Accession No

1633

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, model 29, by R. and J. Beck Ltd., English, circa 1929

Origin

England; London

Maker

R. and J. Beck Ltd.

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1929

Latest Date

1929

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel); glass; rubber; plastic (bakelite); cloth

Dimensions

height 350mm; depth 196 mm; breadth 160 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by Ealing Beck Ltd. in 09/1972.

Inscription

‘London
Model 29/
R & J
BECK Ltd
LONDON
PATENT NO 336023’

Description Notes

Black finish; steel screws; horseshoe foot; single upright to pivoting limb; square mechanical stage with 2 steel clips; rack with steel screw for focussing substage; substage condenser with centring mechanism; arm below for swinging plano / concave mirror (not extant), replaced by electrical illuminant which screws to the base of the condenser with bulb and right angle prism; arched limb; pair of fine focus screws either side of limb; draw tube with 2 graduations; double nosepiece (no eyepieces or objectives extant).
Model 29 type G.

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