Accession No

L2021.IN049.6

Brief Description

simple cylinder microtome in box, belonging to Francis Maitland Balfour, mid- to late 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Class

biology; laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1882

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

Box dimensions (mm) W 130 L105 H140

Special Collection

Provenance

On loan from the Department of Zoology from December 2021

Inscription

FMB [on top of the box, and several times on the base of the microtome]

C Zeiss Jena

Description Notes

simple cylinder microtome in box; engraved 'FMB'

The microtome has a circular top supported by two pillars, on a rectangular base with rounded corners. The base has inscriptions 'FMB' all faces of the base, and 12 times on the undersides of the base. As well as another set of FMB initials scratched into the surface by hand. C Zeiss Jena' is inscribed on the top face of the base.

The main body is brass. The circular top has a layer of black glass.

Also a wooden box with a key and metal handle on the top. The top of the box also has the initials FMB engraved, after Francis Maitland Balfour.

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