Compound Microscope
- Made:
- 1860 in Manchester
- maker:
- John Benjamin Dancer
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Microscope, made by John Benjamin Dancer, Manchester, made in 1860 for Manchester scientist James Joule.
John Benjamin Dancer (1812-1887) was one of Manchester's most important scientific instrument makers. Dancer became well known for the quality of his microscopes and particularly for selling good-quality instruments at a relatively low price. He supplied apparatus, including a travelling microscope and thermometers, to James Prescott Joule from about 1844 for his work on the mechanical equivalent of heat. Joule described Dancer's thermometers as "the first which were made in England with any pretensions to accuracy".
Details
- Category:
- Scientific Instruments & Research
- Object Number:
- Y1997.6.7.1
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown) and glass
- Measurements:
-
Overall: 380 mm x 219 mm x 190 mm,
- type:
- compound microscope
- credit:
- Gift of Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society
