Microscope
name: label: maker
content: Spencer Lens Company
notes: label: Description
content: This compound monocular is a Spencer Model 18 with coarse and fine focus, triple nosepiece, square mechanical stage, inclination joint, sub-stage diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, horseshoe base, and wooden box with extra lenses. The inscription reads “SPENCER LENS CO. / BUFFALO, N.Y.” The 38521 serial number on the back of the base indicates a date of 1916. The Spencer Lens Co. termed this model “new” in 1917, noting that it was a “very high-grade” instrument “specially recommended for research work.” It was similar to the model 15, but with a plain, rectangular stage.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0116.05
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0116.05
label: accession number
content: 2009.0116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 28.2 cm x 12.5 cm x 14.7 cm; 11 1/8 in x 4 15/16 in x 5 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 36.2 cm x 18.6 cm x 21.4 cm; 14 1/4 in x 7 5/16 in x 8 7/16 in