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- Description
- The Spencer Lens Company introduced its Model 55 in 1914, explaining that this “new and unique instrument” had been produced “in answer to a demand for a binocular microscope with a very large stage and also for a very great range in the distance from the stage at which the objectives may be used.” The new Model 56, moreover, was simply the upper part of Model 55.
- This example of the Model 56 has coarse and fine focus, triple nosepiece, rectangular stage, and wooden box. The inscription reads “SPENCER / BUFFALO / USA.” The 152875 serial number indicates a date around 1938.
- Ref: Spencer Lens Co., Spencer Microscopes and Accessories (Buffalo, N.Y., 1914), pp. 50-51.
- Spencer Lens Co., Low Power Binocular Microscopes (Buffalo, N.Y., 1935), pp. 6-7.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- Other Terms
- microscope; Binocular; Disecting
- date made
- ca 1938
- maker
- Spencer Lens Company
- place made
- United States: New York, Buffalo
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 32.2 cm x 20.1 cm x 23.4 cm; 12 11/16 in x 7 29/32 in x 9 7/32 in
- ID Number
- MG.M-11517
- accession number
- 260035
- catalog number
- M-11517
- Credit Line
- Division of Marine Invertebrates, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Microscopes
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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