drum compound microscope
Date1840-1860
Inventory Number1121a
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
1790 - 1870
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicroscope: 20.5 × 7.3 × 7 cm (8 1/16 × 2 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
case: 8.5 x 22.5 x 11.7 cm (3 3/8 x 8 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
box: 7.6 × 30.5 × 13.3 cm (3 × 12 × 5 1/4 in.)
case: 8.5 x 22.5 x 11.7 cm (3 3/8 x 8 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
box: 7.6 × 30.5 × 13.3 cm (3 × 12 × 5 1/4 in.)
Material
Accessories1 convertible objective: 1, 2, 3, 4; 2 oculars; 1 bone slide; camera lucida in separate small box; flat case, key missing.
DescriptionThis a drum microscope on the French pattern.
A cylindrical brass base plate is lead filled. A large tube standing on it contains the concave substage mirror and supports the stage. The stage is lifted by a screw for fine focus. Coarse focus is done by sliding the tube with the ocular and objective in a sleeve above the stage.
Oculars have 24 mm diameter. Objective has female threads 13.3 x 0.5 mm at the tube and magnifications 1, 2 and 3. The top of the stage is 10.9 x 0.5 mm.,
The objective consists of four components numbered 1, 2, 3, 4.
1121b is a camera lucida in a separate box is stamped "Schieck"--i.e., not "Schiek" as spelled on the microscope.
A cylindrical brass base plate is lead filled. A large tube standing on it contains the concave substage mirror and supports the stage. The stage is lifted by a screw for fine focus. Coarse focus is done by sliding the tube with the ocular and objective in a sleeve above the stage.
Oculars have 24 mm diameter. Objective has female threads 13.3 x 0.5 mm at the tube and magnifications 1, 2 and 3. The top of the stage is 10.9 x 0.5 mm.,
The objective consists of four components numbered 1, 2, 3, 4.
1121b is a camera lucida in a separate box is stamped "Schieck"--i.e., not "Schiek" as spelled on the microscope.
Signedon microscope tube: Schiek in Berlin
on camera lucida: Schieck / Berlin
Inscribedserial number on tube: No. 252
Curatorial RemarksIn addition to this drum microscope (1121a), we have 3 Schieks with serial numbers 20, 252, 850. In addition to the camera lucida (1121b), we have 2 Schiecks with numbers 1339 and 1562. Note alternate spellings of the maker's name.
ProvenanceErnst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes (inv. no. 121), Harvard Medical School.
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: 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
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
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
E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
Date: circa 1870
Accessories: objectives (2): 4 and 7; ocular: 3; tweezers; brush; 2 dissecting needles; scalpel; glass rod dropper; flat case with key; table of magnifications.
Object number: 1160
Peter & John Dollond
Date: circa 1768
Accessories: Aquatic and Wilson attachments; 2 lenses to fit either ; 2 silverplated Lieberkuhns with lenses ; stage forceps ; tweezers ; 3 bone slides ; 1 brass framed glass slide for Wilson
Object number: 1007
Nachet et Fils (I)
Date: 1862
Accessories: 3 Oculars: 1, 2, 3; 3 Objectives in fitted box:1, 2, 3; one on tube: also #5, but longer; Camera lucida "Nachet"; 9 Glass slides; Cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm; wheel with 2 stops under stage; small blue filter; flat case with key.
Object number: 1069
Nachet et Fils (I)
Date: 1862
Accessories: 3 Oculars: 1, 2, 3; 3 Objectives in fitted box:1, 2, 3; one on tube: also #5, but longer; Camera lucida "Nachet"; 9 Glass slides; Cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm; wheel with 2 stops under stage; small blue filter; flat case with key.
Object number: 1069a
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
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
Camille Sébastien Nachet
Date: 1845-1850
Accessories: oculars (2): unmarked; objectives (7) : ?, 1(?), 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 in fitted wood box (1081b); mechanical stage (1081c); adjustable bull's eye; concave substage mirror; diaphragm wheel; specimen tray; black-white disk; case.
Object number: 1081a
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