Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1923
notes: label: Description
content: Vane Morgan Hoge (1902-1970), a physician with the U.S. Public Health Service, acquired this microscope while a student at the Jefferson Medical School. It is a compound monocular Spencer Model 44 with coarse and fine focus, large square stage, triple nosepiece, trunnion, sub-stage diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, horseshoe base, and leatherette box. The inscription reads “SPENCER / BUFFALO / U.S.A.” The 84908 serial number indicates a date of 1923.
label: Description
content: Ref: Spencer Lens Co., <i>Microscopes and Microscope Accessories</i> (Buffalo, N.Y., 1920), Section 1, pp. 1-5.
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. Vane M. Hoge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.321702.01
label: accession number
content: 321702
label: catalog number
content: 321702.01
label: serial number
content: 84908
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 8 5/8 in x 12 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 21.9075 cm x 32.0675 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 11 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 29.21 cm x 11.1125 cm x 15.5575 cm