MICROSCOPE
Description of Object:
Microscope (no. 3460), German Manufacturer: Leitz lens
Materials: Metal and brass presented in a fitted hand-made wooden box, which would have had interchangeable lenses.
Discussion:
Known for the quality of their lenses, Leitz microscopes were manufactured from 1847. The earlier models were made of brass with a black japanned base.
Later models were more refined using a draw-tube coarse focus and a knob controlled focus. This then developed into a rack and pinion coarse focus and a fine focus by a graduated wheel.
Different magnifications on these models are obtained by inserting eyepieces of varying strength.
Date of Object:
Difficult to determine an exact date; definitely early 20th Century and still used into the 1950’s.
Find-spot:
Used by laboratory employees at Murgatroyd’s, Booth Lane site.
Dimensions:
33cm high, 18cms width sq.
Location:
Held by Middlewich Heritage Trust, as part of the George Twigg Collection
