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Title |
AO Spencer monocular microscope |
Description |
Monocular microscope. U-shaped base supports rotating arm and stage; substage two-sided mirror and abbe condensor adjustable for height via knob; square shaped stage with stage clamp adjustable on two axis by knobs on right side; curved support arm with fine adjustment knob below the coarse adjustment knob; adjustment by rack and pinion; entire device is of black painted brass with stainless steel knobs and objectives; trinocular nosepiece with three mounted objectives, all by Spencer: 1 X 4mm-N.A.0.66-44 X; 1 X 16MM-N.A.0.25-10X; 1 X HOM. 1MM-1.8MM-N.A.1.25-95X, a 10X eyepiece is mounted; in a black leatherette covered wooden case; plug in "SCOPELITE" lamp in case. |
Catalog number |
2014.001.029 |
Notes |
The front of the tube is signed "SPENCER BUFFALO U.S.A. 240123." The interior of the box is finished in a dark brown color. Contains 1x eyepiece still wrapped in plastic, 3x empty objective cases, 1x box of microscope slides, 2x stage clips. A plate on the base is signed "WILL CORPORATION ROCHESTER, N.Y. LABORATORY APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS." |
Manufacturer or Distributor |
American Optical Company, Buffalo, NY; Spencer Lens Co., Buffalo, NY |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Lexicon sub-category |
Optical T&E |
Collection |
Benyo Microscope Collection |
Search Terms |
American America microscope Microscopy monocular Compound |
Accession number |
2014.001 |