2 parts for a tabletop microscope
Date1945-1960
Inventory Number2009-1-0086
ClassificationMicroscope Accessory
User
William Alexander Jackson
1905 - 1964
Dimensionsdisc: 0.8 × 5.7 × 5.5 cm (5/16 × 2 1/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
other part: 5 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm (1 15/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
other part: 5 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm (1 15/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
DescriptionTwo parts for a Bausch & Lomb tabletop microscope. Found in a Harvard interdepartmental envelope marked: "Pieces of two heavy microscopes".
InscribedIn an interdepartmental envelope marked:
Pieces of two heavy microscopes
ProvenanceWilliam A. Jackson, Librarian, Houghton Library, Harvard University, c. 1942 ; transfer to CHSI courtesy of Dennis Marnon, 2009.
Historical AttributesUsed by William A. Jackson (died 1964), first librarian of Houghton Library.
When Houghton Library opened in 1942, Jackson invested in a lot of state-of-the-art equipment for examining books and investigating them. The apparatus included microscopes, black lights, and special lamps. This was one of them.
William Alexander Jackson
Date: 1945-1960
Object number: 2009-1-0075
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
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
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
Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena
Date: circa 1886
Accessories: oculars (2): Leitz 4xB, Winkel Zeiss kl 2; objectives (4): Leitz 7, 1/7a oil immersion, Zeiss B, HI 90 iris, B&L 8mm, 1/5, Grunow 1/6; B&L double nosepiece; parabolic reflector for stage; Abbe condensor with iris-cylinder diaphragm; articulated substage mirror; frame for cup diaphragms; cup diaphragms (2); Zeiss-B&L polarizing analyzer A6; Zeiss-B&L vertical illuminator; flat case; key.
Object number: 1044
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
Camille Sébastien Nachet
Date: 1856-1862
Accessories: flat case with parts box (1029c) holding diffuser, camera lucida; stage micrometer; ocular micrometer; wet specimen trough, 4 slides in red leather box (1029d); bull's eye condenser (1029e).
Object number: 1029c
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