measuring microscope
Datecirca 1900
Inventory Number1997-1-1872
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Dimensionseyepiece: 9 × 13.8 × 4.1 cm (3 9/16 × 5 7/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
box: 7.5 × 16.5 × 16.1 cm (2 15/16 × 6 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)
box: 7.5 × 16.5 × 16.1 cm (2 15/16 × 6 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)
Accessories1 modified Leitz objective 14 mm; 3 oculars; tube with 45 deg. coaxial illumination reflector; adjustment key; eyepiece micrometer; case.
SignedNot signed, except Leitz objective.
Curatorial RemarksFrom Historical Technology Inc. , Marblehead.12/1/1976.
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1930-1935
Accessories: micrometer eyepiece; oculars (5): 1 Leitz 8x, 1 pair B&L 6.4x, 1 pair B&L 12.5x; objective: Spencer 48 mm., 2.2x; monocular tube; glass bottle for immersion fluid; B & L canisters (3); case with key
Object number: 2003-1-0007
Robert B. Tolles
Date: circa 1874
Accessories: 3 Objectives: Tolles (?) with front element missing, no date; Leitz 1/12 oel imm., tubus 160 mm; Tolles 1/6" 35 deg., no date; 4 Tolles oculars 24.5 mm dia.; condensor w. iris; diaphragm wheel; substage mirror w. opt. stand; Nichol's micr.; case. camera luc Abbe condensor; diaphragm wheel; separate stand f. substage mirror; standing case.
Object number: 1305
Boston Optical Works
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: One unmarked demonstration slide; 1 objective, probably not by Tolles; 1 Society thread extender 14mm; 1 ocular, Huyghens?, 24.7 mm barrel, (45 deg. knurl suggests Tolles, although optics and eye end do not).
Object number: 1033
Boston Optical Works
Date: circa 1870
Accessories: 3 Tolles objectives: 1 with 3 fronts; empty can 8/10; 5 Tolles oculars 34 mm dia.: 2 all solid, 2 solid field l. & single eye lens, 1 std.; blue filter; case; key. Also see 1016a: microscope with centerable condenser with diaphragm wheel; and mechanical stage. 1016c: side illumination prism. 1016d, e, f: specialized Tolles objectives.
Object number: 1016b
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1886
Accessories: oculars (2): Leitz 4xB, Winkel Zeiss kl 2; objectives (4): Leitz 7, 1/7a oil immersion, Zeiss B, HI 90 iris, B&L 8mm, 1/5, Grunow 1/6; B&L double nosepiece; parabolic reflector for stage; Abbe condensor with iris-cylinder diaphragm; articulated substage mirror; frame for cup diaphragms; cup diaphragms (2); Zeiss-B&L polarizing analyzer A6; Zeiss-B&L vertical illuminator; flat case; key.
Object number: 1044
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1898
Accessories: oculars (4): 2, 4, and compensating oculars 6, 8; objectives: AA, DD, a2, and apochromat HI 2.0 mm; triple nosepiece; swing-out condenser with iris-cylinder diaphragm; disk diaphragm and central stop diaphragm; filter; eyepiece micrometer, brush, spare stage clips; large mechanical stage (2006-1-0114b); centering glass (2006-1-0114c) with instructions; magnification tables (2); standing case; key; leather traveling case (2006-1-0114d).
Object number: 2006-1-0114a
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1970
Accessories: Leitz objectives (3 Phaco achromats): 100x, D44667; 40x, D4527; 10x, D43270; Zeiss objective A, 17776; phase condenser, D36977; Leitz oculars (pair): Periplan 10X; Leitz phase eyepiece ("Lichteinstellupe"); anonymous 10x micrometer eyepiece
Object number: 2003-1-0004
Robert B. Tolles
Date: circa 1875
Accessories: 2 Tolles objectives: 1/8" dated 6/27/1866; 1/8" 120 deg. dated 3/7/1869, can marked: Immersion, also scratched: C. X. D. 1902; empty can for Tolles 1/4", now on inverted Tolles Nr. 1203; 2 oculars, no name, not solid, 24.5 mm dia.; Standing case.
Object number: 1127
Unitron
Date: 1970
Accessories: Unitron phase objectives (7): B.M. 100x, 73956; 40x, 71808; 20x, 71438; 10x, 71536; D.M. 100x, 72699; 40x, 71242; 20x, 70819; other objectives (7): 100x, 86250; 40x, 73397; 20x, 72429; M10x, 86250; 40XR, 64223; 5x, 72019; 3x, 71286; eyepieces (2); phase condensor; eyepiece micrometer box; reticle; hemacytometer; color filters (6); polarizers (2); pair of stereo objectives for an unknown instrument; very large 40x phase aperture for Olympus; standing case with set of keys; built-in transformer for illumination
Object number: 2003-1-0048
Ernst Abbe
Date: circa 1886
Accessories: oculars (5): 0, 1,2, 3, 4; objectives (7): AA, A, C, D, E, F, 1/12 Homog. Immers. Apert. 1.20; Abbe condenser; disc diaphragms (6); cup diaphragms (3) with frame; articulated substage mirror; cyllindrical wooden box; key; case. See also Leitz camera lucida in small box (1123b) and stage screw micrometer (1123c).
Object number: 1123a
A. Nachet
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: 3 Objectives: #7 Nachet with adjustment collar and Society thread in cannister (1107c), small box with # 3 and 6 (11.5 mm threads) and adapter to Society threads (1107b); 2 oculars: no # and 2; bull's eye condenser; pill box with with cover glasses; flat case (1107d) with key.
Object number: 1107a
Boston Optical Works
Date: circa 1870
Accessories: 1 Tolles objective with cap : 1/4" 40 deg. , dated 5/12/1868; 2 oculars 24.5 mm dia. ; simple stage with clips; diaphragm wheel; no condensor; substage mirror; objective cap; standing walnut case.
Object number: 1286
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