Vérick no.4 compound laboratory microscope
Date: circa 1880
Inventory Number: 2002-1-0066
Classification: Microscope
Subject:
Maker: Constant Vérick (fl. 1880 - 1902)
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Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
microscope: 24.8 × 8.3 × 11.8 cm (9 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
box: 10.6 × 28.5 × 15.8 cm (4 3/16 × 11 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Accessories: eyepieces (2); clear glass slides (3); flat case
Bibliography:
Le microscope: son emploi et ses applications
Le microscope: sa construction, son maniement et son application
DescriptionThis is a Verick no.4 compound laboratory microscope. It is made of brass. It has a horse-shoe foot supporting a single rectangular pillar with a hinged joint of blackened brass. Above the joint the post is cylindrical. The pillar supports a monocular body tube held by a thick horizontal arm. Coarse adjustment is by sliding the upper ocular drawtube inside the lower objective body tube, or moving the body tube assembly through a sleeve attached to the arm. Fine focus is by a screw located on top of the post.
There is square rectangular stage is topped wtih black glass and two brass stage clips. Substage equipment includes a cup diaphragm on a sliding plate, and a swing-away plano-concave mirror.
This microscope is accompanied by a fitted mahogany case with two parts compartments covered by separate lids. The case is dovetailed. The key is missing for the case lock. The right side of the case has a brass handle. The case lid is lined with green silk over batting; it is backed with leather. Purple velvet cushions the brass feet and stage of the microscope in the box. There is a spare eye piece and some glass slides. The objectives are missing.
There is square rectangular stage is topped wtih black glass and two brass stage clips. Substage equipment includes a cup diaphragm on a sliding plate, and a swing-away plano-concave mirror.
This microscope is accompanied by a fitted mahogany case with two parts compartments covered by separate lids. The case is dovetailed. The key is missing for the case lock. The right side of the case has a brass handle. The case lid is lined with green silk over batting; it is backed with leather. Purple velvet cushions the brass feet and stage of the microscope in the box. There is a spare eye piece and some glass slides. The objectives are missing.
Signedengraved in script on the heel of the foot: C. Vérick, élève spécial / de E. Hartnack / rue de la Parcheminerie 2, / Paris
stamped on top edge of front wall of case, on the right hand side: C. VERICK 1304
stamped on top edge of front wall of case, on the right hand side: C. VERICK 1304
Inscribedstamped on hinge joint under the stage: 1304
stamped on inside of lower pillar: 7
stamped on top of front wall of case: 1304
stamped on inside of lower pillar: 7
stamped on top of front wall of case: 1304
Primary SourcesJules Pelletan, Le microscope: son emploi et ses applications (Paris: G. Masson, 1876), 82.
Henri Ferdinand van Heurck, Le microscope: sa construction, son maniement et son application, 3rd ed. (Brussels: E. Ramlot, 1878), 142.
Henri Ferdinand van Heurck, Le microscope: sa construction, son maniement et son application, 3rd ed. (Brussels: E. Ramlot, 1878), 142.
ProvenanceGift of Max and Florence Brodsky Family, 2002.