Culpeper-type compound microscope
Datecirca 1730
Inventory Number1048
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Edmund Culpeper
fl. 1684-1737
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions39 x 13 x 13 cm (15 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
case: 48 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm (18 7/8 x 8 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
case: 48 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm (18 7/8 x 8 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesfrog (fish) plate; 3 long bone slides; 1 short ivory slide; a slide holder; 4 objectives; watch glass; diverse glasses; ivory box with mica covers and wire rings; dark plate; chamois
DescriptionThis is a Culpeper-type compound microscope with optical tubes made of wood and vellum. One is covered with shagreen. The turned legs for the tripods above and below the stage are brass. The stage is circular. The circular base of the microscope is made of lignum vitae as are the base of the optical assembly and top of the draw tube. The base sits in a brass ring with scalloped edging. There is a condensing lens mounted on the stage; and a concave mirror under the stage.
The pyramidal box is oak and has Culpeper's trade card pasted to the back above the drawer.
The pyramidal box is oak and has Culpeper's trade card pasted to the back above the drawer.
Signedon trade card: E. Culpeper Sculp. London
ProvenanceDavid P. Wheatland purchased from Ernst Weil, London, January 18, 1951. Donated to CHSI January 28, 1963.
English
Date: circa 1750
Accessories: 5 objectives; fish plate; hand magnifier; diffusor; cone; stage forceps; 4 ivory slides; 1 glass slide; ivory box with mica covers and wire rings; spring stage for slides; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1049
English
Date: 1735-1745
Accessories: 5 objectives; 3 ivory slides; 1 brass slide; 2 rough pieces of glass; 2 stage forceps and pins; black / white disk in ebony with ivory inset; spring stage; live box.
Object number: 2002-1-0054
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: 5 Objectives:1, 2, 3, 4, 5; round specimen carrier with eight preparations plus black and white discs; fish plate; stage forceps; live box; ivory box for cover glasses; cone diaphragm; pyramidal case.
Object number: 1180
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: ocular (1); objectives (6); fish plate; substage cone diaphragm; round spring slide holder; stage forceps; bull's eye condenser; wet specimen glass cup; rotating slide speciment holder with black and white disks; small black and white disks as bead on cord; brass spring; spare collar from an ocular; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1242
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: objective (5); spring slide holder; circular carrier (10 objects); stage forceps; cone diaphragm; ivory slider (2); round glass disc; brass ring; ivory box of covers; frog plate; key for case
Object number: 1181
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
English
Date: 1790-1825
Accessories: 4 Objectives 1,2,3,4 ; Watch glass; Stage forceps; 3 ivory slides; Bone ring chamber
Object number: 1040
Charles Lincoln
Date: 1770-1775
Accessories: 5 objectives; 1 Lieberkühn; 1 cone; tadpole glasses and wire; 6 ivory slides; mica covers and wire rings; stage bull's eye magnifier; 2 hand magnifiers; spring slide holder; fish plate; instruction booklet; fold out plate (glued to cardstock); list of objects on slides.
Object number: 1047
Peter & John Dollond
Date: 1766-1804
Accessories: 6 objectives: nos. 4, 5 ( which fit) plus 4 that do not fit (two without glass); 4 ivory slides; fish plate; fish tube; live box; spring slide holder; Lieberkühn with sleeve; pyramidal box with top cap missing.
Object number: 1243
English
Date: 1750-1825
Accessories: In drawer (1179b): 4 objectives: 1, 3, 4, 5; tweezers; stage forceps; 12 numbered ivory slides; brass slider; 3 glass slides; brush; ivory case for covers; egg shaped ivory case; small planoconvex lens. Pyramidal case .
Object number: 1179a
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
Robert Brettell Bate
Date: 1808-1830
Accessories: 3 Obj.:1, 3, 4; spring slider holder; 4 ivory sliders; stage forceps; frog plate; tweezers; cone diaphragm; pyramidal case.
Object number: 1233