Cary-type compound microscope
Datecirca 1830
Inventory Number1005
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
English
Cultural Region
Place of Use
Dimensionsmicroscope: 28.6 × 16.8 × 11.8 cm (11 1/4 × 6 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
case: 4.5 × 16.8 × 11.8 cm (1 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
case: 4.5 × 16.8 × 11.8 cm (1 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
Material
Accessories4 objectives; 1 objective fixed to compound body tube; 1 ocular; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps; brush; 3 ivory slides; 1 glass slide; 1 dissecting needle; specimen list; box.
DescriptionBrass rectangular pillar screws in brass socket on the case lid. Focus is by use of rackwork on the pillar to move the stage up and down. Brass stage has spring for slides and will take round live box or glass stage. There are holes to insert stage forceps or a bull's eye stage condenser. Substage concave mirror is present.
The optical tube is cylindrical at the ocular end and tapers at the objective end. The objective is fixed to the tube, but threaded in order to screw into a ring attached by a bar to the top of the pillar.
The microscope can be used as a simple microscope without the compound body.
Box has a beveled cover and the lid interior is padded with green velvet. Accessories include 4 objectives for the simple microscope; 1 ocular to go with the compound tube with a fixed objective; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps; brush with a quill handle; dissecting needle with wooden handle (needle missing); specimen list; 3 ivory slides; and one glass slide. There is also a hand-cut nickel washer, which is associated with the microscope, but not contemporary.
The optical tube is cylindrical at the ocular end and tapers at the objective end. The objective is fixed to the tube, but threaded in order to screw into a ring attached by a bar to the top of the pillar.
The microscope can be used as a simple microscope without the compound body.
Box has a beveled cover and the lid interior is padded with green velvet. Accessories include 4 objectives for the simple microscope; 1 ocular to go with the compound tube with a fixed objective; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps; brush with a quill handle; dissecting needle with wooden handle (needle missing); specimen list; 3 ivory slides; and one glass slide. There is also a hand-cut nickel washer, which is associated with the microscope, but not contemporary.
Signedunsigned
ProvenanceOwned and used by Dr. Edward Law Archer of New York, c. 1860; Dr. Sidney A. Lord, before 1904; gift to Ernst-Lewis Collection (inv. no. 5), Harvard Medical School, 1904.
Historical AttributesDr. Lewis: "Presented by Dr. Sidney A. Lord, Dec. 1904. Used by Dr. Edward Law Archer of New York about 1860 - he died in 1865."
Microscopes 1003, 1004, 1005, and 1163 appear to be by the same maker. Their boxes differ more than the microscopes.
William Cary
Date: circa 1820
Accessories: objectives (4): 1 to 4; attached ocular; objective with Lieberkühn; 4 ivory slides; 2 stage forceps; scalpel, dissecting needle, brush; 3 glass slides; mirror; bull's eye condenser; insect box; black/white disc; round brass stage with glass window ; flat wooden case; booklet.
Object number: 1162
English
Date: circa 1830
Accessories: 4 objectives; 1 ocular; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps; dissecting needle; brass tweezers; watch glass; 3 ivory slides; glass slide; specimen list; box with key.
Object number: 1003
English
Date: circa 1830
Accessories: 2 objectives; 1 ocular; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps; dissecting needle; 3 ivory slides; 2 glass slides; specimen list; crystal specimen; mica cover slips; box.
Object number: 1004
Alexander Mackenzie
Date: circa 1820
Accessories: 2 stage forceps; tweezers; live box; substage mirror; convertible objective of three lenses; 3 ivory slides; magnifier lens; cardboard box for covers; instruction sheet; flat case.
Object number: 1261
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: 6 objectives for screw-barrel microscope; 3 objectives for compound body; 1 lieberkuhn; 1 opaque attachment; brass box; 2 ivory slides, 1 brass wet-cell slide; tweezer; ivory handle; glass specimen fish tube; storage box; instruction booklet by Culpeper (stored in instrument file).
Object number: 1173
Stephen Bithray
Date: 1826-1838
Accessories: objectives (3); prepared ivory slides (5); stage forceps; live box; substage mirror; stage bullseye; flat case.
Object number: 1330
Edward Marmaduke Clarke
Date: 1838-1840
Accessories: 5 objectives for simple microscope; 2 objectives for compound microscope (1 in can; 1 with lieberkuhn); cup diaphragm with lieberkuhn in brass box; brass box of cover slips; stage forceps; tweezers; 2 live boxes; frog plate; bull's eye; fish tube wire; wrench; chamois; 2 unmounted lenses; 40 prepared slides; standing case; 2 keys.
Object number: 1018
English
Date: circa 1795
Accessories: 1 ocular; 6 objectives: 1 to 6; stage condenser; stage forceps; live box; live well (watch glass); black/white stage plate; fish tube; 6 prepared wooden slides; tweezers; dissecting needle; a quill; bull's eye lens on stand; round brass box; 3 narrow glass slides; 3 glass slides; flat mahogany case.
Object number: 1303
Harmanus van Deyl
Date: 1807
Accessories: 2 objectives; 2 eye lenses for a fixed field lens; 1 Lieberkühn; frogplate; bull's eye; stage forceps; spring stage; live box; hand lens; 2 tweezers; 2 boxes with 59 specimen slides; glass disk; black disk; "fish" tube with wire; ivory box of mica cover slips; 5 glass slides; 3 lenses; 2 keys.
Object number: 2002-1-0075a
Andrew Pritchard
Date: 1835-1840
Accessories: objectives (4); oculars (6); lieberkühns (4); stage forceps; bull's eye condenser on stand; spring stage; extra mechanical stage; polarizer; cup diaphragms and holders; substage fork mount; live box; glass troughs (2); concave glass; fish tube holder; case; 2 keys. See also slide micrometers (2) (1088b,c)
Object number: 1088a
Edward Bryan
Date: 1866-1879
Accessories: objectives in canisters (3): 1/4, 1, 2 inch; ocular; live box; box of cover slips; prepared slides (5 small, 12 large); ivory slide; 5 powdered specimens in blue paper; bull's eye condenser; stage forceps; standing case with parts drawer.
Object number: 1085
William Cary
Date: circa 1827
Accessories: 3 objectives; live box; 2 ivory sliders; box
Object number: 1188