automatic laboratory microtome
Date: 1935-1945
Inventory Number: 1999-1-0092
Classification: Microtome
Subject:
Maker: Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1853-present)
Owner: J. Woodland Hastings (1927 - 2014)
User: Biological Laboratories, Harvard University (founded 1932)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
microtome: 21.5 × 36 × 21.7 cm (8 7/16 × 14 3/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
case: 27.7 × 39.8 × 28.2 cm (10 7/8 × 15 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Accessories: case
Bibliography:
Catalog D-111: Scientific Instruments
Microscopes & Accessories
Description:
This is a Bausch & Lomb automatic laboratory microtome. It is has a rectangular base with a metal pan, a feeding mechanism, a calibrated selector of thickness, and a knife block with a clamping screw. The knife is missing. This instrument can be operated automatically, or manually by means of a hand lever.
A wooden box for storage is provided. It has dovetailed wood. An indentation on the left and right sides serves as a handle.
A wooden box for storage is provided. It has dovetailed wood. An indentation on the left and right sides serves as a handle.
Signedon metal label: BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A.
B & L [in prism]
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.
Curatorial RemarksAn earlier version of this microtome appears in the 1929 Bausch & Lomb catalagoue.
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.
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.