Cary-type compound microcope
Datecirca 1830
Inventory Number1003
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
English
Cultural Region
Dimensionsmicroscope: 30.4 × 16.3 × 14.2 cm (11 15/16 × 6 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
box: 14.6 × 18.4 × 15.6 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)
box: 14.6 × 18.4 × 15.6 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)
Material
Accessories4 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.
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 latter screws into the back of the objective, which in turn screws 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.
The box has a beveled top and is lined in red velvet, with wool padding. The backing of the lid padding is an old paper manuscript. The box is mahogany and fitted for accessories. There is a steel key. Accessories include 4 objectives; 1 ocular; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps; dissecting needle; brass tweezers; watch glass; 3 ivory slides; and glass slide. A small scrap of paper has a specimen list.
The optical tube is cylindrical at the ocular end and tapers at the objective end. The latter screws into the back of the objective, which in turn screws 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.
The box has a beveled top and is lined in red velvet, with wool padding. The backing of the lid padding is an old paper manuscript. The box is mahogany and fitted for accessories. There is a steel key. Accessories include 4 objectives; 1 ocular; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps; dissecting needle; brass tweezers; watch glass; 3 ivory slides; and glass slide. A small scrap of paper has a specimen list.
Signedunsigned
ProvenanceErnst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes (inv. no. 3), Harvard Medical School.
Historical AttributesMicroscopes 1003, 1004, 1005, and 1163 appear to be by the same maker. Their boxes differ more than the microscopes.
English
Date: circa 1830
Accessories: 4 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.
Object number: 1005
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
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
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
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
William Cary
Date: circa 1830
Accessories: Four objectives; high power simple magnifier; brass forceps; ivory handled dissecting needle; ivory handled knife; tortoise-shell enclosed knife; stage-mounted brass and blued steel forceps with steel pin at opposite end; articulated bull's eye condenser; live box to fit in stage; flat case.
Object number: 2002-1-0063
William Cary
Date: circa 1827
Accessories: 3 objectives; live box; 2 ivory sliders; box
Object number: 1188
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
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
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
Claude-Siméon Passemant
Date: 1749-1769
Accessories: ocular; objectives (7); bull's eye condenser; Lieberkühn for stage mounting; cone diaphragm; spring frame for slides; frog plate; stage forceps; large and small black and white disks (2); round micrometer slide with fine wire screen; low-power lens; black aperture disk; brass slider for 4 specimens; ivory slides--rectangular (6); ivory slides--circular (2); brass slide with aperture to hold circular ivory slides; boxes (2) of round ivory slides (40 in total).
Object number: 1182
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