Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1934
name: label: maker
content: Spencer Lens Company
notes: label: Description
content: This low power binocular microscope is a Spencer Model 55 with rack and pinion focus on the body and fine focus in the eyepieces, rotating triple nosepiece, large rectangular stage with adjustable diaphragm, large sub-stage mirror, and wooden case. The inscription reads “SPENCER / BUFFALO / U.S.A.” The 129614 serial number indicates a date of 1934.
label: Description
content: Ref: Spencer Lens Co., <i>Low Power Binocular Microscopes</i> (Buffalo, 1935), p. 6.
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: Division of Marine Invertebrates, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11418
label: accession number
content: 260035
label: catalog number
content: M-11418
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 41 cm x 21 cm x 24.2 cm; 16 5/32 in x 8 9/32 in x 9 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.5 cm x 20.2 cm; 12 25/32 in x 7 15/16 in