shanked microtome knife
Date1937-1947
Inventory Number1996-1-0286
ClassificationMicrotome Knife
Subject
Maker
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
1853-present
User
Harvard Medical School
founded 1782
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicrotome: 10.5 × 1.3 × 26 cm (4 1/8 × 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)
case: 3.6 × 29.2 × 11 cm (1 7/16 × 11 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.)
case: 3.6 × 29.2 × 11 cm (1 7/16 × 11 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase
Bibliography
DescriptionThis is a Bausch & Lomb shanked microtome knife. The knife is designed to be attached directly to the knife block of a B&L automatic laboratory microtome by means of a single clamping screw. The knife has a U-shaped handle and is stored in a wooden case.
Signedon knife: BAUSCH & LOMB
on knife: MADE IN GERMANY
on case: BAUSCH / & LOMB / OPTICAL CO. / ROCHESTER N.Y. / U.S.A. [in prism]
Inscribedhandwritten in pencil inside case: Property / of Lovett / Fund -
handwritten in pencil inside case: Rm. 288. / H. M. S.
on knife: 5492
ProvenanceHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Historical AttributesThis knife was used in Harvard Medical School.
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1937-1947
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0285
Triple Alliance: Zeiss - Bausch & Lomb - Saegmuller
Date: 1908-1915
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0287
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1929
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0298
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1935-1945
Accessories: case
Object number: 1999-1-0092
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1937-1947
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0283
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: case
Object number: 1989-0021
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: case
Object number: 1989-0022
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1929
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0299
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