Re: Leitz Ortholux-Pol Manual

From: jacques jedwab (jjedwab_at_ulb.ac.be)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: 19 Jul 2004 14:17:57 GMT

In article <%2FJc.160499$tH1.6154429@twister.southeast.rr.com>, "Howard
Lynk" <hlynk@lightsurfer.com> wrote:

> Hello, I'm looking for a users manual or copy for the Leitz Ortholux-Pol
> microscope. This is the original black stand version. I will gladly pay for
> a copy to be made or an original. Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards, Howard

I have worked years long with an Ortholux-POL, but don't remember of a
formal "users manual". There were catalogs of the parts and accessories.
There was a catalog for the Ortholux-POL.

Leitz published also booklets on the various applications (e.g.
"Polarizations Mikroskopie", "Reflected light metallography", etc.), but
they were not centered on a given microscope model. Several such booklets
were available in German only.

Leitz published also a huge series of separate volumes in 1957, describing
all the gear in great detail, and especially the Ortholux and its
accessories:

Hugo Freund: Handbuch der Mikroskopie in der Technik. Umschau Verlag,
Frankfurt/Main.

If you really want a user-friendly polarization microscopy manual, there
are several petrography courses and textbooks. Clear explanations and
working sheets are provided in: McCrone: The Particle Atlas, Edition TWO.

J.J.