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- Description
- Dissecting microscope with a single lens, square stage, sub-stage mirror, steel pillar, square base made of black iron, arm rests, and wooden case. John J. Bausch obtained a patent on the form in 1880. Bausch & Lomb touted it as “the most compact, portable and efficient Dissecting Microscope on the market." The “OGDEN / BOSTON” inscription on this example refers to a microscopist and instrument dealer, as does the paper label reading “From / JOHN T. OGDEN / 168 Tremont St. / Boston.”
- This may have been used by Richard Rathbun (1852-1918) or by his sister, Mary Jane Rathbun (1860-1940), both of whom worked at the Smithsonian.
- Ref. John J. Bausch, “Microscope,” U.S. Patent 230,688 (Aug. 3, 1880).
- Bausch & Lomb, Price List of Microscopes, Objectives and Accessories (Rochester, N.Y., 1884), pp. 6-7.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- date made
- ca 1880-1890
- maker
- Ogden, John T.
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 6 in x 4 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.065 cm
- ID Number
- MG.163004.01
- catalog number
- M-9782
- 163004.01
- accession number
- 163004
- 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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