Accession No

3419

Brief Description

large sliding microtome, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1909

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1909

Latest Date

1909

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, black metal, white metal); wood

Dimensions

680mm x 300mm x 310mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 09/09/1986.

Inscription

‘Cambridge Scientific Instrument CO LTD
Cambridge ENGLAND
NO 8639’ (plate on frame of instrument)

Description Notes

Large sliding microtome, by the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, English, 1909. [Previously mis-accessioned as a ‘bench centrifuge’ - see Notes]

Black coated large metal frame microtome with brass fittings and wooden and brass handle.

Parts of this instrument are stored separately in a box. Some or all of these parts may not actually relate to this instrument. They include a assay-tube spinner centrifuge attachment that definitely does not relate to this instrument; and other assorted parts, which may have been donated with the object but not actually directly relate to it.

Condition fair.

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