Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Rocking Microtome

1900

Minot pattern microtome by Ernst Leitz

1900-1914

Bench Microtome

1945-1955

Microtome and knife by Unicam Instruments Ltd

1948

Microtome Knife

1935-1945

Bench microtome

1850-1880

Microtome Knife-Sharpening Kit

1925-1935

Topping-type microtome, Europe, 1840-1850

1840-1850

Simple microtome and razor, England, 1865-1900

1865-1900

Rocking microtome, Cambridge, England, 1885

1885

Rotary Microtome

1920-1930

Microtome by J.B. Dancer

1860-1865

Sledge microtome, 1900-25.

1900-1925

Microtome

1895-1905

Microtome Knife

1910-1920

Microtome, for cutting thin sections of biological material

1980-1999

Caldwell automatic microtome, Cambridge, England, 1884

1884

Microtome Knife

1910-1920

Microtome Blade

1950-1955

Bench Microtome

1905-1915

Original Automatic microtome of Sir Richard Threlfall. Driving motion slightly defective

Early microtome, England, 1825-1835

1825-1835

William Rutherford's freezing microtome

1873-1876

Simple brass microtome

Microtome in box

1780

Microtome in mahogany box

1780

Rocking microtome, England, 1930-1950

1930-1950

Microtome by Bausch & Lomb, and wooden case.

Microtome by Bausch & Lomb

1900-1910

Rotary microtome, with wooden case, by F. Sartorius.

Rotary Microtome

1950-1955

Ultra-Microtome, Type Fernandez-Moran, a small thermal feed microtome mounted on large desk, made by Leitz-Wetzlar, Germany, c.1961. Complete with motor drive, stereo, draught shield and dust cover.

Ultra-Microtome Type Fernandez-Moran made by Leitz Wetzlar, c.1961

1961

Cambridge Instrument Company rocking rotary microtome serial no. C683200, circa 1968

Cambridge Instrument Company rocking rotary microtome serial no. C683200

1965-1970

Microtome and knife by Unicam Instruments Ltd, 1948.

Microtome and knife by Unicam Instruments Ltd

1948

Large rotary microtome made by MSE, London, 1952

microtome

1952

Microtome by Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd., serial no.C690004, the Huxley ultramicrotome

Huxley ultramicrotome, Sheffield, England, 1960-1968

1960-1968

Bench Freezing microtome by Leitz, used in studies of the microstructure and composition of foods, at the Procter Department of Food Science, University of Leeds

Bench Freezing microtome by Leitz

1950-1965

Microtome, with case, made by Flatters & Garnett Ltd, Manchester.

Microtome, with case

1925-1935

Carbon dioxide freezing microtome, automatic, made by Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar, German, circa 1960

Carbon dioxide freezing microtome

1960

Spencer bench microtome with blade in box, serial no.6778, c.1960's

Spencer bench microtome with blade in box

1960-1970

Microtome (for preparing ultra thin sections for use in the electron microscope)

Microtome (for preparing ultra thin sections for use in the electron microscope)

Microtome used to cut sections of virus-infected tissue in wax used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Microtome

Sledge microtome made by MSE, London, c.1955

Sledge microtome made by MSE

circa 1955