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Nachet microscope camera lucida
Nachet microscope camera lucida

Nachet microscope camera lucida

Date1862
Inventory Number1069c
ClassificationCamera Lucida
Subject
    Maker Nachet et Fils (I) fl. 1862 - 1880
    Place of Origin
      Dimensionscamera lucida: 3.5 × 3.5 × 5.3 cm (1 3/8 × 1 3/8 × 2 1/16 in.)
      case: 4.3 × 6.7 × 4.6 cm (1 11/16 × 2 5/8 × 1 13/16 in.)
      Material
        Accessoriescase
        Description1069 is an example of the small-sized compound microscope that Nachet et Fils advertised in 1872 as the "petite modèle droit." For ease of identifying and comparing the components and accessories of this microscope to those of others, it is divided into these separate records:

        1069a: the microscope with eyepieces
        1069b: box of objectives
        1069c: camera lucida
        1069d: case with miscellaneous accessories
        1069e: papers

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        1069c is a Nachet drawing prism. It is mounted on a brass collar to go around the eyepiece. It is stored in a black, leather-covered box, lined in green velvet,
        Signedengraved on bridge: NACHET / A PARIS
        ProvenancePeabody Museum, Salem, MA; on permanent loan to CHSI, 1957.
        Nachet small compound microscope
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1862
        Accessories: 3 Oculars: 1, 2, 3; 3 Objectives in fitted box:1, 2, 3; one on tube: also #5, but longer; Camera lucida "Nachet"; 9 Glass slides; Cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm; wheel with 2 stops under stage; small blue filter; flat case with key.
        Object number: 1069a
        Nachet small compound microscope and accessories
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1862
        Accessories: 3 Oculars: 1, 2, 3; 3 Objectives in fitted box:1, 2, 3; one on tube: also #5, but longer; Camera lucida "Nachet"; 9 Glass slides; Cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm; wheel with 2 stops under stage; small blue filter; flat case with key.
        Object number: 1069
        box for Nachet small compound microscope
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1862
        Accessories: 9 Glass slides; Cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm; small blue filter; flat case with key.
        Object number: 1069d
        box of microscope objectives
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1862
        Object number: 1069b
        laundry list found in Nachet small microscope case
        American
        Date: 1868
        Object number: 1069e
        Nachet small compound microscope
        A. Nachet
        Date: 1880-1890
        Accessories: 3 Objectives: #7 Nachet with adjustment collar and Society thread in cannister (1107c), small box with # 3 and 6 (11.5 mm threads) and adapter to Society threads (1107b); 2 oculars: no # and 2; bull's eye condenser; pill box with with cover glasses; flat case (1107d) with key.
        Object number: 1107a
        Nachet medium new-model compound microscope
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: circa 1872
        Accessories: Box covered by blue paper (1990-2-0012c), marked "mementoes"and containing 4 slides; adapter from Society thread to dual nosepiece (19901-2-0012b) with 11.4 mm threads; 2 objectives : #2 and #7 immersion. No case.
        Object number: 1990-2-0012a
        Nachet medium new-model compound microscope
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1872-1880
        Accessories: Objective #1 with 11.5 mm threads; adapter to Society threads; ocular #3; condensor with iris; dual substage mirror on jointed arm; no case.
        Object number: 1306
        Nachet large compound microscope
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1862
        Accessories: 6 objectives in box (1157b) with 1 substage condenser; oblique prism condenser; 3 oculars; 1 cup diaphragm, 1 diffuser, ; camera lucida; stage and eyepiece micrometers; liquid trough; 3 dissecting knives; prepared slides in box (1157d); plain slides; cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm(1157e); Amici's illuminator prism with stand (1157f); compressorium (1157g); case with parts box (1157c).
        Object number: 1157a
        case and parts box for Nachet large compound microscope
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1862
        Accessories: 1 cup diaphragm, 1 diffuser; camera lucida; stage and eyepiece micrometers; liquid trough; 3 dissecting knives; prepared slides in box (1157d); 3 prepared slides loose; plain slides; cover glasses; bull's eye on jointed arm(1157e); Amici's illuminator prism with stand (1157f); compressorium (1157g); case with parts box (1157c).
        Object number: 1157c
        Nachet medium compound microscope
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1862-1880
        Accessories: 5 objectives (11.5 mm) in leather-covered box (1025b): 1, 3, 5, 5, 7 immersion; 4 oculars: 1, 2, 3, no #; bull's eye on articulated stand (1025d); mahogany parts box (1025c with dissecting instruments: 6 needles, 2 scalpels, scissors, tweezers, 4 slides, box of cover glasses, 2 cup diaphragms, 1 diffuser ; flat case with fine lock, no key.
        Object number: 1025a
        box of objectives for Nachet large compound microscope
        Nachet et Fils (I)
        Date: 1862
        Accessories: 6 objectives in box (1157b) with 1 substage condenser; oblique prism condenser
        Object number: 1157b