mechanical stage
Date1940-1950
Inventory Number1999-1-0020g
ClassificationMicroscope Stage
Subject
Maker
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
1853-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsstage: 1.5 × 13.4 × 9.1 cm (9/16 × 5 1/4 × 3 9/16 in.)
case: 3.6 × 15.5 × 12.3 cm (1 7/16 × 6 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
box: 7.6 × 30.5 × 26 cm (3 × 12 × 10 1/4 in.)
case: 3.6 × 15.5 × 12.3 cm (1 7/16 × 6 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
box: 7.6 × 30.5 × 26 cm (3 × 12 × 10 1/4 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase
Bibliography
DescriptionThis is a Bausch & Lomb mechanical microscope stage, model No. 31-59-54, for circular stage microsopes. It is plated in chromium and graduated in millimeters reading to tenths. The slide brackets hold 25 x 75 mm slides. One slide bracket is spring actuated. The stage attaches to the microscope stage by means of two screws.
A wooden case for storage accompanies this instrument.
A wooden case for storage accompanies this instrument.
Signedmarked on stage: BAUSCH / & LOMB / OPT. CO. / U.S.A.
ProvenanceDr. Benjamin Shaub, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts; donated to CHSI by his wife, Mary S. Shaub, April 13, 1999.
Historical AttributesThis instrument was owned by Dr. Benjamin Shaub, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1937-1940
Accessories: glass hemispheres (2 pairs): n/D =1.516 and n/D = 1.649; screwdriver; thumbscrews (2); case, pamphlet on Directions for Use in 1999-1-0020c file
Object number: 1999-1-0020c
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: eyepieces (2): B&L, 1X, and Leitz, 10X; objectives (2): 1/6 , 1/2; cardiod condenser; case
Object number: 2001-1-0032
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1897
Accessories: box with screwdriver
Object number: 2004-1-0331
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1897-1908
Accessories: ocular: 2; objectives (6): B. & L. 1/12, 1/2, 2, Reichert No. 3 and No 7a (missing), Spencer & Smith 1/4, 1; immersion oil in canister; blue filter; square cover glasses; dark-field stop; empty pillbox for cover slips; 5 Triple Alliance glass slides in paper; magnification table; case; key.
Object number: 1387
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1903
Accessories: eyepiece; objectives (3): "Variable", 2/3" 0.24 NA, 1/6''; triple nosepiece; substage including Abbe condenser; revolving mechanical stage
Object number: 2002-1-0055
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1908-1910
Accessories: ocular; objective; standing case
Object number: 1209
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1950-1960
Accessories: case
Object number: 1998-1-0490
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: circa 1903
Accessories: no.3 ocular; Leitz objectives (3) on triple nosepiece: no. 3, 6, 1/12 immersion; Abbe condenser; iris diaphragm and filter mount; independent mechanical stage
Object number: 1375
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1886
Accessories: case
Object number: 1123c
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1877
Accessories: B&L objectives (2); 1 ocular; camera lucida; eyepiece micrometer; slides (12 prepared; 2 plain); glass pipette; box of cover glasses; directions card; magnification card; case with key
Object number: 1056
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1948
Accessories: paired objectives on slide (2): 6x, 1.3x, 0.66x; 1 pair oculars: 15x; standing maple case; keys (2)
Object number: 1350
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: 1937-1945
Accessories: oculars (2): 5x, 10x; B&L objectives with plastic cans (3): 16, 4, 1.8 mm; Abbe condensor; dark stop; blue filter; standing case
Object number: 1357
