Accession No

0790

Brief Description

Caldwell automatic microtome, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, English, 1883

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company

Class

laboratory apparatus; biology; microscopes

Earliest Date

1883

Latest Date

1883

Inscription Date

1883

Material

metal (cast iron, steel)

Dimensions

length 510mm; breadth 227mm; height 258mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Supplied to the Department of Zoology, University of Manchester, and returned to Cambridge Instruments in exchange for a modern machine in 11/1935. Robert Stewart Whipple notes that it must have been one of the first made by the Company.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENT COMPANY
1883’

Description Notes

Caldwell automatic microtome (aka Caldwell-Threlfall microtome), by the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, English, 1883.

Cast iron frame with red painted finish; large steel wheel with cranked handle; shaft to pulley system which moves a horizontal carriage backwards and forwards across a fixed knife (missing).

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