That’s Uncle Phil on the left, me on the right, monkeying with the Kingly Gift he presented me last week when he came to visit.
The Kingly Gift is a 1920’s-vintage Ernst Leitz binocular microscope. Made by the same people who created the Leica camera, it’s constructed of huge chunks of precision-machined Solid Brass, weighing about 20 pounds. (Oof!) And it’s in gorgeous condition, just needing a little metal polish to make it look like a Work of Technological Art.
And maybe a whack or two with the Big Cartoony Rubber Mallet to unfreeze some of the large moving parts.
Science: it’s what’s for dinner!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Leave your Chunk o’ Feedback Right Here!