Schiek large compound microscope
Datecirca 1850
Inventory Number1266
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
1790 - 1870
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicroscope: 46.2 × 24.5 × 21.5 cm (18 3/16 × 9 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
case: 9.5 × 50.5 × 27 cm (3 3/4 × 19 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
case: 9.5 × 50.5 × 27 cm (3 3/4 × 19 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
Material
Accessoriesmechical 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
DescriptionThis is a Schiek large compound microscope. It has a folding tripod base, which carries a conical pillar with a titling hinge holding a long triangular steel rail. The upper part of the rail carries a slider with an arm holding the monocular tube, while the lower end has a slider for the square stage. The coarse focus is by rack and pinion. The fine adjustment is by a screw located on the lower end of the rail.
This instrument is accompanied by a flat wooden case.
This instrument is accompanied by a flat wooden case.
Signedengraved on tube in script: Schiek in Berlin
Inscribedengraved on tube in script: No. 20
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Dr. Francis Constable, Woonsocket, RI. Donated to CHSI October 13, 1967.
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: circa 1860
Accessories: oculars (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
Object number: 1311
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: 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
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
Benjamin Martin
Date: circa 1776
Accessories: 3 Objectives: 2, 4, 5; Lieberkühn; 4 ivory sliders; springclip/holder; case with rounded top.
Object number: 1213
R. & J. Beck
Date: 1876
Accessories: oculars (2) in microscope; Darker's selenite retarding filters (3); wheel diaphragm; mechanical rotary stage; stage slider. Other accessories are in the case (1122b), including monocular draw tube; oculars (3); objectives in cans (5); empty can; Lieberkühn; polarizing set; slides; camera lucidas (2); etc.; plus a Beck patent substage condenser (1122c); and apertometer (1122d).
Object number: 1122a
Benjamin Wood
Date: 1820
Accessories: 10 objectives, numbered 1-10 (caps on 1 and 2); 4 objectives with lieberkuhns (one lens missing); 2 oculars; 3 simple lenses in eye cups; diaphragm cone; live box; spring stage; three-wing stage; double-convex lens on rod; simple-lens carrier on an arm; ivory black/white disk; 1 ivory disk with cork; 3 flat glass disks of differing sizes; 1 large glass disk in threaded brass rim; 1 watch glass; 3 large glass, magnifying lenses, one tinted green; 2 small magnifying glasses; stage condensor; fish plate; 2 stage forceps; 1 stage 3-pronged gripper; tweezers; 3 ivory handled knives for preparations; 10 small and 3 medium ivory slides of transparent specimens; 3 ivory slides of opaque specimens; 3 boxwood slides of transparent specimens; 1 brass wet-cell slide with 4 apertures for preparations; 2 cylindrical ivory boxes with mica cover slips and snap rings; wrench; chamois; flat case with sockets for the above; key.
Object number: 1002
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1937
Accessories: standard eyepieces (3): 8X P, Periplan. OK 10X, and Periplan. Ok. 25X; wide eyepieces (3): 1, 1, 8X, 10X; objectives (4) in fitted case: 1b 4.3X, 3 10X, P7 62X, P 1/12 oel; waveplates (2); condenser with polarizer; mechanical stage; loupe 6x; box of cover glasses; standing case; key; objective adaptors (4); and watch keys (2)
Object number: 1999-1-0020a
Louis Jules Duboscq
Date: 1860-1880
Accessories: mirrors (2) (separately cataloged as 1996-1-0699c and 1996-1-0700); compensator (1996-1-0703a)
Object number: 1996-1-0699a
Adam Hilger Ltd.
Date: circa 1920
Accessories: case, adaptive collars, aperture stops (2): 1/4, 1/6
Object number: 1997-1-1835
William Harris and Company
Date: circa 1825
Accessories: 4 objectives: 2, 3, 5, unmarked; brass box (bottom of live box?); glass disk; threaded cover with glass window; stage forceps; 6 ivory sliders; fish plate; cone diaphragm.; fish tube; slide holder.
Object number: 1226