Microscope outfit consisting of: (a) wooden case; (b) microscope; (c) three glass plates; (d) two cover slips; (e) light; (f) lens cleaner; (g) crown oil bottle with dropper; (h) lens cases and eyepieces in wooden slots at the top of the wooden case; microscope has horseshoe base, three objectives,…
fl. oz. // LENS // CLEANER // FOR CLEANING // OPTICAL GLASS SURFACES // REV. 9/74 // DISTRIBUTED BY
// SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS // [etc.]"; (h) "A.O. NO 610 // AMERICAN OPTICAL CO // MADE IN U.S.A. BUFFALO,
N.Y. // 15 W 115 V"; (i) "8 x 113"; (j) "6 x B // Ernst Leitz Wetzler"; (k) "4 mm // B & L. O.
CO."; (l) "16 mm // B. & L. O. CO."; (m) "1.9 mm // B. & L. O. CO."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-A1-1
Condition Remarks
Microscope: some rusting and corrosion; glass plates held together with masking tape; light: good,
left tin foil with the light; lens cleaner: excellent; Crown oil bottle: masking tape all around
the top, rubber part of the lid deteriorated and in pieces; lenses and cases, good; cover slips: two intact (saved); #2: plastic cords are slightly damaged
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
"Catalogue of Laboratory Apparatus and Scientific Instruments", Central Scientific Co. of Canada,
Ltd., 1942, p. 744; "Antique Medical Instruments", C. Keith Wilbur, p. 15; CD #5
Research Facts
Crown Immersion Oil still available in 1942, but comparing the facsimile with what we have, our bottle
dates from prior to 1942; Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. began in 1876 and continues to the present;
eyepieces from before 1942 (old-fashioned flat-top style); light is from after 1942