Polarizing microscope

Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar
Polarizing microscope (lacquered brass) with black enameled iron limb and horseshoe base. Focus by rack and pinion. Circular rotating stage with 360-degree scale and vernier scale allowing measurements to 0.1°. Ahrens prism polarizer condenser and an Ahrens prism analyzer. The polarizer assembly can slide in and out of the optical path on a dovetail. The analyzer (Nicol prism) is fitted on a sliding shoe into the lower part of the body tube and the Bertrand lens into the upper part. Window slot at the lower end of the nosepiece for wave plates.
Height 32 cm, in original wooden case with worling lock and key
Signed on the body tube "Ernst Leitz | Wetzlar | 111952", made around 1908. delivered by D.B Kagenaar S , Instrumentenfabriek Begijnekade 19 Utrecht.

private collection