Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1937
label: associated dates
content: 1975 09 23 / 1975 09 23
name: label: maker
content: Spencer Lens Company
notes: label: Description
content: Compound binocular microscope with quadruple nosepiece, inclination joint, square mechanical stage, elaborate sub-stage diaphragm, horseshoe base, and wooden box with extra lenses. The inscription reads “SPENCER / BUFFALO / U.S.A.” The 147197 serial number indicates a date around 1937.
label: Description
content: This was used by Robert Kendall Enders (1899-1988), a biologist who taught at Swarthmore College.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Beltsville
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.315328.03.01
label: catalog number
content: 315328.03.01
label: accession number
content: 315328
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microscope Frame
label: Object Name
content: Case, Microscope
label: Other Terms
content: Microscope Frame; Case, Microscope; Binocular
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leatherette (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in; 33.02 cm