Microscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1894
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, double nosepiece, large square stage covered with vulcanite, inclination joint, sub-stage mirror on moveable arm, horseshoe base, and wooden box with extra objectives. The “E. LEITZ WETZLAR / No 28939” inscription indicates a date of 1893.
label: Description
content: William Rush Dunton, Jr. (1868-1966) acquired this microscope in 1894, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and before beginning a residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Dunton later promoted physical therapy for psychiatric patients, and called attention to his familial connections with Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
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. Edward Furst
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13883.02
label: accession number
content: 300972
label: catalog number
content: M-13883.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.3 cm x 8.8 cm x 14.8 cm; 11 17/32 in x 3 15/32 in x 5 13/16 in