Object Name:  handwritten instructions for microscope preparations
Inventory Number:  1107e
Classification:  Papers


Maker:  Jean Alfred Nachet
Maker:  6 items related to this constituent
Maker:  A. Nachet
Maker:  13 items related to this constituent


Geography:
Place of Origin: Paris
Cultural Region: France

Date:  1880-1890


Material:
paper
Subject:
biology, medicine, microscopy, optics

Description:  Papers (1107e) were discovered stored beneath the cushion that padded the lid of the Nachet small student microscope (1107a). They include:

(1) A sheet of instructions in black ink with notes on:
"Microscopic Examination of Sections"
"Permanent Mounting"
"Hardening Specimens"

This sheet is signed and dated: "Fayal Sept 16. 1888 / W.B.C."

(2) A printed sheet with a table of magnifications, "Tableau des grossissements produits par les combinaisons des objectifs et oculaires." Parts of the table are filled in.



Signed:  at end of instruction sheet: Fayal Sept 16. 1888 / W.B.C.

Provenance:  Harvard Medical School.