hi, This is just technology ever moving onward. Onward may not be forward. I hope the following shakes you up a little when you consider your next purchase. ...
Don, you have the earlier Zeiss Pol Standard, sometimes called a Junior, used a lot in teaching labs but with the same optics and super quality as the larger...
In the 1950's, Wild started building the M5 stereoscope using its famous "butter yellow" enamel finish, which is just as durable as the black used on other...
Gordon, Early mask aligners were manufactured by Perkin-Elmer, Hitachi, Leitz, Carl Zeiss, and others. Did the system have a mfg. name on it? Just curious. ...
Greg, I agree about the WILD color I own two Wild M11's in the butter yellow color- one here at home, and the other at school, in my classroom. Both have seen...
One manufacturer does it and and to stay competitive the others follow. Lab equipment of all kinds(biological, electronic, etc.) in the 1950 period began to...
Tim Chandler- Thanks for the explanation on staining pollen grains ! Can you please advise what analine-oil is- or where I can obtain it? I've got Xylene,...
never seen if turn up email me pic which appear to have been made in the same factory) in weird 70's colors like pink **************************************...
crinkle paint is hard to keep clean in a lab also. a smooth finish cleans easier ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL...
I will have to dig out some of the collection of stuff that came from the AO plant when it closed...... so much went into the dump.... they were even...
Don, It is GFL it takes 6 volts at 3 amps. Any AC or DC power supply works. Adjustable ones are best so you can warm up the filament an then bring it up to...
Don, I have some extra bulbs for this scope I can't sell because of the deal I made to get them. If you need them I can send you a few. If you don't need what...
No I thought of that There were items in white in the picture, which had not had any color shift, I'm aware that a lot of eBay photos are color shifted I've...
I don't know why scopes were black but they started painting them to save money. The metal didn't have to have a flawless finish, the paint that has a rough...
Here be a question: Dosen't stray light, reflected off of scopes having shiny bright colors have at least the potential to affect what is seen or photographed ...
Hi Greg, The one on eBay is GFL no a Jr. There is a locking ring on the course focus and I have never seen a Jr. with that lighting. I can't tell if has a...
I teach at a high school in LA Our Science department has a set of wonderful, old AO Spencer 66 scopes with diaphragms and mirrors, and 10x and 43x objectives ...
i want bright red on a low power to match the red fixtures in my dark room. anyone want to powercoat a stereo zoom?? and stand Hi Well , black is ok , but o...
The insides of all scopes are flat black to eliminate reflections AFAIK. The only exception would be those operating in the mid to far IR (>2 uM) where black...
To everybody, Is there any way I could procure some free prepared microscope slides? I am willing to even take partially damaged ones if the specimen is still...
But it would seem to me that light reflected from the OUSIDE of the scope would also bounce of of the object being studied and even pass through the lense. In ...
Yes, you are right Gordon, the Junior is smaller as well and had a removable 115 v lamp holder on the foot (at least, the ones I taught with did). The same 15...
Hi all, I need to stain some samples and will be required to use the aforementioned chemicals. When searching for amaranth (C2oHllN2Na3OlOS3) I get a lot of...