Maker:
Date: Early 20th Century
Materials: wood, glass, organic specimens
Glass Slide Collection
Maker: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co (estab. 1876)
Date: Circa 1904
Materials: plated metal, paint, and varnished wood
Microtome, serial number 5019
Date: 1895
Materials: brass, steel, paint
Reichert microtome
Date: (1880-1890)
Materials: wood, cardboard, glass
Various biological sections, as six slides in six drawers, some made by E Wheeler of London
Date:
Materials: wood, paint and brass
Ringing turntable
Maker: Swift & Son (estab. 1853, closed 1968)
Date: Circa 1890
Materials: metal (painted), brass, cork
Sliding microtome
Materials: wood (varnished), brass, steel, glass and rubber
Cathcart freezing microtome
Date: Circa 1920
Materials: plated and painted metal, glass, rubber
Cathcart freezing microtome with diagram, in case
Maker: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company (estab. 1881, closed 1895)
Date: 1884
Materials: brass, steel, metal
Freezing microtome
Maker: Ernst Leitz snr (estab. 1843, closed 1910)
Date: Circa 1900
Materials: Metal (painted).
Sledge microtome
Maker: Spencer Lens Company
Date: 1915
Materials: metal (painted)
Rotary microtome
Materials: Glass, metal, cloth and wood (?).
Slide: glass slide with scale and metal mounts, in box
