General Information

Serial #

24210

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.7 METAL PAINTED BLACK, GLASS, CHROME. PT CASE, WOOD, LEATHERETTE COVERED; METAL HINGES; METALEYEPIECE HOLDER; HANDLE LEATHER COVERED; INTERIOR HAS SOME VELVET LINING/ PAPER LABELS & DECAL INSIDE DOOR OF CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

20.0 cm

Width

13.5 cm

Height

34.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Spencer

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Buffalo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

Period

1950'S TO 1980'S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF TYPE OF MICROSCOPE USED FOR ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN CANADA

Function

USED TO EXAMINE SPECIMENS IN BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE (REF.1)

Technical

LOW TO MEDIUM POWER INSPECTION MICROSCOPE WITH GOOD EYE RELIEF AND DEPTH OF FIELD

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 CO. LOGO INCISED ON STAGE "SPENCER/ BUFFALO/ USA"/ INCISED ON ARM '242107 esq'/ INCISED ON NOSEPIECE RING '1X/ 2X/ 3X'/ STAMPED ON SIDE OF RT. & LFT. EYEPIECE '12X/ 0754'/ RT. EYEPIECE HAS 'R' SCRATCHED ON BLACK SURFACE ON SIDE/ INCISED ON SIDE OF 1X OBJECTIVE '1X'; STAMPED ON SIDE PLATE OF 2X OBJ. LENS '2X', ON 3X OBJ. LENS '3X'/ STAMPED ON PLATE ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF 2X & 3X OBJ. LENS IS CO. LOGO 'AO'; STAMPED ON BACK '743'/.2 STAMPED ON SIDE PLATE OF OBJ. LENS '8X'. CO. LOGO STAMPED ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF PLATE 'AO'/.3-.4 INCISED ON SIDE OF EYEPIECE '1JX/ V541'/ CASE: SEE SUPP.INFO.

Missing

STAGE CLIPS From CA of 12/10/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

METAL PAINTED BLACK/ ARM STAND & BODY HAS CRINKLED BLACK SURFACE/ EYEPIECE, OBJECTIVES & STAGE HAVE SMOOTH BLACK SURFACE/ NOSEPIECE IS SERRATED CHROME-FINISH/ VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT KNOBS, CHROME-FINISH/ PT CASE, LEATHERETTE STAINED BLACK/ VELVET LINING DYED BLUE/ EYEPIECE HOLDER DULLED STAINLESS-STEEL APPEARANCE/ METAL HINGES & LOCK PAINTED BLACK.

Decoration

N/A