Year/Period |
1910-1920 |
Maker |
ZEISS |
Country |
Germany |
Signature |
Carl Zeiss / Jena [in logo] / 7423 // F / 1.8 mm n.A. 0.9 / D 0.17 |
Category |
Accessories microscopy |
Subcategory |
Optical components |
Optical 2 |
Achromatic |
Size of the box (h x w x d) |
sleeve: h 5.2 × ø 2.6 cm |
Size of the instrument (h x w x d) |
h 3.7 × ø 1.5 cm |
Donated by |
J.W. van Eijk, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands |
Inventory number |
SM 378 |
In a brass sleeve with screw cap. The sleeve is signed with the Zeiss logo, and an ‘F’.
The ‘F’ lens was manufactured in two versions, one without a correction collar (this one) and one with a correction collar (see SM 36).
The lens contains a fluorspar (calcium fluoride) lens, which makes it possible to correct the chromatic aberration of the lens better than in a normal achromatic lens. The result is that the lens is very sensitive to variations in the thickness of the cover glass. If it is not exactly the indicated 0.17 mm, the spherical aberration increases.
Objective lenses, type A
BLEEKER
1950-1960
Screw micrometer eyepiece
BLEEKER
1960-1962
35mm microscope camera
NIKON
ca. 1970
Microscope lamp
UNKNOWN
1950-1970