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
Two wooden carry boxes 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.
The lower lid of each carry box has been stamped, one with: 'High Holborn C. Baker. London', and one with: 'C. Baker Optical & Surgical Instrument Warehouse. 244 High Holborn 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 each carry box has been stamped, one with: 'High Holborn C. Baker. London', and one with: 'C. Baker Optical & Surgical Instrument Warehouse. 244 High Holborn 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.
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