Object Details
maker
Ernst Leitz
Description
Compound monocular with electric light that can be hand-held or mounted on a stand. The inscription reads “Ernst Leitz / Wetzlar / No 268749.” This serial number indicates a date around 1928.
This is an example of the firm’s Large Skin Capillary (LC) microscope, with a stage designed to hold a human finger steady enough for observations. It was probably owned by Bruno Kisch (1890-1966), a Jewish physician from Czechoslovakia who came to the United States during the Holocaust. Dr. Kisch was a professor at Yale, and a founding president of the American College of Cardiology. His widow gave his papers to the Smithsonian in 1971; they are now in the N.M.A.H. Archives Center.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Kisch
date made
ca 1935
ID Number
2003.0065.01
catalog number
2003.0065.01
accession number
2003.0065
Object Name
microscope
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
wire (overall material)
glass (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 10 5/16 in x 3 9/16 in x 12 in; 26.19375 cm x 9.04875 cm x 30.48 cm
place made
Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Science & Scientific Instruments
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1350344