Accession No

3385

Brief Description

mechanical stage; made by the Spencer Lens Co.; circa 1910

Origin

Buffalo; New York; USA

Maker

Spencer Lens Company

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1910

Latest Date

1910

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, white metal)

Dimensions

length 109mm; breadth 104mm; thickness 48mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1971.

Inscription

‘SPENCEER LENS CO.
Buffalo, N.Y.’
‘PATH. UNIV. CAMB.’

Description Notes

Plated brass attachable mechanical stage. Clamping screws attach the stage to the instrument. Knurled screws operate longitudinal and lateral movement. Longitudinal scale divided 90 - 130 numbered by 10 subdivided to 1. Lateral scale divided 0 - [85] numbered by 10 subdivided to 1. Vernier on each scale reads to 0.1mm. Third scale purpose unknown divided 0 - 30 numbered by 10 subdivided to1.

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