Binocular microscope, box and components

Made:
1862-1866 in London and England
maker:
R and J Beck

Binocular microscope by R. and J. Beck, London, serial no. 4857, circa 1864, owned by Dame Lucy Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A43489
Materials:
lenses, glass, body tube & limb, brass, stage & stand, brass and box, mahogany
Measurements:
overall, vertical: height 428 mm
body tube: length 233 mm
body tube: diameter 32 mm
limb eaxtension: length 77 mm
limb: length 178 mm
base: length 183 mm
base: width 125 mm
box: length 403 mm
box: width 156 mm
box: height 173 mm
type:
compound binocular microscopes
credit:
Wigram