De Fonbrune Microforge; Sensaur M4-67
date: label: date made
content: about 1970
name: label: user
content: Genentech, Inc.
label: maker
content: Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This microforge was used at Genentech, a biotechnology company.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Laboratory technicians use microforges to heat and shape glass in order to create very small, delicate instruments for work with living cells under a microscope. This model was designed to “provide seven different basic operations for transforming fine capillary tubing, solid glass rods, and various fusible materials into an endless variety of micro-tools.” These micro-tools typically come in the form of extremely fine needles, pipettes, or hooks. They are used to manipulate or inject living cells under a microscope.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The need for the microforge developed after the invention of the micromanipulator, a tool designed to hold and manipulate tools under a microscope with a precision greater than that of the human hand.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Sources:
label: Description (Brief)
content: Curtin Scientific Company. “mini-maker!” Southwest Retort 22:9, May 1970. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111167/m1/24/
label: Description (Brief)
content: Institut Pasteur “Pierre de Fonbrune.” http://www.pasteur.fr/infosci/archives/fnb0.html
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: California, South San Francisco
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Biotechnology and Genetics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Genentech
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0198.61
label: accession number
content: 2012.0198
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0198.61
label: maker number
content: V58092
label: model number
content: MF-67
label: serial number
content: 46590
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microforge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/4 in x 11 in x 17 1/2 in; 36.195 cm x 27.94 cm x 44.45 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/4 in x 19 in x 11 in; 37.465 cm x 48.26 cm x 27.94 cm