hand microtome
Datecirca 1858
Inventory Number1903
ClassificationMicrotome
Subject
Maker
F. Majer
fl. 1850 - 1900
Collector
Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions7.4 × 6.5 × 6.3 cm (2 15/16 × 2 9/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
box: 15.2 × 21.3 × 17.3 cm (6 × 8 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.)
box: 15.2 × 21.3 × 17.3 cm (6 × 8 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis is a hand microtome. The instrument consists of a double-walled brass pipe with a threaded gap between the inner and outer walls. Into the gap goes another threaded pipe that is topped with a circular brass plate open in the center. The edge of the plate is beveled and graduated. The circumference is knurled.
The inner half of the double-walled pipe has clamps to hold a specimen. The clamps are tighted by two locking screws that peirce the side of the cylinder. A sleeve on the outside of the pipe is fitted with a pointer. A locking screw holds the sleeve in place.
The inner half of the double-walled pipe has clamps to hold a specimen. The clamps are tighted by two locking screws that peirce the side of the cylinder. A sleeve on the outside of the pipe is fitted with a pointer. A locking screw holds the sleeve in place.
Signedon sleeve below the pointer: F. MAJER / STRASSBURG
Inscribedon sleeve: 96
Curatorial RemarksThis microtome is similar to no. 1904 and is also by the same maker.
ProvenanceErnst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes, Harvard Medical School
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
James W. Queen & Company
Date: circa 1890
Object number: 1906
Rudolf Jung
Date: circa 1894
Accessories: leatherette covered case (1916b); microtome knife in case (1916c)
Object number: 1916a
Andrew Yeates
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: case, second eyepiece, plumb bob
Object number: 5235
Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company
Date: circa 1899
Object number: 1989-0018
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1937-1947
Object number: 1920