General Information

Serial #

16580

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

MICROTOME: STEEL, BAKELITE, PLASTIC/ PT, MICROTOME CASE, WOOD, METAL LOCK & HINGE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

31.0 cm

Width

27.0 cm

Height

24.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

REICHERT

Country

Austria

State/Province

Unknown

City

Vienna

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1959-1968

Canada

USED BY A GOVERNMENT RESEARCHER WITH AGRICULTURE CANADA. MR. SETTLE WORKED ON ANIMAL NUTRITION IN THE HISTOCHEMISTRY SECTION.

Function

USED TO SECTION EMBEDDED TISSUE SPECIMENS TO APPROX. 0.005MM THICKNESS FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A STANDARD TYPE OF DEVICE TO OBTAIN SECTIONS OF TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION. THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE SECTIONS BY FREEZING PROVIDED A FASTER METHOD THAN THE PARAFFIN METHOD. ALSO IDEAL TO PREPARE SECTIONS ON TISSUE WITH A HIGHER PROPORTION OF FAT TO WATER. (REF.2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DISTRIBUTORS DECAL ON MICROTOME READS 'CAVE AND COMPANY LTD/ CAVE [CO.LOGO]/ VANCOUVER TORONTO'/ INCISED ON TOP SURFACE NOS.1-6/ INCISED ON TOP SCREW MOUNT '1 Teit/ 0.005mm'/ INCISED ON KNIFE HOLDER A SCALE MARKED 0-5./ MFR'S PLATE READS 'REICHERT/ AUSTRIA/ Nr. 16 580'/ STAMPED ON DECAL OWNERS NAME 'W.R. SETTLE'/ STAMPED INTO BACK OF KNIFE 'C. REICHERT-WIEN'/ HAND INCISED '591215'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

MICROTOME: BAKELITE HAS GREEN HAMMERTONE PAINT, KNOBS, BLACK STAINLESS STEEL PARTS HAVE DULLED SILVER SURFACE/ MICROTOME CASE VARNISHED WOOD, HIGHLY POLISHED METAL MAY BE CHROME PLATED

Decoration

N/A