Toronto Department of Physics.
Ernst Leitz “No. 45 Mikrosope” (1913) (http://earth2geologists.net/Microscopes/documents/Leitz_catalog_1913.pdf), pg 84
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