Bristolscope Bristoline microscope
Inventory Number2023-1-0034
ClassificationMicroscope
User
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
founded 1886
Dimensionsmicroscope: 32 × 12 × 19 cm (12 5/8 × 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
case: 39.3 × 21 × 23 cm (15 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.)
case: 39.3 × 21 × 23 cm (15 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.)
AccessoriesObjectives: Bristol P0-4x .10; Bristol P0=10x .25; Bristol P0-40x .65
Eyepieces: Bristol Microx5; Bristol Cross10x
Quarter wave retardation plate; 1st order red retardation plate
substage condenser
1 blank glass slide, several glass slide covers
DescriptionHorshoe shaped base, curved arm, and noninclined monocular tube. Microscope has a revolving, circular mechanical stage of 80 mm diameter. Below stage microscope has a condenser and diaphragm. Substage mirror can extend from base of microscope and tilt.
SignedMarked: Bristolscope/ Bristoline/ 780184
Spencer Lens Company
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: oculars (3): 6x, 10x, and pinhole; objectives (4): B&L 45x, AO 40x, Spencer 10x, B&L 16 mm; quick-change objective holders (2); quick-change centerable objective holders (3); petrographic substage condenser and polarizer; Amici-Bertrand lens; Polaroid analyzer; quartz wedge; full-wave plate; blue filters; case, key
Object number: 1378a
Voigt & Hochgesang
Date: circa 1891
Accessories: ocular; quarter wave slide; objectives (6):7, 7, 9, 9, 4 , 4; objective case for extra objectives [1208b]
Object number: 1208a,b
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: circa 1835
Accessories: 2 oculars; 1 convertible objective: "1, 2, 3"; 3 simple objectives marked 1, 3, 6 ; 1 small brass tweezers; stage bull's eye condenser; diaphragm wheel; needle with ebony handle; 3 prepared slides & 7 plain glass slides (18 x 65 mm); brass stage micrometer; small mahogany block with mounting ring; case.
Object number: 1006
Spencer Lens Company
Date: circa 1920
Accessories: objectives (5 pairs): 55, 48, 40, 32, 25 mm; oculars (3 pairs): 10x, 6x, 4x; hand rests (2); stage with wheel; large wooden stage; case
Object number: 1321
Hugh Powell
Date: 1841
Accessories: oculars (2); objectives (3): 1/2, 1/8, 1/4 with attachable Lieberkühn; stage slide holder; stage fish plate holder; X-Y mechanical stage; fish plate; prepared slides (2); plain glass slides (2) and cover slips (2); box of cover slips; sponge; cotton bag; folding scalpel; fish plate; mount for stage forceps; fishhook; assorted hardware; case
Object number: 1164
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: frog (fish) plate; 3 long bone slides; 1 short ivory slide; a slide holder; 4 objectives; watch glass; diverse glasses; ivory box with mica covers and wire rings; dark plate; chamois
Object number: 1048
Benjamin Wood
Date: 1820
Accessories: 10 objectives, numbered 1-10 (caps on 1 and 2); 4 objectives with lieberkuhns (one lens missing); 2 oculars; 3 simple lenses in eye cups; diaphragm cone; live box; spring stage; three-wing stage; double-convex lens on rod; simple-lens carrier on an arm; ivory black/white disk; 1 ivory disk with cork; 3 flat glass disks of differing sizes; 1 large glass disk in threaded brass rim; 1 watch glass; 3 large glass, magnifying lenses, one tinted green; 2 small magnifying glasses; stage condensor; fish plate; 2 stage forceps; 1 stage 3-pronged gripper; tweezers; 3 ivory handled knives for preparations; 10 small and 3 medium ivory slides of transparent specimens; 3 ivory slides of opaque specimens; 3 boxwood slides of transparent specimens; 1 brass wet-cell slide with 4 apertures for preparations; 2 cylindrical ivory boxes with mica cover slips and snap rings; wrench; chamois; flat case with sockets for the above; key.
Object number: 1002
English
Date: circa 1795
Accessories: 1 ocular; 6 objectives: 1 to 6; stage condenser; stage forceps; live box; live well (watch glass); black/white stage plate; fish tube; 6 prepared wooden slides; tweezers; dissecting needle; a quill; bull's eye lens on stand; round brass box; 3 narrow glass slides; 3 glass slides; flat mahogany case.
Object number: 1303
Robert Bancks
Date: 1805-1811
Accessories: 6 objectives 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8; two high power/ short focal length lenses in round brass boxes: A, B; 2 lenses in black rings in cylindrical boxes for aquatic use: 30, 40; 3 Lieberkühns with lenses; cone diaphragm; polarizer set; brass live box; 2 stage forceps; frog plate; 2 oculars; tweezers; brush; brass wet cell preparation slide; 10 ivory slides; ivory box with slide covers and rings; spring stage mount; watch glass and bracket; bull's eye on stand; case.
Object number: 1185
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: ocular (1); objectives (6); fish plate; substage cone diaphragm; round spring slide holder; stage forceps; bull's eye condenser; wet specimen glass cup; rotating slide speciment holder with black and white disks; small black and white disks as bead on cord; brass spring; spare collar from an ocular; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1242
English
Date: circa 1750
Accessories: 5 objectives; fish plate; hand magnifier; diffusor; cone; stage forceps; 4 ivory slides; 1 glass slide; ivory box with mica covers and wire rings; spring stage for slides; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1049
Dr Karl Leiss Optische und Mechanische Instrumente
Date: after 1925
Accessories: Leiss oculars (2): 30mm, 50mm; objective: E. Leitz 3; large (2) and small (2) hemispherical lenses of indices 1.7174 and 1.516; 1/4 wave mica plate; quartz wedge; standing case
Object number: 1210