Very unusual apertometer microscope

Made:: 1871-1900 in Philadelphia

maker:: R and J Beck

Very unusual apertometer microscope, made by R. & J. Beck for Woodward, with Abbe apertometers, English, late 19th century from theCrisp Collection

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A56761

Materials:: table, brass, table, mahogany, body tube, brass, body tube support, brass and apertometer support, brass, blackened

Measurements:: height 460 mm
body tube: length 252 mm
body tube: diameter 36 mm
table: diameter 508 mm
table: height 322 mm

type:: microscope and apertometer

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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