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Maker:
Swift, James  Search this
Physical Description:
glass (overall material)
brass (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 30.2 cm x 10.2 cm; 11 7/8 in x 4 in
Object Name:
microscope
Date made:
ca 1870
Description:
Richard Halsted Ward (1837-1917), a medical microscopist and professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, showed an example of “Blankley’s neat and convenient tank microscope, made by Swift of London” at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Troy, N.Y., in August 1870. Frederick Blankley, an active member of the Royal Microscopical Society in London, had introduced the form earlier that year. The Swift in question was the well-known optician, James Swift.
This example, a compound monocular mounted on a brass pole, resembles the instrument designed by Blankley, but carries no indication that it was made by Swift.
Ref: “A Revolving Stage and a Tank </i> 3 (1870): 209-210.
“Report on the Microscopes and Microscopical Apparatus Exhibited at the Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Troy, N.Y., August 1870,” <i>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science</i> 19 (1870): 381-384, on 384.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
Miss Charlotte B. Ward
ID Number:
MG.M-09727
Accession number:
174919
Catalog number:
M-09727
174919.12
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Microscopes
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3097-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1172349