Voigtländer IVa microscope case
Date: circa 1910
Inventory Number: 1916b
Classification: Microscope Case
Subject:
Maker: Voigtländer (1756-present)
Owner: William Morton Wheeler (1865 - 1937)
User: Bussey Institution (1871 - 1936)
User: Museum of Comparative Zoology (founded 1859)
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Dimensions:
box: 10.5 × 29.7 × 22.2 cm (4 1/8 × 11 11/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
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Description:
This is the box in which the Jung microtome (1916a) is currently stored. It was made later by a different company and designed to store a microscope (possibly a Voigtlaender IVa monocular microscope).
In Collection(s)
Signedon carrying case: VOIGTLAENDER & SOHN A.G. / BRUNSWICK - NEW YORK
Historical AttributesOwned by Professor William Morton Wheeler (1865-1937), dean of the Bussey Institution from 1915. (see old file card for more information).
Curatorial RemarksAccording to the business records of Jung, this microtome was manufactured in 1894 and was sent to Zeiss, Jena, before being bought by William Wheeler. (See card's image.) Though unspecified here, this information could have come from the serial number found on the instrument (2521).
ProvenanceWilliam Morton Wheeler, Bussey Institution, Harvard University; later, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; transfer to CHSI, 1985.