toy drum compound microscope
Date1850-1875
Inventory Number1120
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
French
Cultural Region
Dimensionsmicroscope: 14.8 × 5 × 5 cm (5 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
case: 5.4 × 16.7 × 6.7 cm (2 1/8 × 6 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
case: 5.4 × 16.7 × 6.7 cm (2 1/8 × 6 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Material
Accessories1 objective; 1 ocular; 3 glass slides; forceps; case.
DescriptionThis miniature drum microscope is similar in style to those by Hartnack. The tube is brass and bright. Focus is by draw tube. The base is round. The mirror is plane. There is only one eyepiece and objective.
The case includes three plain glass slides and a brass tweezers.
The case includes three plain glass slides and a brass tweezers.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksVery similar to microscope 1119, but without extra objectives and the bull's eye condenser. Possibly by the same maker.
FunctionToy microscope
ProvenanceErnst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes (inv. no. 119), Harvard Medical School.
French
Date: 1850-1875
Accessories: 1 ocular; 3 objectives: 1, 2, 3; 3 prepared slides; 1 glass slide; forceps; oval plate of glass ; case
Object number: 1119
English
Date: 1850-1890
Accessories: ocular; objective; tweezers; upholstery needle; glass slides (2); 1 prepared slide; flower fragment in glass bottle; envelope; flat case.
Object number: 1332
French
Date: circa 1875
Accessories: objectives (3): 1, 2, 3; ocular; tweezers; flat case.
Object number: 1998-1-1274
English
Date: circa 1795
Accessories: 1 ocular; 6 objectives: 1 to 6; stage condenser; stage forceps; live box; live well (watch glass); black/white stage plate; fish tube; 6 prepared wooden slides; tweezers; dissecting needle; a quill; bull's eye lens on stand; round brass box; 3 narrow glass slides; 3 glass slides; flat mahogany case.
Object number: 1303
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
W. & S. Jones
Date: circa 1795
Accessories: rotating disc with 6 objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; objectives with Lieberkuhn reflectors (2); Lieberkuhn attachment; conical diaphragm, stage forceps with calipers; fish plate; silk ribbon; tweezers; Bonanni spring stage; prepared ivory slides (7), standing case.
Object number: 1041
Edward Marmaduke Clarke
Date: 1838-1840
Accessories: 5 objectives for simple microscope; 2 objectives for compound microscope (1 in can; 1 with lieberkuhn); cup diaphragm with lieberkuhn in brass box; brass box of cover slips; stage forceps; tweezers; 2 live boxes; frog plate; bull's eye; fish tube wire; wrench; chamois; 2 unmounted lenses; 40 prepared slides; standing case; 2 keys.
Object number: 1018
Bertrand
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: One slide; forceps; case
Object number: 1052
English
Date: circa 1830
Accessories: 1 ocular; objectives (3): 1, 2, and 3; a live box; dissecting needle; stage forceps; a glass stage disk; a black and white disk; a mica disk; two glass slides; list of specimens; case.
Object number: 1053
French
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: 4 objectives; 1 ocular; 7 prepared slides (french); tweezers; concave glass;
Object number: 1054
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
English
Date: circa 1830
Accessories: 4 objectives; 1 ocular; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps; dissecting needle; brass tweezers; watch glass; 3 ivory slides; glass slide; specimen list; box with key.
Object number: 1003