swing automatic freezing microtome
Datecirca 1925
Inventory Number1922
ClassificationMicrotome
Subject
Maker
F. Sartorius
1870-present
User
Harvard Medical School
founded 1782
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions24.5 × 25.5 × 34 cm (9 5/8 × 10 1/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis is a swing automatic microtome. It has a curved casting, roughly in the shape of a quarter section of a deep bowl. Additional equipment includes a knife holder, an operating knob, a feed mechanism, and a drip pan. A gas hose is present to carry carbon dioxide gas to cool the knife.
The instrument is constructed out of cast iron and brass, and finished in black enamel and nickel.
[See early file card for further information].
The instrument is constructed out of cast iron and brass, and finished in black enamel and nickel.
[See early file card for further information].
Signedon plate on specimen holder block: SARTORIUS-WERKE / MADE IN GERMANY / GÖTTINGEN [in trademark-shaped label]
on drip pan: SARTORIUS-WERKE / A.G. / GÖTTINGEN [in trademark] / MADE IN / GERMANY
Inscribedstamped on scale: No 12284
ProvenanceFrom Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, 1971
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