Turntable
date: label: associated dates
content: 1961 04 14 / 1961 04 14
name: label: maker
content: R. & J. Beck
notes: label: Description
content: Wood and brass turntable used to mount and secure slides that was used at the Smithsonian, and that has a “R. & J. BECK / PHILADELPHIA” inscription. Richard Beck (1827-1866) and Joseph Beck (1828-1891) formed the optical manufacturing firm of R. & J, Beck in London in 1843. The firm traded as Smith & Beck in 1854-1865. And it established a branch in Philadelphia, circa 1880.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09786
label: accession number
content: 163004
label: catalog number
content: M-09786
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Turntable
label: Other Terms
content: Turntable; Microtomy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4.8 cm x 14.9 cm x 8.1 cm; 1 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 3 3/16 in