Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Spencer Lens Company
notes: label: Description
content: Spencer Model 18 compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, triple nosepiece, large square stage, inclination joint, sub-stage diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, and horseshoe base. The microscope is brass; the arm and base are black. The inscription on the base reads “Spencer Microscope / ALOE CO. Sales Agents / No. 91092.” The serial number indicates a date of 1925.
label: Description
content: Spencer introduced the Model 18 in 1917, describing it as “a very high-grade instrument” that was “specially recommended for research work and for those with wish the very best equipment, but with a plain, rectangular stage.” In 1924, the firm noted that “its exceptional symmetry of design and beauty of finish adapt it especially for the physician’s office where dignified appearance as well as utility are matters of prime importance.”
label: Description
content: This belonged to Elmer Patton Bostwick (1893-1958), a bacteriologist who spent many years working to ensure the consistency and quality of processed foods.
label: Description
content: Ref: Spencer Lens Co., <i>Catalogue of Spencer Products</i> (Buffalo, N.Y., 1917), p. 22.
label: Description
content: Spencer Lens Co., <i>Catalogue of Spencer Products</i> (Buffalo, N.Y., 1924), p. 22.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Elmer P. Bostwick, in memory of her husband Elmer Patton Bostwick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302435.01
label: catalog number
content: 302435.01
label: accession number
content: 302435
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.1 cm x 11 cm x 15.3 cm; 13 1/16 in x 4 5/16 in x 6 in