Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1877-1895
name: label: maker
content: R. & J. Beck
notes: label: Description
content: Mid-range binocular National microscope with Wenham-type inter-ocular adjustment, coarse and fine focus, inclination joint, circular mechanical stage, sub-stage diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, tri-leg base, and upright wooden case. The inscription on the barrel reads “R. &. J. BECK / 31 CORNHILL / LONDON / 8015” and that around the foot reads “R. & J. BECK LONDON & PHILADELPHIA.” R. & J. Beck began in business as such at 31 Cornhill in 1865, opened a shop in Philadelphia in 1877, and became a limited partnership in 1895.
label: Description
content: Ref: J. Edwards Smith, <i>How to See with the Microscope</i> (Chicago, 1880).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Microscopes
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.463.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.463.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
label: Other Terms
content: microscope; Binocular
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 35 cm x 20 cm x 17.4 cm; 13 3/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 6 7/8 in