Spencer Stereo Binocular Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1945
name: label: maker
content: Spencer Lens Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Large binocular dissecting instrument with triple nosepiece. The stage is marked “SPENCER / BUFFALO / U.S.A.” and the arm is marked “242043.” This serial number indicates a date of 1945.
label: Description
content: This microscope was used by Min Chueh Chang (1908-1991), a biologist from China who studied in Britain, and arrived in the United States in 1945. Working with Gregory Pincus at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Chang pioneered the field of in vitro fertilization, co-discovered the birth control pill, and made other contributions to the field of reproductive biology.
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: Biological Sciences
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content: Microscopes
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0555.02.1
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0555.02.1
label: accession number
content: 1992.0555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31.1 cm x 13.3 cm x 20.3 cm; 12 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 8 in