United States: New York, Buffalo / 1923
Microscope
Microscope
The Smithsonian catalogs Microscope as microscope in its Science & Scientific Instruments records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Vane Morgan Hoge (1902-1970), a physician with the U.S. Public Health Service, acquired this microscope while a student at the Jefferson Medical School. It is a compound monocular Spencer Model 44 with coarse and fine focus, large square stage, triple nosepiece, trunnion, sub-stage diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, horseshoe base, and leatherette box. The inscription reads “SPENCER / BUFFALO / U.S.A.”