Signedon metal label: BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A.
B & L [in prism]
Inscribedserial number: 10938
FunctionThis instrument is used to obtain 2 to 36 micron thick sections of biological specimens.
Historical AttributesThis microtome was used by Professor W. Hastings's lab, Harvard University.
Primary SourcesBausch & Lomb Optical Company, Microscopes & Accessories (Rochester, NY: Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., 1929), 164-65.
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Catalog D-111: Scientific Instruments (Rochester, NY: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1940), 122.
ProvenanceProfessor J. Woodland Hastings, Harvard Biological Laboratories; transfer to CHSI, December 10, 1999.