Object Details
- 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., Spencer Microscopes and Accessories (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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Spencer Lens Company
- date made
- 1916
- Credit Line
- Bryon Patterson
- 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
