Microscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Bausch & Lomb
notes: label: Description
content: Compound binocular microscope with quadruple nosepiece, large square mechanical stage, inclination joint, V-shaped base, and wooden case with extra lenses. The inscription reads “Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. / U.S.A. / Rochester, N.Y.” The stage is a Spencer. An inscription on the base reads “ATLANTEX & ZIELER CORP / DEDHAM / MASS. 326-7410.”
label: Description
content: This microscope was used at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, a facility in Shrewesbury, Ma., in which the biologist, Gregory Pincus, conducted research leading to the first oral contraceptive. Anne P. Merrill, who worked on that project, donated it to the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Microscopes
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anne P. Merill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0881.01.1
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0881.01.1
label: accession number
content: 1991.0881
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 19 cm; 11 31/32 in x 5 in x 7 15/32 in