Cary-type compound microscope
Datecirca 1830
Inventory Number1004
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
English
Previous ownerPreviously owned by
Benjamin Tenney
born ca. 1863
Cultural Region
Dimensionsmicrosope: 29 × 16.1 × 11.4 cm (11 7/16 × 6 5/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
case: 5.2 × 16.1 × 11.4 cm (2 1/16 × 6 5/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
case: 5.2 × 16.1 × 11.4 cm (2 1/16 × 6 5/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Material
Accessories2 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.
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.
Box has removable tray and is lined with faded purple velvet. There are 2 objectives; 1 ocular; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps of blued steel, with steel dissecting needle; 3 ivory slides; 2 glass slides; crystal sample; mica cover sheets; and a list of specimens handwritten on pink paper.
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.
Box has removable tray and is lined with faded purple velvet. There are 2 objectives; 1 ocular; live box with glass; ivory black / white disk; stage forceps of blued steel, with steel dissecting needle; 3 ivory slides; 2 glass slides; crystal sample; mica cover sheets; and a list of specimens handwritten on pink paper.
Signedunsigned
ProvenanceDr. Benjamin Tenney, Boston, MA; gift to Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes (inv. no. 4), 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 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: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
English
Date: circa 1830
Accessories: 1 ocular; objectives (3): 1, 2, and 3; a live box; dissecting needle; stage forceps; a glass stage disk; a black and white disk; a mica disk; two glass slides; list of specimens; case.
Object number: 1053