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Unknown wild & Leitz items

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Hi I'm hoping someone could ID these items. One is a wild heerbrug prism ring, maybe some kind of vertical illumination beam splitter for stereo microscope?

The other is an old leitz box with some knobs with a small set screw inside, most are heavily rusted. Looks like something is missing in the middle, maybe some kind of metrology test kit? Hoping we can determine they are worthless so I can trash them and keep the box :D

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Post by Perl »

The box is for pol stage whith click stops
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Post by Pau »

One is a wild heerbrug prism ring, maybe some kind of vertical illumination beam splitter for stereo microscope?
Yes, I think it is intended to illuminate in between the optical paths.
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Post by Photomicro »

Pau wrote:
One is a wild heerbrug prism ring, maybe some kind of vertical illumination beam splitter for stereo microscope?
Yes, I think it is intended to illuminate in between the optical paths.

Yes, Zeiss made a similar (almost identical) device for their stereo models. It screws to the lower ring, and you direct your incident lamp to shine at the prism, which then re-directs it down to the object.

So it is really a simple (and therefore cheap) and unobtrusive means of axial illumination. Useful for getting the light into crevices, especially with minerals I believe.
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Post by houstontx »

Perl wrote:The box is for pol stage whith click stops
Hmmm but the cut out in the foam is square shaped, not circular...Maybe it fits the base/underside? how would the knobs be used on the stage?

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Post by R_REISENER »

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Hello. Here is a photo of the same accessory that I keep on my Orthoplan Pol.
Your box is missing a special slide manipulator that accepts point counting rings. The rings attach to the knurled x-y manipulators, and provide detent click stops at various spacings.

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Post by houstontx »

R_REISENER wrote:Image
Hello. Here is a photo of the same accessory that I keep on my Orthoplan Pol.
Your box is missing a special slide manipulator that accepts point counting rings. The rings attach to the knurled x-y manipulators, and provide detent click stops at various spacings.
I get it now! Shame my box doesn't look like yours.

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Post by Perl »

Hi
Nice you figured it out
know my Leitzx Stuff
Have most of them in my collection
also the stage you missing but mine
are in wodden box

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