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Metadata
Object Name |
Monocular Compound Microscope |
Object ID |
2009.035.01.01 |
Date |
c1886 |
Description |
Brass and black metal microscope with wooden box. Box has four drawers. Metal handle on top of case. |
Components |
2009.035.01.02 Box; 2009.035.01.03 - 06 Drawers; 2009.035.01.07 Lens; 2009.035.01.08 -13 Razors; 2009.035.01.14 Razor Holder; 2009.035.01. 15 Razor holder cap; 2009.035.01.16 Pointer; 2009.035.01.20 Picture; 2009.035.01.21 - 27 Glass Slides; 2009.035.01.28 - 29 Slide Box and Lid; 2009.035.01.30 Lens Cleaning Cloth; 2009.035.01.31 Lens Cleaner Chamois; 2009.035.01.32 - 33 Box and Lid; 2009.035.01.34 - 52 Rings; 2009.035.1.53 Part of Lens |
Dimension Details |
209.035.01.01 33x16x20; 2009.35.01.02 37x22x17 |
Materials |
Metal; Brass; Glass; Paint; Wood; Paper; Fabric; Leather |
Manufacturer |
Manufacturer Label: 2009.035.01.01 Acme No. 4; 2009.035.01.08 - 13 Gillette Distributor Label: 2009.035.01.01 James W. Queen and Company |
Inscription Type |
Other Markings |
Inscription Text |
Inside box label reads: Microscope W.E. Saunders Collection; 2009.035.01.08 - 13 To be used only for original use in Gillette holder. Not to be sharpened. Made in Canada. Known the world over. No stropping. No honing. 2009.035.01.30 "Magic" lens cleaner. C. Charles and Co., Ophthalmic Opticians, 104A, Southampton Row, London, W.C.1 Oculists' Prescriptions a Speciality. Phone: Museum 2524. |
Patent Information |
2009.035.01.08 - 13 March 7, 1905 |
People |
Saunders, William Edwin |
Owned By |
William Edwin Saunders |
Donated By |
ARCC, original accessioned by ARCC with Saunders papers in the 1990s |
Provenance |
Presumed to be owned by William E. Saunders, who graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and carried on his father William Saunders' pharmaceutical and physician supplies business in London. He taught chemistry from 1884 to 1892 at the London Medical College. |
MeSH Search Terms |
Investigative Techniques Microscopy / Instrumentation |
Classification |
Microscopes |
Research Notes |
Assumed to be used in Saunder's research. |