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Maker:
Spencer Lens Company  Search this
Measurements:
case: 14 1/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in; 35.8775 cm x 18.415 cm x 20.0025 cm
microscope: 11 1/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 28.2575 cm x 13.335 cm x 15.875 cm
Object Name:
microscope
Place made:
United States: New York, Buffalo
Date made:
1916
Description:
This compound monocular, a Spencer Model 30, was designed for research and clinical work of the most exacting character. It has coarse and fine focus, triple nosepiece, large square stage, inclination joint, sub-stage illuminating apparatus, sub-stage mirror, horseshoe base, and wooden box. The inscription reads “Spencer Microscope / ALOE CO. Sales Agents / No 26578.” The back of the arm is marked “PAT. DEC. 11-1900” and “Aug. 38-1906.” The serial number indicates a date of 1916. The mechanical stage is marked ‘BAUSCH & LOMB.”
This was used by the donor’s father, Orra Edgar Patterson (1879-1937), a physician in the Pacific Northwest, and by his sister, Virginia Patterson Beeler (b. ca. 1913), a physician in Washington, D.C.
Ref: Spencer Lens Co., <i>Spencer Microscopes and Accessories</i> (Buffalo, 1914), pp. 16-27.
Hermann Zirngibl, “Microscope,” U.S. Patent 663,649 (Dec. 11, 1900).
Harry N. Ott, “Microscope,” U.S. Patent 829,422 (Aug. 28, 1906).
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
Bryon Patterson
ID Number:
MG.M-13835
Accession number:
290305
Catalog number:
M-13835
290305.01
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Microscopes
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-80f9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1348365