Accession No

2092

Brief Description

microtome, sliding with accessories; 18th century

Origin

Maker

Class

laboratory apparatus; biology; microscopes

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

wood; glass; metal (tin, other)

Dimensions

box breadth 264mm; depth 180mm; height 214mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Home made. Eighteenth century box fitted to take a home made microtome. 2 pieces of wood, overlapping and screwed together. The end of one cut away and glass mounted on the two ‘prongs’ remaining. ‘Block’ mounted on a threaded shaft with hand graduated scale. Tin at the other end ‘GALLAHER’S TOBACCO’ containing a cog on a shaft. Bulls-eye condensor lens from a microscope and various other bits of cut metal. Rack and pinion with condensor lens. Iris diaphragm in a fitted box. Second fitted box with hole in one end and a lift off lid.

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