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'London' Metallurgical Microscope with case, by Beck, London, c.1960

Inventory Number 10354

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10354

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Makers
Beck
Provenance
Presented by Mrs Diana Nutting in 2002 (accessioned in 2013). Formally belonged to Jack Nutting, Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Leeds 1960-1992. RMS-MHS Collection of Twentieth-Century Microscopes.
Primary inscriptions
Beck London London Model
Other inscriptions
Model 3228 23528
Object type
Microscope
Inventory No
10354
Accession Number
2013-17

Description

The Y-shaped foot supports the curved limb on a compass joint. The stage is mounted on rackwork and is mechanical. Two Vernier scales show the degree of movement in each direction. The body tube is also mounted on rackwork for coarse focusing. Milled screws on the mounting adjust the fine focus. There are two draw tubes one of which moves on a coarse thread. The objective screws into a mount for a vertical Köhler illuminator, attached to the lower end of the body. The instrument is finished in black enamel and comes with a wooden carrying case.

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