microscope parts box
Date: circa 1886
Inventory Number: 1084b
Classification: Microscope Accessory
Subject:
Maker: Carl Zeiss, Optische Werkstätte, Jena (1846 - 1904)
Maker: Carl Zeiss (company timeline) (founded 1846)
Inventor: Ernst Abbe (1840 - 1905)
Owner: Rupert Norton (1867 - 1914)
Donor: James Lincoln Huntington (1880 - 1968)
Collector: Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes
Dimensions:
parts box: 5.1 x 19.2 x 10.5 cm (2 x 7 9/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Description:
The Zeiss microscope (1084a) is accompanied by a parts box [1084b] marked with the serial number 9950 which matches that on the instrument and mahogany instrument case. It has nickel-plated hinges and latch hooks. It is made of mahogany and is stored in a slot in the instrument case.
The box currently holds the case key, cylinder-diaphragm slide, the pointer for the fine focus dial, a blue filter, and some miscellaneous hardware and parts of the case that need to be reglued.
The box currently holds the case key, cylinder-diaphragm slide, the pointer for the fine focus dial, a blue filter, and some miscellaneous hardware and parts of the case that need to be reglued.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedblind-stamped on parts box: 9950
Historical AttributesThis microscope was owned by Dr. Rupert Norton and likely came to the Harvard Medical School after his death in 1914.
Curatorial RemarksThe former inventory number at medical school was T.21. Dr. Lewis did not catalogue it but retained it as a loan for classroom work.
ProvenanceDr. Rupert Norton, Baltimore, before 1914; Dr. James Lincoln Huntington, Boston; gift to Ernst-Lewis Collection of microscopes (inv. no. T.21), Harvard Medical School.