Schiek medium compound microscope
Datecirca 1860
Inventory Number1311
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
1790 - 1870
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicroscope: 37 × 22.5 × 20.5 cm (14 9/16 × 8 7/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
case: 9.5 × 25 × 41.8 cm (3 3/4 × 9 13/16 × 16 7/16 in.)
case: 9.5 × 25 × 41.8 cm (3 3/4 × 9 13/16 × 16 7/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesoculars (4): 0, 1, 2, 3; objectives (6); bull's eye; loupe; live box; compressorium; diaphragms (3); condensor; 90 degree. prism; mechincal stage; triple nosepiece; tweezers (2); sliders (2); camera lucida; glass slides (10); flat case with key
DescriptionThis is a Scheik compound microscope with a medium-sized stand. The instrument is constructed of brass and it has a folding tripod base on which is mounted a conical pillar. The pillar supports a triangle bar, which carries a slider with an arm holding the monocular body tube. The coarse focus is by rack and pinion. The fine adjustment is by a screw hinged to the pillar.
There is a square brass stage with a round inlaid glass top. The underside has mountings for stops and condensers.
This instrument is accompanied by a number of accessories, including an exchangeable triple nosepiece, live box, a bull's eye lens, and a camera lucida.
There is also a flat wooden case for storing the instrument.
There is a square brass stage with a round inlaid glass top. The underside has mountings for stops and condensers.
This instrument is accompanied by a number of accessories, including an exchangeable triple nosepiece, live box, a bull's eye lens, and a camera lucida.
There is also a flat wooden case for storing the instrument.
Signedon body tube: Schiek in Berlin
InscribedEngraved in script on tube: Schiek in Berlin No. 850
Provenancegift by Dr. Norman F. Boas, Wilton, CN to Countway Library, Boston, MA, 1974
Historical AttributesAccording to a letter in the file, this microscope belonged to Dr. Theodore Meyer who, "along with Dr. Abraham Jacobi, founded the German dispensary which evolved into the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York."
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: mechical stage; oculars (4); triple nosepiece; 90 degree prism & short tube; compressoria with 10 windows (2); concave mirrors (2); bull's eye; camera lucida; slides; ebony sliders with test objective (4); tweezers etc.; flat case
Object number: 1266
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: circa 1870
Accessories: eyepieces (2): 0 and 1; extra eye lens of intermediate diameter; 2 sets of nesting objectives, some marked 1,: 2, 3, 4; horizontal case
Object number: 2002-1-0067
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: circa 1878
Accessories: eyepieces (2): 0, 1; objective lenses (4): 2, 4, 5, 7; broken glass slide; prepared slides (2); flat case
Object number: 1990-2-0007
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: 1840-1860
Accessories: 1 convertible objective: 1, 2, 3, 4; 2 oculars; 1 bone slide; camera lucida in separate small box; flat case, key missing.
Object number: 1121a
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: 1840-1860
Accessories: box
Object number: 1121b
Carl Friedrich Zeiss
Date: 1885
Accessories: oculars (2): 5, 5 x 1.5; objectives (2): aa and E with canisters; Abbe condensor with swing-out mount for disk diaphragms; disk diaphragms (6); 2 cup diaphragm / cylinder stop holders; cup diaphragms (3); nicol prism polarizer in half canister; instrument case; stereoscopic eyepiece (1126c); camera lucida (1126b); blood corpuscle counting apparatus (1126d).
Object number: 1126a
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: 2 regular objectives; a high power objective; a low power objective (a variable power dissecting lens) with an extension arm for this lens; 2 dissecting lenses; 1 objective with lieberkuhn; objective with polarizer; 2 regular eyepieces; 1 erecting eyepiece; 1 micrometer eyepiece; stage micrometer, stage bull's eye condenser on jointed arm; camera lucida; tweezers; 3 dissecting tools; pillar extension;
compressorium, 2 objective adaptive mounts (one with Chevalier threads, another with Oberhauser threads); 2 adaptors for Chevalier lenses to other microscopes (one adaptor having Society threads); case.
Object number: 1093
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: 1835-1840
Accessories: 4 objectives; 4 oculars; inverting ocular; camera lucida; compressorium; galvanic stage; 1/100 mm stage micrometer; liquid trough; 2 bull's eyes; condenser with diaphragm wheel; mechanical stage; trough; eye shield; case with drawer and lid; spare wooden display base.
Object number: 1115
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: circa 1928
Accessories: oculars (3)): 10x Mobimi, 15x & Mobimi, 10x; objectives (3) 90 / 1.25, 40 / 0.65, 10 / 0.30; canisters (3): 90, 40, 8; mechanical stage on vulcanite; Abbe illuminator; triple nosepiece; stops (2): 1, r; screwdriver with locking screw and washer; wrench; standing case; key.
Object number: 1996-1-0339
William Cary
Date: circa 1827
Accessories: 3 objectives; live box; 2 ivory sliders; box
Object number: 1188
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: 2 convertible objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 0,00,000; 2 oculars; simple magnifiers: 3 and 5, with support bracket; extension pillar; bull's eye stage condenser on jointed arm; forceps; 3 prepared slides; box of cover glasses; 1/100 mm stage micrometer; camera lucida; tall bell jar; padlock on chain; case with key; table of magnifications
Object number: 1079
Nachet et Fils (I)
Date: 1862
Accessories: 6 objectives in box (1157b) with 1 substage condenser; oblique prism condenser; 3 oculars; 1 cup diaphragm, 1 diffuser, ; camera lucida; stage and eyepiece micrometers; liquid trough; 3 dissecting knives; prepared slides in box (1157d); plain slides; cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm(1157e); Amici's illuminator prism with stand (1157f); compressorium (1157g); case with parts box (1157c).
Object number: 1157a