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Microscope
231 (Nachet;
Microscope droit; 1880s) Camille
Sébastien Nachet (1799 – 1881) started by working with Charles Chevalier and
set up his own business in 1839. At that time, Chevalier, Oberhauser and
Nachet were the main producers of microscopes in Paris. In the late 1850s,
Nachet was joined by his son, Jean Alfred Nachet (1831-1908), who went by the
name of Alfred. The firm was renamed Nachet et Fils around 1862, when Alfred
was made a partner. Nachet was succeeded by his son, who named the firm ‘A
Nachet’ from about 1880 to about 1890, when it became ‘Nachet et Fils’ once
more when Alfred's son joined the partnership. By 1898 Nachet had taken over
Hartnack and Prazmowski and also ‘Bezu, Hausser et
cie’. The firm traded from Rue Serpente, Paris (1839 – 1862), Rue Séverin,
Paris (1862 until after WW2), and Rue Chaptal 106, Levallois-Perret (1970s).
Microscope 231 is engraved with ‘NACHET ET FILS, 17 Rue St. Severin, Paris’
and should be dated to the 1880s. This microscope should be a version of
Nachet’s ‘Microscope de dissection et d’observation’, as described in
the firm’s catalogue from 1886 (Figure 1). A version of this microscope was
used by Pasteur during his experiments with spontaneous generation. Figure 1. Nachet’s ‘Microscope de dissection et
d’observation’, as described in the firm’s catalogue from 1886 References Microscope droit Nachet et Fils
"Microscope plus simple" (http://www.lecompendium.com/dossier_optique_213_microscope_nachet_phylloxera/microscope_plus_simple_nachet.htm), last accessed on 24.12.2121 LAST
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