Zeiss stand A laboratory compound microscope
Date: circa 1925
Inventory Number: 1997-1-1935
Classification: Microscope
Subject:
Maker: Carl Zeiss Jena (1904 - 1948)
Maker: Carl Zeiss (company timeline) (founded 1846)
Inventor: Ernst Abbe (1840 - 1905)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Jena,
Dimensions:
microscope: 29 × 13 × 17.5 cm (11 7/16 × 5 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
case: 35.5 × 18 × 22.2 cm (14 × 7 1/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Accessories: oculars (2): 5x, 10x; objectives in canisters (4); blue filters (2); mechanical stage attachment; Abbe condenser; substage mirror; standing case with key
Bibliography:
Zeiss Microscopes
DescriptionThis is a Zeiss compound microscope with stand A. It has a brass body that is permanently attached to a nickel-plated three-objective revolving nosepiece. It has a blackened U-shaped base and a curved arm. The coarse objective is by rack and pinion located on the top of the arm. The fine focus mechanism utilizes gears and a sector that acts as a lever against the pressure of a coil spring. The fine focus is also located on the top of the arm.
There is a fixed, square brass stage accompanied by an attachment that can make the stage mechanical with x-y motion. An Abbe condenser with an iris diaphragm is located beneath the stage. The condenser is held in a mount sleeve and is adjustable by a screw. Below the condenser is a plane-concave mirror on a swing-out mount.
This microscope is accompanied by a wooden case with a key. The case holds four objectives in canisters, one ocular, and two blue glass filters.
The case is marked inside, "Oliver Cope." There is also a sticker on the foot of the microscope, which reads: "Private property of Oliver Cope, M.D."
There is a fixed, square brass stage accompanied by an attachment that can make the stage mechanical with x-y motion. An Abbe condenser with an iris diaphragm is located beneath the stage. The condenser is held in a mount sleeve and is adjustable by a screw. Below the condenser is a plane-concave mirror on a swing-out mount.
This microscope is accompanied by a wooden case with a key. The case holds four objectives in canisters, one ocular, and two blue glass filters.
The case is marked inside, "Oliver Cope." There is also a sticker on the foot of the microscope, which reads: "Private property of Oliver Cope, M.D."
Signedon tube: CARL ZEISS / JENA [in achromat trademark]
on tube: Germany
on stage attachment: CARL ZEISS / JENA [in achromat trademark]
on stage attachment: Germany
on objectives and their canisters: CARL ZEISS / JENA [in achromat trademark]
on objective canisters: Germany
on tube: Germany
on stage attachment: CARL ZEISS / JENA [in achromat trademark]
on stage attachment: Germany
on objectives and their canisters: CARL ZEISS / JENA [in achromat trademark]
on objective canisters: Germany
Inscribedon the inside of the door of the case: Oliver Cope
on sticker on foot: Private Propery of Oliver Cope, M.D.
on tube: Nr. 96040
on sticker on foot: Private Propery of Oliver Cope, M.D.
on tube: Nr. 96040
Historical AttributesThis instrument was used by Professor Oliver Cope, a surgeon at the Harvard Medical School. Cope earned his M.D. from Harvard in 1928.
Curatorial RemarksThe file contains a receipt note by Will Andrews and some papers on Dr. Cope. There is also a piece of tape which reads: "1010 Memorial drive."
Primary SourcesCarl Zeiss, Zeiss Microscopes (New York: Carl Zeiss, Inc., 1924), 57.
ProvenanceDr. Oliver Cope, Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School; Richard J. Wolfe; Countway Library