Abbe-type microscope camera lucida
Date: circa 1930
Inventory Number: 1997-1-2018
Classification: Camera Lucida
Subject:
Maker: Ernst Leitz (company) (1849 - 1986)
User: Biological Laboratories, Harvard University (founded 1932)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
9.6 × 18.8 × 3.5 cm (3 3/4 × 7 3/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
case: 6.1 × 11.4 × 21.3 cm (2 3/8 × 4 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)
Accessories: case
Bibliography:
Microscopes, Magnifiers, Microtomes, Colorimeters, Projection Apparatus etc.
Microscopes, Magnifiers, Microtomes, Colorimeters, Projection Apparatus etc.
Microscopes, Magnifiers, Microtomes, Colorimeters, Projection Apparatus etc.
Description:
This is a Leitz Abbe-type camera lucida. The large plane mirror is hinged to a metal bar that goes to a bracket. This bracket is attached to a clamping ring that goes around the eyepiece of a microscope. Above the clamping ring is a prism mounted on a swing-out mount. It has a wheel of neutral density filters below it. Two more filters are on a swing-away mount on the side near the exit window of the prism housing.
The case is made of wood and fitted for the camera lucida. It is lined with dark burgundy velvet and covered in orange leather.
The case is made of wood and fitted for the camera lucida. It is lined with dark burgundy velvet and covered in orange leather.
Signedon case lid and on bracket holding arm: E. LEITZ / WETZLAR [in achromat trademark]
on bracket: Germany
on bracket: Germany
Inscribedon case: ZEICHENAPPARAT
on back of mirror and side of case: GP 1533
on back of mirror and side of case: GP 1533
Historical AttributesThis instrument was used in the Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Primary SourcesE. Leitz, Inc., Microscopes,...Magnifiers, Microtomes, Colorimeters, Projection Apparatus, Accessories, etc. (New York: E. Leitz, Inc., 1929), 176-177.
ProvenanceBiological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA