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Hand Operated Centrifuge

  • Circa 1930

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Brass instrument with removable wooden handle. Holds two centrifuge tubes. Used for rapid settling of suspended solids from small quantities of liquid in analytical or clinical procedures. Manufactured by Charles Lentz & Sons and Bausch + Lomb.

Charles Lentz & Sons were manufacturers and distributors of surgical instruments, microscopes, and other medical products including non-corrosive steel instruments, laboratory apparatus and glassware, x-ray equipment and accessories, therapeutic lamps and electrical equipment, and other hospital supplies.

Bausch + Lomb is an eye health products company based in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is currently one of the world's largest suppliers of contact lenses, lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products. The company was founded in Rochester, New York, in 1853 by optician John Bausch and cabinet maker turned financial backer Henry Lomb. Until its sale in 2013, Bausch + Lomb was one of the oldest continually operating companies in the United States.

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Creator of work
  • Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Contributor
  • Charles Lentz and Sons
Provenance

Found in collection.

Place of manufacture
  • New York (State)--New York
  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Format
  • Physical Object
Genre
  • Medical instruments and apparatus
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
Medium
  • brass (alloy)
  • iron (metal)
  • wood (plant material)
Extent
  • 21.6 cm H x 14 cm W x 12.7 cm L
Language
  • English
Inscription
  • (Engraved on front of brass plate) "CHAS. LENTZ & SONS. / PHILADELPHIA PA"
  • (Engraved on front of brass plate) "BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO / ROCHESTER NY / NEW YORK CHICAGO"
Subject
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
  • Biochemistry
  • Centrifuges
  • Charles Lentz and Sons
  • Laboratories--Equipment and supplies
  • Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

Physical location

Department
  • Museum
Collection
  • Herbert T. Pratt Collection
Physical container
  • Box 6W45.4 Box 5

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