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Beck Wide-Angle Rectilinear Camera Doublet Lens, by Beck, London

Inventory Number 70639

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.70639

Item type
Object
Makers
Beck
Primary inscriptions
'5 INCH W.A. RECTR R J BECK NO 3209'
Physical material
copper alloy
Glass
Dimensions
Diameter: 56mm Height: 32mm Weight: 126g
Inventory No
70639

Description

Five Inch Wide-Angle Rectilinear Camera Doublet Lens manufactured by Beck. Lens has a copper alloy body which consists of a central tube with a lens at either end, housed in a larger, circular disc shape. There is a rectangular hole on the side of the body tube, into which is fitted a circular dial which rotates to change the setting of the lens.

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