Accession No

1430

Brief Description

microscope thermostat, by F. & M. Lautenschläger, German, 1900 (c)

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

F. & M. Lautenschläger

Class

laboratory apparatus; microscopes

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (copper, steel, mercury, brass); glass; wood (cork); rubber; paper; plastic

Dimensions

height 480mm; breadth 305mm; depth 280mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Pathology Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in 1976.

Inscription

‘F. & M. LAUTENSCHLÄGER
BERLIN’ (plaque on back of instrument)
‘The original microscope-thermostat designed and used by
G.H.F. Nuttall.
Afterwards used by G.S. Graham-Smith (1910, Parasitology, III. 17-53
for observations on the post-fission movement of bacteria.’ (paper label on back)
‘Pathological Laboratory
Cambridge’ (plaque on top of instrument)

Description Notes

Copper thermostat on four copper legs consists of two chambers. Lower chamber has ventilation holes and hinged door at rear with brass and plastic handle. Upper chamber has two hinged doors on the sides and one on the back. Three chimneys at the front of the instrument. Sloping top has lid which slides apart and has central hole. Glazed window on front.
Upper chamber contains glass tube with mercury; lower section of tube covered in cotton wool.

Condition fair; complete (?)

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