drum compound microscope
Datecirca 1801
Inventory Number1228
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
François-Antoine Jecker
fl. 1790 - 1820
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions37.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm (14 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
case: 37.5 x 8.5 x 10 cm (14 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
case: 37.5 x 8.5 x 10 cm (14 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Material
Accessories1 Objective, glass missing ; spring loaded holder for slides; no case.
DescriptionDrum base contains a tilting substage plane mirror and a fixed substage condensor lens. The stage takes a spring loaded holder for large, presumably wooden slides. A pillar contains a hidden rack and pinion focuser carrying a clamp for the ~ 8 " long compound body. The eyepiece has a field lens, but the eye lens seems to be missing. The tube has a field lens. The objective # 3, glass missing, has male threads of 10.5 mm dia. x 0.4 mm pitch.
Signedon the drum: Jecker / à Paris
Inscribedon the drum: No. 40
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Alain Brieux, Paris, July 7, 1964 (lot 18/37). Donated to CHSI November 2, 1964.
François-Antoine Jecker
Date: circa 1801
Accessories: 1 Objective: 1, with male thread 11mm dia. x 0.6 mm; fixed ocular; tweezers; glass slide; ivory slide with 5 positions containing 5 specimens; watch glass; mahogany flat case.
Object number: 1216
François-Antoine Jecker
Date: circa 1820
Accessories: Rectangular storage box with cover for box
Object number: DW0988
Marc François Louis Secretan
Date: circa 1855
Accessories: 1 Eyepiece; 1 objective; horizontal case.
Object number: 1247
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1919
Accessories: oculars (2): 3, 8x; accessory box; Leitz objectives (5); wrenches (2); ground glass; N.A. 1.45 condensor cap; Abbe condensor; rotary stage; case
Object number: 1345
Louis François Dellebarre
Date: 1775-1795
Accessories: Lieberkühn; cap for ocular; no case.
Object number: 1255
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
Harmanus van Deyl
Date: 1807
Accessories: 2 objectives; 2 eye lenses for a fixed field lens; 1 Lieberkühn; frogplate; bull's eye; stage forceps; spring stage; live box; hand lens; 2 tweezers; 2 boxes with 59 specimen slides; glass disk; black disk; "fish" tube with wire; ivory box of mica cover slips; 5 glass slides; 3 lenses; 2 keys.
Object number: 2002-1-0075a
Alvan Clark and Sons
Date: 1910
Accessories: shipping crate, terrestrial eyepiece, dust cap, mount and tripod (2003-1-0077b)
Object number: 2003-1-0077a
Claude-Siméon Passemant
Date: 1749-1769
Accessories: ocular; objectives (7); bull's eye condenser; Lieberkühn for stage mounting; cone diaphragm; spring frame for slides; frog plate; stage forceps; large and small black and white disks (2); round micrometer slide with fine wire screen; low-power lens; black aperture disk; brass slider for 4 specimens; ivory slides--rectangular (6); ivory slides--circular (2); brass slide with aperture to hold circular ivory slides; boxes (2) of round ivory slides (40 in total).
Object number: 1182
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
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