Queen's University Microbiology Department Collection
Category
Basic Science Artifacts
Classification
Basic Science, Bacteriology
Accession Number
002003001 a-b
Description
Staining dish and slide holder, a rectangular enamelware container (a) with an open-lipped top opening, straight sides, and a flat bottom with three ridges; its corners are rounded; the slide holder (b) is a solid piece of bent metal wire with two 90° angles at its centre, and its two ends bent ver…
Staining dish and slide holder, a rectangular enamelware container (a) with an open-lipped top opening, straight sides, and a flat bottom with three ridges; its corners are rounded; the slide holder (b) is a solid piece of bent metal wire with two 90° angles at its centre, and its two ends bent vertically at an approximate 45° angle
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - staining dish - Size: Length 22.3 cm x Width 9.0 cm x Depth 3.5 cm
b - slide holder - Size: Length 14.2 cm x Width 4.3 cm x Depth 0.4 cm
Provenance
Donated by Dr. Hugh Pross on behalf of the Queen's University Microbiology dept.
Material
enamelware: white; black
Inscriptions
None
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F7-3
Condition Remarks
The slide holder surface is covered (75%) with inactive corrosion; the dish shows signs of heavy use in the form of a ring of white mineral deposits on its inner surface; the enamelware is worn on the centre ridge in a patch 4.0 x 0.5 cm; two inner corners have worn patches 0.7 cm in diameter; on the bottom surface it is worn in the same corners 1.0 cm and 1.5 cm in diameter, and the centre ridge is worn in four patches: 1.7 x 0.5 cm, 0.9 x 0.3 cm, 0.9 x o.3 cm, and 0.5 x 1.5 cm; all these patches show signs of inactive corrosion.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Dr. Hugh Pross, Queen's dept. of Microbiology
Research Facts
Used for staining slides for use with a microscope
Exhibit History
Oct. 21, 2002, on exhibit in "Fighting the White Plague: the Battle against TB" in the KGH Hall of Honour