microtome knife
Datecirca 1880
Inventory Number1989-0020
ClassificationMicrotome Knife
Subject
Maker
Wilhelm Walb
fl. 1842 - 1880
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicrotome: 3 × 2 × 19.8 cm (1 3/16 × 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
case: 5.2 × 21.5 × 5.5 cm (2 1/16 × 8 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
case: 5.2 × 21.5 × 5.5 cm (2 1/16 × 8 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase
DescriptionThis microtome knife has rectangular blade and a metal handle clad in textured hard rubber. The knife is stored in a wooden box covered in black buckram and lined with burgundy velvet and silk.
Signedon knife handle: W. WALB
Inscribedon label on case: Tropical / Public Health / Harvard / S.P.H.
scratched on knife handle: E F M
FunctionThis knife is used with a microtome to cut specimens into thin layers for viewing under a microscope.
ProvenanceDepartment of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health; transfer to CHSI courtesy of Dr. Steve Pan, 1989.
Historical AttributesThis instrument was used in Harvard's School of Public Health.
Wilhelm Walb Nachfolger
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0288
Wilhelm Walb Nachfolger
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0289
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: case
Object number: 1989-0021