Culpeper-type compound microscope
Date1735-1745
Inventory Number2002-1-0054
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
English
Cultural Region
Dimensions33 x 17 x 17 cm (13 x 6 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
box: 34.9 × 21.6 × 20.3 cm (13 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 8 in.)
box: 34.9 × 21.6 × 20.3 cm (13 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 8 in.)
Material
Accessories5 objectives; 3 ivory slides; 1 brass slide; 2 rough pieces of glass; 2 stage forceps and pins; black / white disk in ebony with ivory inset; spring stage; live box.
DescriptionThis is a Culpeper-type compound microscope with optical tubes made of wood covered with vellum and shagreen. The legs for the tripod above the stage are turned brass. The legs for the tripod below the stage have a slight scrolling shape. They are also brass. The stage is triform (having three wings). The base of the microscope is octagonal and has a drawer. It is made of wood (probably deal and oak) stained a dark color. A piece of the veneer is missing. The bottom of the optical assembly and top of the draw tube are lignum vitae. The upper part of the draw tube, which would have held the eye lens, is missing.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksVery similar to the early Culpeper-type microscope, no. 6 in Gerard Turner's <i>The Great Age of the Microscope<i>, the catalogue of the instruments in the Royal Microscopical Society.
ProvenanceGift of Max and Florence Brodsky Family, 2002.
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: frog (fish) plate; 3 long bone slides; 1 short ivory slide; a slide holder; 4 objectives; watch glass; diverse glasses; ivory box with mica covers and wire rings; dark plate; chamois
Object number: 1048
English
Date: circa 1750
Accessories: 5 objectives; fish plate; hand magnifier; diffusor; cone; stage forceps; 4 ivory slides; 1 glass slide; ivory box with mica covers and wire rings; spring stage for slides; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1049
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: 5 Objectives:1, 2, 3, 4, 5; round specimen carrier with eight preparations plus black and white discs; fish plate; stage forceps; live box; ivory box for cover glasses; cone diaphragm; pyramidal case.
Object number: 1180
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: objective (5); spring slide holder; circular carrier (10 objects); stage forceps; cone diaphragm; ivory slider (2); round glass disc; brass ring; ivory box of covers; frog plate; key for case
Object number: 1181
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: ocular (1); objectives (6); fish plate; substage cone diaphragm; round spring slide holder; stage forceps; bull's eye condenser; wet specimen glass cup; rotating slide speciment holder with black and white disks; small black and white disks as bead on cord; brass spring; spare collar from an ocular; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1242
Claude Paris
Date: 1745-1750
Accessories: 4 objectives in wooden mounts; 2 pin wrenches; stage forceps; 4 wood slides with two specimens each.
Object number: 1183
English
Date: 1750-1825
Accessories: In drawer (1179b): 4 objectives: 1, 3, 4, 5; tweezers; stage forceps; 12 numbered ivory slides; brass slider; 3 glass slides; brush; ivory case for covers; egg shaped ivory case; small planoconvex lens. Pyramidal case .
Object number: 1179a
Charles Lincoln
Date: 1770-1775
Accessories: 5 objectives; 1 Lieberkühn; 1 cone; tadpole glasses and wire; 6 ivory slides; mica covers and wire rings; stage bull's eye magnifier; 2 hand magnifiers; spring slide holder; fish plate; instruction booklet; fold out plate (glued to cardstock); list of objects on slides.
Object number: 1047
John Marshall
Date: 1690-1700
Accessories: objective (5); lens, glass bowl, ivory box (3) containing talc; graduated cylinder; ruler; ivory objective; tweezers; fish-plate tweezers; ivory spoon, specimen holder (3)
Object number: 1000
English
Date: 1790-1825
Accessories: 4 Objectives 1,2,3,4 ; Watch glass; Stage forceps; 3 ivory slides; Bone ring chamber
Object number: 1040
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: 6 objectives for screw-barrel microscope; 3 objectives for compound body; 1 lieberkuhn; 1 opaque attachment; brass box; 2 ivory slides, 1 brass wet-cell slide; tweezer; ivory handle; glass specimen fish tube; storage box; instruction booklet by Culpeper (stored in instrument file).
Object number: 1173
Edward Nairne
Date: circa 1749
Accessories: 4 objectives; stage forceps; spring slide holder; ivory slide; pyramidal case.
Object number: 1178