Schieck small compound microscope
Datecirca 1878
Inventory Number1990-2-0007
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
1790 - 1870
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicroscope: 24 × 8 × 8.5 cm (9 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
case: 9.8 x 26.2 x 14.2 cm (3 7/8 x 10 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
case: 9.8 x 26.2 x 14.2 cm (3 7/8 x 10 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Material
Accessorieseyepieces (2): 0, 1; objective lenses (4): 2, 4, 5, 7; broken glass slide; prepared slides (2); flat case
DescriptionThis is a Schieck small compound microscope. The instrument is constructed entirely of brass and it has a horse-shoe shaped base. The base supports a cylindrical pillar, which holds the arm and the sleeve in which the body tube moves. The coarse focus is by draw tube. The fine adjustment is by a vertical screw located on top of the pillar. (This screw is missing)
There is a square stage with two long brass stage clips. Substage apparatus includes a rotating wheel diaphragm and a plano-concave mirror on a swinging arm.
This instrument is accompanied by a flat mahogany case fitted for accessories. Compartments are cushioned with black velvet. Accessories include two oculars, marked 0 and 1. There are four objectives marked 2, 4, 5, and 7. There are two French prepared slides with opaque specimens and pink and yellow paper on the glass. Specimen names are in French cursive writing. There is also a plain glass slide, which is broken.
There is a square stage with two long brass stage clips. Substage apparatus includes a rotating wheel diaphragm and a plano-concave mirror on a swinging arm.
This instrument is accompanied by a flat mahogany case fitted for accessories. Compartments are cushioned with black velvet. Accessories include two oculars, marked 0 and 1. There are four objectives marked 2, 4, 5, and 7. There are two French prepared slides with opaque specimens and pink and yellow paper on the glass. Specimen names are in French cursive writing. There is also a plain glass slide, which is broken.
Signedengraved on foot: F. W. Schieck / Berlin
Inscribedengraved on foot: No. 1562
FunctionThis instrument was used in botany.
ProvenanceThomas P. James, 1878; Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University; transfer to CHSI, March 23, 1990.
Historical AttributesThis microscope was purchased by Thomas P. James while a student in Leipzig in 1878. He used it to draw all the magnified illustrations in his <i>Manual of Mosses</i>, and it was given to the Farlow Herbarium by his daughter.
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: circa 1860
Accessories: oculars (4): 0, 1, 2, 3; objectives (6); bull's eye; loupe; live box; compressorium; diaphragms (3); condensor; 90 degree. prism; mechincal stage; triple nosepiece; tweezers (2); sliders (2); camera lucida; glass slides (10); flat case with key
Object number: 1311
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: 1840-1860
Accessories: 1 convertible objective: 1, 2, 3, 4; 2 oculars; 1 bone slide; camera lucida in separate small box; flat case, key missing.
Object number: 1121a
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
W. & S. Jones
Date: circa 1795
Accessories: rotating disc with 6 objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; objectives with Lieberkuhn reflectors (2); Lieberkuhn attachment; conical diaphragm, stage forceps with calipers; fish plate; silk ribbon; tweezers; Bonanni spring stage; prepared ivory slides (7), standing case.
Object number: 1041
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: mechical stage; oculars (4); triple nosepiece; 90 degree prism & short tube; compressoria with 10 windows (2); concave mirrors (2); bull's eye; camera lucida; slides; ebony sliders with test objective (4); tweezers etc.; flat case
Object number: 1266
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
Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek
Date: circa 1870
Accessories: eyepieces (2): 0 and 1; extra eye lens of intermediate diameter; 2 sets of nesting objectives, some marked 1,: 2, 3, 4; horizontal case
Object number: 2002-1-0067
English
Date: 1850-1875
Accessories: 2 objectives with canisters: 1/4, 1 inch; 14 prepared slides; 6 glass slides; 1 micrometer slide (100th, 1000th inch rulings); tweezers; case with parts drawer
Object number: 1102
Breton Frères
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: 6 convertible objectives; 4 nosepieces, one with polarizer; 4 oculars; black / white disk; spare round stage with offset diaphragm; camera lucida; light polarizing insert; compressorium by Chevalier; fish trough; 2 prepared slides; 3 cuvettes; brass box specimen holder with compressed slides and collar to attach to microscope; flat case.
Object number: 1274
French
Date: circa 1850
Accessories: ocular; objective; 2 slides (French); stage forceps; dissecting needle; case.
Object number: 1055
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: 6 objectives for screw-barrel microscope; 3 objectives for compound body; 1 lieberkuhn; 1 opaque attachment; brass box; 2 ivory slides, 1 brass wet-cell slide; tweezer; ivory handle; glass specimen fish tube; storage box; instruction booklet by Culpeper (stored in instrument file).
Object number: 1173
Harmanus van Deyl
Date: 1807
Accessories: 2 objectives; 2 eye lenses for a fixed field lens; 1 Lieberkühn; frogplate; bull's eye; stage forceps; spring stage; live box; hand lens; 2 tweezers; 2 boxes with 59 specimen slides; glass disk; black disk; "fish" tube with wire; ivory box of mica cover slips; 5 glass slides; 3 lenses; 2 keys.
Object number: 2002-1-0075a