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Swift metallurgical microscope with Cook and Perkins inclined monocular head

1950-1970

Compound monocular microscope

Metallux metallographic (i.e. metallurgical) microscope by Leitz, Wetzlar, Germany, for use with top illumination of opaque specimens only, c. 1956, fitted with lamp housing for filament lamp, mechanical stage, quintuple revolving nosepiece with five Leitz objective lenses (5/0.9, 10/0.18, 20/0.35, 50/0.85 & 100/0/95), and binocular tube with Ernst Leitz Periplan 10X eyepieces for spectacle wearers; plus 6 V 5 A rated (6 A max.) transformer and fitted wooden case containing Normkam 6.5 cm by 9 cm camera attachment with focussing screen, viewing hood and cable release; two (ordinary) Periplan 10X eyepieces, four 78 mm square metal object slides, two ground glass, two blue glass and two green glass filters to fit the lamp housings (many accessories missing from the case)

Metallux metallographic microscope, Leitz

circa 1956