J.B. Dancer Optician No. 371 Manchester
Wenham binocular microscope, c. 1863
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The microscope set up for use with polarized light. The polarizer can be rotated using a worm gear and the analyzer is also capable of rotation.
The accessories consist of two pairs of eyepieces labeled A and B, three single eyepieces labeled C, D, and E, three Dancer objectives (2/3, 2, and 3-inch), a 4-inch objective by Robinson & Sons, Dublin, a Nicol polarizing prism in a rotating mount, an analyzing prism in a rotating mount, frog plate, hand forceps, stage forceps, achromatic condenser with various stops, substage diaphragm wheel, glass trough, brass mounted selenite stage with rotation, live box, free standing bulls-eye condenser, dissection tools, and other odds and ends. The other draws contain prepared microscope slides. |
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The inside door of the case bears Dancer's trade label. Apparently, in later years, the microscope was resold by Broadhurst & Clarkson.
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J. B. Dancer 1870 advertisement
Information about John Benjamin Dancer (1812-1887)