Object Details
- Dancer, John B.
- Description
- Compound monocular microscope with coarse and fine focus, rectangular stage, trunion, sub-stage mirror, tri-leg base, and wooden case with drawers and accessories. The “Dancer / Optician / Manchester” inscription refers John Benjamin Dancer (1812-1887), an English optical instrument maker who was, perhaps, best known for his work with microphotographs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- mid 19th century
- ID Number
- MG.M-12162
- accession number
- 271986
- catalog number
- M-12162
- Object Name
- microscope
- Physical Description
- brass (microscope material)
- glass (microscope material)
- metal (case material)
- ivory (case material)
- wood (case material)
- wood (microscope material)
- Measurements
- case: 35.7 cm x 20.7 cm x 19.8 cm; 14 1/16 in x 8 1/8 in x 7 13/16 in
- microscope: 33.1 cm x 17.4 cm x 17.6 cm; 13 1/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 6 15/16 in
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, Manchester, Manchester
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Microscopes
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_1349349
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-bd13-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
