darkfield condenser
Date: circa 1879
Inventory Number: 1077b
Classification: Microscope Condenser
Subject:
Maker: Carl Reichert (1851 - 1922)
Owner: John Templeton Bowen (1857 - 1940)
Donor: Simeon Burt Wolbach (1880 - 1954)
Collector: Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
condensor: 1.5 × 7.7 × 5.8 cm (9/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
case: 2.4 × 9 × 8 cm (15/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
box: 13.7 × 47.3 × 22.5 cm (5 3/8 × 18 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Accessories: case, instruction sheets (2)
Description:
1077b is a darkfield condenser of nickel-plated brass. It has maroon felt on the underside and 2 stage clips.
It is stored in a rectangular wooden box covered in brown leather and lined with purple velvet. The case contains two different paper copies of instructions.
It is stored in a rectangular wooden box covered in brown leather and lined with purple velvet. The case contains two different paper copies of instructions.
Signedstamped on dark field condenser: C. REICHERT WIEN / D.R.P. No. 194418 / Objectträger 1%
stamped on case: C. Reichert / WIEN / SPIEGEL-KONDENSOR
on printed instructions: C. REICHERT / WIEN, VIII., BENNOGASSE, 24-26 / Verkaufsstelle: IX. Währingerstrasse 15 / Telephon 22578
on printed instructions: OPTISCHE WERKE C. REICHERT, WIEN / Verkaufsstelle: IX. Währingerstrasse 15 / Telephon 22578
stamped on case: C. Reichert / WIEN / SPIEGEL-KONDENSOR
on printed instructions: C. REICHERT / WIEN, VIII., BENNOGASSE, 24-26 / Verkaufsstelle: IX. Währingerstrasse 15 / Telephon 22578
on printed instructions: OPTISCHE WERKE C. REICHERT, WIEN / Verkaufsstelle: IX. Währingerstrasse 15 / Telephon 22578
Historical AttributesFrom the Ernst-Lewis collection (formerly no. 77).
Note by Dr. Ernst: "Presented by Dr. J. T. Bowen through Dr. S. B. Wolbach, on August 20, 1919. ... First rate example of this maker."
Note by Dr. Lewis: "John Templeton Bowen AB Harvard 1879; MD 1884, instructor in Dermatology 1896-02; asst Prof 1902-1907; Edward Wiggelsworth Prof of Dermatology 1907-11, Emeritus 1911. ...Reichert was a pupil of Hartnack."
Note by Dr. Ernst: "Presented by Dr. J. T. Bowen through Dr. S. B. Wolbach, on August 20, 1919. ... First rate example of this maker."
Note by Dr. Lewis: "John Templeton Bowen AB Harvard 1879; MD 1884, instructor in Dermatology 1896-02; asst Prof 1902-1907; Edward Wiggelsworth Prof of Dermatology 1907-11, Emeritus 1911. ...Reichert was a pupil of Hartnack."
ProvenanceJohn Templeton Bowen, MD, Harvard Medical School; S. B. Wolbach, MD, Harvard Medical School; gift to Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes (inv. no. 77), Harvard Medical School, August 20, 1919.