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microtome knife

microtome knife

Datecirca 1880
Inventory Number1989-0024
ClassificationMicrotome Knife
Subject
    Maker Wilhelm Walb fl. 1842 - 1880
    User Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health 1913 - 1997
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensionsmicrotone: 3.1 × 1.8 × 19.7 cm (1 1/4 × 11/16 × 7 3/4 in.)
        case: 5.2 × 21.6 × 5.6 cm (2 1/16 × 8 1/2 × 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 instrument: W. WALB
          Inscribedscratched on knife handle: E F M
          FunctionUsed 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 AttributesLikely used in the Department of Tropical Public Health of the Harvard School of Public Health.
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          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1989-0020
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          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1996-1-0293
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          Date: circa 1880
          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1996-1-0294
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          Date: 1880
          Accessories: case
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          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1996-1-0290
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          Date: 1880-1890
          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1996-1-0288
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          Date: 1880-1890
          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1996-1-0289
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          Date: 1900-1920
          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1996-1-0297
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          Date: 1900-1920
          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1996-1-0295
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          microtome knife
          Wilhelm Walb Nachfolger
          Date: 1900-1920
          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1996-1-0296
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          shanked microtome knife
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          Date: circa 1880
          Object number: 1996-1-0292
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          Accessories: case
          Object number: 1989-0021