Boxed microscope slides
Date
1920s
Creator
Guybon Chesney Castel Damant (1881 - 1963, British) , Naval Officer
Charles Baker (British) , Instrument Maker
Charles Baker (British) , Instrument Maker
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Subject
Content object
Description
Wooden carry box containing drawers of microscope slides. Each drawer houses up to six slides. The slides feature a variety of natural history specimens, taken from newts, mice, earthworms and goats, among others. One drawer has been removed and is presented below.
The lower lid of the carry box has been stamped: 'High Holborn C. Baker. London'.
These specimens were used in physiological experiments conducted by J.S. Haldane and Commander G.C.C.Damant to measure decompression in deep sea diving. The results of the experiments were central in Haldane's and Dammant's creation of decompression tables.
John Scott Haldane (1860-1936) British physiologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1897.
Commander Guybon Chesney Castell Damant British naval officer was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The lower lid of the carry box has been stamped: 'High Holborn C. Baker. London'.
These specimens were used in physiological experiments conducted by J.S. Haldane and Commander G.C.C.Damant to measure decompression in deep sea diving. The results of the experiments were central in Haldane's and Dammant's creation of decompression tables.
John Scott Haldane (1860-1936) British physiologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1897.
Commander Guybon Chesney Castell Damant British naval officer was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Related fellows
John Scott Haldane (1860 - 1936, British)
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