Microscope
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Dancer, John B.
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular microscope with coarse and fine focus, rectangular stage, trunion, sub-stage mirror, tri-leg base, and wooden case with drawers and accessories. The “Dancer / Optician / Manchester” inscription refers John Benjamin Dancer (1812-1887), an English optical instrument maker who was, perhaps, best known for his work with microphotographs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Manchester, Manchester
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Microscopes
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12162
label: accession number
content: 271986
label: catalog number
content: M-12162
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (microscope material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 35.7 cm x 20.7 cm x 19.8 cm; 14 1/16 in x 8 1/8 in x 7 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 33.1 cm x 17.4 cm x 17.6 cm; 13 1/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 6 15/16 in