Rotary automatic Microtome

Object/Artifact

Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1000.2171.125

Description

Microtome, automatic, Rotary

Collection

Jim Adams

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.

Date made

1901

Notes

where made: Rochester, NY

Color

Black

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Microtome Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, NY 1901 A Microtome is a precision slicing machine that makes extremely thin slices of a material so that it can be examined under a microscope. Usually these samples are plant or animal material sliced with an extremely sharp steel cutting blade (modern versions use glass, ceramic, or even diamond blades).

General Notes

Note

Retailer: Pacific Micro Materials Co. (San Francisco). A: Hand Cranked tissue specimen slicer (microtome). B: Knife Blade for Microtome (Spencer Co., Buffalo NY). Artifact label reads: Microtome Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, NY 1901 A Microtome is a precision slicing machine that makes extremely thin slices of a material so that it can be examined under a microscope. Usually these samples are plant or animal material sliced with an extremely sharp steel cutting blade (modern versions use glass, ceramic, or even diamond blades).