Stere Magnifier
name: label: maker
content: Smith, Beck & Beck
notes: label: Description
content: This stereo magnifier belonged to Spencer Fullerton Baird, the naturalist who served as the second Secretary of the Smithsonian. The “SMITH BECK & BECK / PATENT / LONDON” inscription on the brass frame refers to a firm that was in business, as such, from 1857 to ca. 1867. The patent has not been identified.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.284265.01
label: accession number
content: 55865
label: catalog number
content: 284265.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Stereo Magnifier
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 18 cm x 5.5 cm; 13/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 7 in x 2 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 17.78 cm x 5.3975 cm