replacement base for Chevalier drum compound microscope
Datecirca 1900
Inventory Number1071b
ClassificationMicroscope Base
Subject
Maker
French
User
Jonathan Mason Warren
1811 - 1867
User
John Collins Warren
?
1842 - 1927
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions1.6 × 7.5 × 7.5 cm (5/8 × 2 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
box: 5.1 × 31.1 × 14 cm (2 × 12 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
box: 5.1 × 31.1 × 14 cm (2 × 12 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis brass drum microscope is of the French pattern. 1071a includes the microscope, case, and accessories. 1071b is the replacement base.
The microscope was originally designed to be mounted on top of its case. The brass threaded socket is missing, but three screws remain around the hollowed out wood. A replacement square base (1071b) of mahogany is with the instrument, but lacks the threaded brass fitting as well. It does not store inside the case.
The microscope was originally designed to be mounted on top of its case. The brass threaded socket is missing, but three screws remain around the hollowed out wood. A replacement square base (1071b) of mahogany is with the instrument, but lacks the threaded brass fitting as well. It does not store inside the case.
Signedunsigned
ProvenanceDr. Jonathan Mason Warren, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, purchased in Paris, c. 1833; Dr. John Collins Warren, Harvard Medical School, c. 1867-1900; gift to Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes (inv. no. 71), Harvard Medical School., 1900.
Historical AttributesAccording to Dr. Ernst, this instrument was presented to the microscope collection by Dr. J. Collins Warren (1842-1927) on March 19, 1900.
A note in ink on the underside of the replacement base reads, "71 Presented by / Dr. J. Collins Warren. / Presumably bought in Paris / by Dr. J. Mason Warren, but / not the simple Chevalier billed / to him in 1832. He was in Paris in '33-'34." [NB. 1832 is a misreading of 1833 on the bill. See primary record for 1071a.]
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: circa 1833
Accessories: 1 convertible objective, unmarked; 2 oculars; bull's eye condenser on jointed arm; 4 prepared slides, 3 glass slides; wrapped paper with pityriasis versicolor; specimen list on a card; flat case in form of sliding drawer; key.
Object number: 1071a
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: 2 convertible objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 0, 00, 000; 2 oculars; 2 magnifiers; forceps; camera lucida; 3 scalpels; 1/100 mm stage micrometer; bull's eye condenser on jointed arm; eyeshield; and a mahogany case with a drawer and key.
Object number: 1116
Legey
Date: circa 1838
Accessories: shades with double tabs (4); shades with single tab (4); screwdriver and square key.
Object number: 5268
Joseph Zentmayer
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: eyepiece; substage bracket and ring; diaphragms (2); substage mirror; standing case
Object number: 1039
E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
Date: circa 1870
Accessories: objectives (2): 4 and 7; ocular: 3; tweezers; brush; 2 dissecting needles; scalpel; glass rod dropper; flat case with key; table of magnifications.
Object number: 1160
Georges Oberhaeuser
Date: 1840-1850
Accessories: 1 convertible objective; 1 eyepiece; 7 glass slides; 10 prepared slides labeled in French; 2 dissecting needles; trough; quartz; cover slip; box.
Object number: 1153
French
Date: 1850-1875
Accessories: 1 ocular; 3 objectives: 1, 2, 3; 3 prepared slides; 1 glass slide; forceps; oval plate of glass ; case
Object number: 1119
Georges Oberhaeuser
Date: circa 1845
Accessories: objectives (3): 7 and 4 on nosepieces, unnumbered one detached; oculars (2); bull's eye condenser; live box; glass slides (4); case; key.
Object number: 1384
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: 2 convertible objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 0,00,000; 2 oculars; simple magnifiers: 3 and 5, with support bracket; extension pillar; bull's eye stage condenser on jointed arm; forceps; 3 prepared slides; box of cover glasses; 1/100 mm stage micrometer; camera lucida; tall bell jar; padlock on chain; case with key; table of magnifications
Object number: 1079
French
Date: 1850-1875
Accessories: 1 objective; 1 ocular; 3 glass slides; forceps; case.
Object number: 1120
French
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: ocular; objective; 2 slides (French); stage forceps; dissecting needle; case.
Object number: 1055
French
Date: 1840-1850
Accessories: ocular; 3 part objective; tweezers; glass slide with well; glass cover slip; bull's eye condenser; wooden box
Object number: 1174