Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1877-1895
name: label: maker
content: R. & J. Beck
notes: label: Description
content: Binocular dissecting instrument with “R. & J. BECK / LONDON” on the eyepiece, and “R. & J. BECK / LONDON & PHILADELPHIA / 10235” on the wooden stand. The whole fits in a wooden box. Richard Beck, building on a form developed by Nachet in Paris, described an instrument of this sort in 1860. R. & J. Beck began in business as such in 1865.
label: Description
content: Ref: William B. Carpenter, <i>The Microscope and its Revelations</i> (London, 1868), pp. 53-55.
label: Description
content: R. &. J. Beck, <i>An Illustrated Catalogue of Microscopes and Other Optical Instruments</i> (Philadelphia, 1882), p. 63.
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: Biological Sciences
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content: Microscopes
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0203.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0203.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0203
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.2 cm x 17.7 cm x 17.7 cm; 5 31/32 in x 6 31/32 in x 6 31/32 in