The Excellent Leitz Microscopes with Black （优秀的Leitz则显微镜用黑色）.pdf

The Excellent Leitz Microscopes with Black Enamel Finish 3/10/2011 Normand Overney and Gregor Overney 2 The Excellent Leitz Microscopes with Black Enamel Finish The Excellent Leitz Microscopes with Black Enamel Finish Normand Overney and Gregor Overney This paper summarizes key features of several famous Leitz microscopes. Each of the microscopes comes in a beautiful black enamel finish.1 All these magnificent instruments were developed sometime between 1937 and 1972. Updated and revised 7th edition Table of Contents Acknowledgements 3 Introduction 4 The Leitz Ortholux, Dialux and Laborlux of the Forties and Fifties 5 The Leitz Laborlux II7 The Leitz Ortholux, Dialux, Labolux, Laborlux and SM of the Sixties and Early Seventies 8 Historical Snapshot of Selected Leitz Microscopes between 1930 and 1977 12 Compatibility with Newer Objectives 14 The Leitz Condensers 16 Leitz Brightfield Condenser System 600 16 Leitz Phase Contrast Condenser System 400 According to Zernike 17 The Leitz Heine Phase Contrast Condenser 18 Leitz Dedicated Darkground (Darkfield) Condensers 19 The Leitz Berek Condenser 20 Digital Photomicrography using the Leitz Ortholux 21 Conclusions 22 References 23 1 We are not sure whether Leitz was using porcelain enamel (a substantially vitreous or glassy inorganic coating bonded to metal by fusion at a temperature above 800°F). © Normand and Gregor Overney 2011 3 The Excellent Leitz Microscopes with Black Enamel Finish Acknowledgements Important information for this work has been provided by many helpful microscopists from all around the globe. Many of them regularly contribute to several Internet forums and newsgroups about microscopy. Numerous brochures and manuals available at Gordon Couger’s Web site *2+, at Bernard Doudin