Culpeper-type compound microscope
Date1770-1775
Inventory Number1047
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Charles Lincoln
fl. 1765 - 1807
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions35 x 15 x 15 cm (13 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
case: 44 x 17.5 x 18 cm (17 5/16 x 6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
case: 44 x 17.5 x 18 cm (17 5/16 x 6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Material
Accessories5 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.
DescriptionThis is a Culpeper-type compound microscope with scrolling legs above and below the stage. The optical assembly is all brass. The base is mahogany and has a pull drawer filled with accessories. Concave mirror mounted on base.
It has a pyramidal case.
The instrument is unsigned, but originally came with an instruction booklet, "Description of the Double Reflecting Microscope as made and sold by Charles Lincoln." There was a foldout plate in the booklet marked, "Made and Sold By Charles Lincoln at Sr. Isaac Newton's Head, Cornhill." The plate is now glued to cardstock. There also is a piece of paper on which is written in brown ink a list of objects on each of the ivory slides. These three items are currently in the instrument file.
It has a pyramidal case.
The instrument is unsigned, but originally came with an instruction booklet, "Description of the Double Reflecting Microscope as made and sold by Charles Lincoln." There was a foldout plate in the booklet marked, "Made and Sold By Charles Lincoln at Sr. Isaac Newton's Head, Cornhill." The plate is now glued to cardstock. There also is a piece of paper on which is written in brown ink a list of objects on each of the ivory slides. These three items are currently in the instrument file.
Signedon title page of instruction booklet: THE / DESCRIPTION / OF THE / Double Reflecting Microscope ; / As Made and Sold by / CHARLES LINCOLN, / At Sir ISAAC NEWTON'S HEAD, No 62, / LEADENHALL-STREET. / LONDON, 1770
on foldout plate: MADE and SOLD / By Charles Lincoln at Sr. Isaac Newton's Head, / Cornhill.
on foldout plate: London, Harper Delin et sculpt, Foster Lane 1770
Curatorial RemarksInstruction booklet, foldout plate (glued to cardstock), and manuscript list of slide specimens (glued to cardstock) are in the object record file of 1047.
A similar microscope also by Charles Lincoln was originally part of the Collection, but was deaccessioned after CHSI received 1047. That instrument lacked a case and was missing various parts. It had originally been purchased by Philip Hofer in England. He gave or sold it to David P. Wheatland in December 1955. It's old inventory card is attached to the file of 1047, and Collection users must be careful not to confuse its information with that of 1047.
ProvenanceGeorge A. Perkins, Salem?, Massachusetts, 1862; Miss Mary B. Perkins, pre-1917; gift to Peabody Museum, Salem, MA, 1917; on permanent loan from the Peabody Museum, Salem to CHSI, 21 February 1958.
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
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: frog (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
Object number: 1048
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
Benjamin Martin
Date: circa 1765
Accessories: 8 Objectives:1-8; 3 obj. w. Lieberkühns; 4 magnifiers w. eyeshields and arm; frog plate; fish tube; spring slide holder; 12 ivory slides; stage magnifier; 5 cup brass slider; sharkskin case.
Object number: 1218
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
Nachet et Fils (I)
Date: 1862
Accessories: 1 cup diaphragm, 1 diffuser; camera lucida; stage and eyepiece micrometers; liquid trough; 3 dissecting knives; prepared slides in box (1157d); 3 prepared slides loose; plain slides; cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm(1157e); Amici's illuminator prism with stand (1157f); compressorium (1157g); case with parts box (1157c).
Object number: 1157c
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: circa 1833
Accessories: 1 convertible objective, unmarked; 2 oculars; bull's eye condenser on jointed arm; 4 prepared slides, 3 glass slides; wrapped paper with pityriasis versicolor; specimen list on a card; flat case in form of sliding drawer; key.
Object number: 1071a
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
Alexander Mackenzie
Date: circa 1820
Accessories: 2 stage forceps; tweezers; live box; substage mirror; convertible objective of three lenses; 3 ivory slides; magnifier lens; cardboard box for covers; instruction sheet; flat case.
Object number: 1261
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
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