automatic rocking microtome
Datecirca 1900
Inventory Number1923
ClassificationMicrotome
Subject
Maker
Carl Reichert
1851 - 1922
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions16.5 x 26.5 x 23 cm (6 1/2 x 10 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis is an automatic rocking microtome. The instrument is constructed of cast iron and painted light green; screws, wheels, and various other parts are nickel-plated brass. The main frame sits on four legs, with the specimen holder on one end and the knife block on the other. The feed mechanism is at center.
[See early file card for further information].
[See early file card for further information].
Signedon knife holder slider: C. REICHERT WIEN.
Inscribedon knife holder slider: No. 1080 / 1 Zahn = 0.001 mm
ProvenanceErnst-Lewis Collection, Harvard Medical School
Spencer Lens Company
Date: circa 1924
Object number: 1921
R. Pietzsch & Company
Date: circa 1909
Accessories: case; knife
Object number: 1924
Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company
Date: circa 1899
Object number: 1989-0018
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1937-1947
Object number: 1919
Rudolf Jung
Date: circa 1894
Accessories: leatherette covered case (1916b); microtome knife in case (1916c)
Object number: 1916a