Vintage science



Vintage research-related equipments and items on display

the devices are currently in a collection displayed at the Alexandru I Cuza University, Faculty of Biology,  B building, Room B228. The purpose and manufacture year for some devices are unknown to me, so if you have any information please do not hesitate to drop me an e-mail at: marius.mihasan@uaic.ro.
All the devices were found by my or my colleagues. By no means I am a qualified  curator or pretend to be one so all devices are displayed as they were found, only the dust was wiped. The display does not intend to be historically accurate, but to show the atmosphere in science mostly and the evolution of scientific devices.




Prof. Dr. G. Gaertner’s Sphygmomanometer
  • approx. 1910, made by  Franz Hugershoff, Leipzig
  • marked D.R.G.M - Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster = registered design of the German Reich
  • used to measure blood pressure





Marey sphygmograph
  • 1866-1900, made by the clock  manufacturer Breguet, Paris
  • used to record the pulse at the radial artery in the wrist
  • courtesy of Conf. Dr. Hritcu L, Animal Physiology Laboratory






Marey sphygmograph
  • 1866-1880, made by Charles Verdin, Paris
  • used to record the pulse at the radial artery in the wrist
  • courtesy of Conf. Dr. Hritcu L, Animal Physiology Laboratory





Rheinboldt Sphygmoscoop
  • 1910, made by H. Diel., Leipzig
  • used to record the pulse
  • marked D.R.G.M - Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster = registered design of the German Reich
  • courtesy of Conf. Dr. Hritcu L, Animal Physiology Laboratory






Syringe with needles
  • approx. 1900, unknown manufacturer






Analytic scale
  • 1964, made in Germany, functional but one weight is missing






Simplex Jonometer
  • approx. 1940? (WWII), made by F&M Lautenschlager Gmbh, Munchen
  • used to measure pH and various ions concentration
  • electrodes and buffer solutions are missing






Handheld pH-meter, Beckman pH-180
  • 1954-1970?, Beckman Scientific Instruments Division, Fullerton, California
  • without electrode






Various Meinsberger Electrodes
  • 1970-1980?, Forschungsinstitut Meinsberg/SA Entwicklungslabor der Technischen Universität Dresden
  • type KE 20 (left) and SE 20 (right)






Digital pH-meter pH-100
  • approx. 1970-1980?, AMCO Otopeni, Romania
  • the original electrodes are missing but any BNC connection electrodes will work






Duboscq colorimeter
  • approx. 1914, made by F. Hellige & Co, Freiburg i.B.
  • the measuring cuvetts are missing






Colorimeter model IV, after Dr. B. Lange
  • approx. 1930?, made in Germany
  • the cuvetts are 100 ml in volume






Spekol 10 spectrophotometer and accessories
  • 1965-1980?, made by Carl Zeiss Jena
  • the FK module for fluorescence is mounted
  • spare modules in order: EK 5 - for measuring extinction in 5 cm cuvettes; FR - for measuring fluorescence; Ti - for titrations; TK  for measuring turbidity; spare light sensor










Spare lamps and relays for spectrophotometry






Cuvettes mainly for Spekol 10 spectrophotometer with various volumes





Unknown colorimeter or part from a colorimeter
  • courtesy of Lect. Dr. Fusu Lucian







Camag power supply and electrophoresis tanks
  • approx. 1960-1970, the tanks were build in the Biochemistry and Biophysics lab in Iasi
  • first picture, vertical electrophoresis unit, prof. Dr. Artenie V.
  • second picture, tube electrophoresis unit, prof. Dr. Neacsu I.






Photo­ Recorder 1578
  • approx. 1960,  Orion; Budapest
  • used in combination with an oscilloscope






Various cameras for taking pictures at the microscope:
  • Exakta Varex IIb (no objective), Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co, Dresden, 1963-1967
  • Exakta RTL 1000, Pentacon, Dresden, probably around the '70s with a Jena objective, Sonnar 4/135 ASB
  • a unknown camera, no manufacturer name, probably Romanian










Fuel/Air regulator
  • made by Beckman, probably part from a Flame-photometer






Galvanometer
  • 1940?, Siemens; D (S.& Halske / S. Electrogeräte)
  • courtesy of Lect. Dr. Fusu Lucian







Resistor array
  • produced by MSF, Germany 1953-1970






Unknown electrical device, unknown manufacturer. No manufacturer stamp, possible in-the-lab build






Microscope
  • 1968, IOR Bucuresti, Romania
  • courtesy of Lect. Dr. Fusu Lucian







Reagents and consumables



Dr. Grubler stains
1880-1896

Gehe Hemoglobin,
1903-1922
Hypodermic needles,
1944-1948
Hypodermic needles,
1951-1970

Lactic Acid, unknown year or manufacturer
Agfa Wolfen recording paper, 1909-1964

Russian needles
1949

Russian needles
1949





Amylum solubile (soluble starch), Merck Darmstadt
Reagent manufactured in a local pharmacy in Iasi, Romania
1866-1947

Ringsdorff carbons for arc-lamp







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