set of microscope test slides
Datecirca 1888
Inventory Number1067c
ClassificationMicroscope Slide
Subject
Maker
Ernst Leitz (company)
1849 - 1986
Maker
Heinrich Boecker
fl. 1880 - 1900
Maker
Mikroscopisches Institut
fl. 1880 - 1900
User
Stephen C. Martin
died 1893
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionscase: 4 × 8.4 × 4.1 cm (1 9/16 × 3 5/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
slide: 2.5 × 7.7 × 0.1 cm (1 × 3 1/16 × 1/16 in.)
slide: 2.5 × 7.7 × 0.1 cm (1 × 3 1/16 × 1/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesbox
Description1167c is a set of 3 Leitz test slides:
(1) Macroglassa stellasarum for testing 10 mm
Prepared by "H. BOECKER / WETZLAR." and marked "Mikroscopisches / Institut."
(2) Pleurosigma angulatum for test. diat. [broken fragment]
signed by Leitz
(3) Lurirella gemma for testing immersion lenses. [broken fragments]
signed by Leitz
Two fragments of slides no. 2 or 3 are printed "Ernst L[eitz] / Wetzlar."
All of the test slides are stored in a wooden box with grooves for the slides. One label on the box lid is hard to read, except for a crayoned "90." A smaller label in brown ink reads "TEST PLATES."
(1) Macroglassa stellasarum for testing 10 mm
Prepared by "H. BOECKER / WETZLAR." and marked "Mikroscopisches / Institut."
(2) Pleurosigma angulatum for test. diat. [broken fragment]
signed by Leitz
(3) Lurirella gemma for testing immersion lenses. [broken fragments]
signed by Leitz
Two fragments of slides no. 2 or 3 are printed "Ernst L[eitz] / Wetzlar."
All of the test slides are stored in a wooden box with grooves for the slides. One label on the box lid is hard to read, except for a crayoned "90." A smaller label in brown ink reads "TEST PLATES."
Signedon slide: Ernst L[eitz] / Wetzlar.
on slide: H. BOECKER / WETZLAR.
on slide: Mikroscopisches / Institut.
Curatorial RemarksNote by Will Andrewes in box says that the slides broke on October 18, 1990 when the box fell from its shelf.
ProvenanceDr. Stephen Crosby Martin, Harvard Medical School, 1874; Presented by his widow in 1895 to Ernst-Lewis Collection (inv. no. 67), Harvard Medical School.
Historical AttributesThis microscope to which these test slides belonged was owned by Dr. Stephen C. Martin and was presented by his widow in 1895. Formerly No. 67.
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1902
Accessories: oculars (5); objectives (5); microplanar objectives (2); iris diaphragm; abbe condenser; collars and sleeves for photography; parts box; Leitz object micrometer (1308b); cardioid condenser (1308d); immersion oil bottle (1308c) ; Leitz erecting prism (1308e); standing case with key
Object number: 1308a
Ernst Leitz (company)
Date: 1888
Accessories: objectives (5): Leitz immersion 1/12 and 1/20, objectives 3, 5, 7 in leather covered wooden fitted box [1067b]; oculars (3): 0, 1, 3; dark field and disk diaphragms (2); cup diaphragms (3) with slide holder; Abbe condenser; extra substage mirror; iris diaphram and mirror on one bracket; microscope case with key; Leitz Bi-centric darkfield condenser Model B in brown leather shaped box [1167d]; set of test slides in a wooden box [1167c]
Object number: 1067a
Central Scientific Company
Date: early 20th Century
Accessories: 4 glass discs with holes, 3 broken pieces of an electrostatic plate; 2 halves of an older electrostatic plate; 4 large broken glass pieces
Object number: 1997-1-0695
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1879
Accessories: E. Leitz objective no. 3; oculars (2): 4, 6x; articulated substage mirror; condenser; slide mount for cylinder and cup diaphragms; disk diaphragm; cup diaphragms (2); glass slides (2); flat case
Object number: 1288
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: 1946
Accessories: cardboard storage box
Object number: 1998-1-1298
