Tighe compound monocular microscope
Datecirca 1885
Inventory Number1144
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
E. H. & F. H. Tighe
Owner
Ernest Goodrich Stillman
Collector
Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicroscope: 27 × 8.4 × 14 cm (10 5/8 × 3 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
case: 32.1 × 16 × 10.2 cm (12 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 4 in.)
case: 32.1 × 16 × 10.2 cm (12 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 4 in.)
Material
Accessoriesocular; empty box for 3 objectives; case
DescriptionThis is a Tighe small compound monocular microscope. The brass instrument has a horseshoe-shaped base filled with lead. The round pillar rises to the inclining joint, where it meets a a C-shaped arm topped with a cylindrical post. The post joins with the body tube by rack and pinion. The ocular draw tube is nickel-plated. A revolving three-objective nosepiece is attached. Coarse focus is by rack and pinion. The fine adjustment is a screw located underneath the post.
The microscope is equipped with a circular stage with two nickel stage clips. The substage apparatus includes a condenser with an iris diaphragm. The concave mirror is mounted to a swinging arm attached to the lower part of the C-shaped arm.
The instrument comes with a standing dovetailed wooden case with a small brass handle on top. A printed card thumbtacked inside the case door details the proper care of the microscope.
There is one eyepiece. The box for 3 objectives is empty. It is made of wood covered in black leather and lined in purple silk and velvet.
The microscope is equipped with a circular stage with two nickel stage clips. The substage apparatus includes a condenser with an iris diaphragm. The concave mirror is mounted to a swinging arm attached to the lower part of the C-shaped arm.
The instrument comes with a standing dovetailed wooden case with a small brass handle on top. A printed card thumbtacked inside the case door details the proper care of the microscope.
There is one eyepiece. The box for 3 objectives is empty. It is made of wood covered in black leather and lined in purple silk and velvet.
Signedon base: E.H. & F.H. TIGHE, DETROIT MICH.
printed on microscope care label: E. H. & F. H. TIGHE, / OPTICIANS / DETROIT, MICH.
ProvenanceDr. Ernest Goodrich Stillman, New York, New York; gift to Ernst-Lewis Collectionn of Microscopes (inv. no. 144), Harvard Medical School.
Historical AttributesA note by Dr. Lewis explains that this is one of two microscopes presented by Ernest Goodrich Stillman, A.B. Harvard, 1907; M.D. Columbia, 1913.
E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: objectives in green leather box (5): 2, 4, 6, 7, and unmarked; objectives in brown box (2): 2, 3; oculars (5); 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; polarizing eyepiece and substage apparatus; substage condenser; substage cup diaphragms (4); slider with sleeve to hold substage accessories; large bull's eye condenser with stand; aperture-stop rotating wheel; blue filters (3); flat case; case keys (2).
Object number: 1145a
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1891
Accessories: 2 RMS objectives in original canisters marked E. Leitz 1 and 5; 2 empty canisters 3 and 7; 4 oculars : 1, 3, 4, 5; triple nosepiece; Abbe condenser; 3 cup diaphragms with holder; blue glass filter; standing case with key.
Object number: 1172
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1908-1910
Accessories: ocular; objective; standing case
Object number: 1209
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: circa 1928
Accessories: oculars(2): a pair of K 15x Mobimi; objectives (3): apochromats 20 n.a. 0.65 and 70 n.a. 1.25, and achromat 8 n.a. 0.20; mechanical stage; condenser with iris diaphgragm; locking screw with washer and screwdriver; standing case, key.
Object number: 1369
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1935-1940
Accessories: oculars (3 pairs): 4X, 5XB, 6XB; objective/condensers (4): 11, 3.8X, 22-100, and UO 6.5; magnification table; standing case.
Object number: 2009-1-0065
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.; centerable condenser with diaphragm wheel; mech. stage; side illuminator prism; cabinet.
Object number: 1016a
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
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: circa 1932
Accessories: objectives (4): 3 achr. 8x, 10x, 20x , APO 40; ocular Mobimi K7x; condensor; mechanical stage; stereo set of ocular caps and stop; Abbe condensor; standing case.
Object number: 1370
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: circa 1932
Accessories: apochromatic objectives (2): 20/ 0.65, 40/ 0.95; canisters (3): Apo 10/ 0.30, Apo 10/ 0.65, Apo 40/ 0.95; oculars (2): pair of K 7x Mobimi; stops (3); screwdriver with heavy locking screw with washer; wrench; standing case, key
Object number: 1389
E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
Date: circa 1870
Accessories: objectives (7): 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9,10 in fitted box ; eyepieces (4): 1, 4, 5, 6; cup diaphragms (4); polarizer set; bull's eye condenser on stand; Oberhaeuser-style camera lucida; tweezers; substage rotating wheel diaphragm attached to holder with blue glass filter; substage glass filter holder with blue glass filter; substage condenser; dual nosepiece, Hartnack 1/100 mm stage micrometer; flat case; key; magnification table; price lists (2).
Object number: 1080
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1888
Accessories: objectives (5): Leitz immersion 1/12 and 1/20, objectives 3, 5, 7 in leather covered wooden fitted box [1067b]; oculars (3): 0, 1, 3; dark field and disk diaphragms (2); cup diaphragms (3) with slide holder; Abbe condenser; extra substage mirror; iris diaphram and mirror on one bracket; microscope case with key; Leitz Bi-centric darkfield condenser Model B in brown leather shaped box [1167d]; set of test slides in a wooden box [1167c]
Object number: 1067a
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1887
Accessories: non-RMS objectives (2): 3, 7; case for objectives (1103b); oculars (2): 1, 3; cup diaphragms (3); magnification table; glass slides (4); cover slip; case for microscope
Object number: 1103a