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Camera for Photomicrography, by R. & J. Beck, London, c. 1905

Inventory Number 42696


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42696

Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970
Primary inscriptions
"R & J BECK. Ltd 68"
Dimensions
Height: 83mm Width: 167mm Depth: 189mm Weight: 1410g
Inventory No
42696
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

The outfit comprises a tube to place over an eyepiece; a tube with a high-focusing eyepiece; a yellow filter in a holder, a screw clamp. All contained in a hinged wooden box with push button to open, covered in maroon leather and lined with blue velvet, marked "GORDON"S PHOTO-MICRO CAMERA". Instruction leaflet, bearing imprint "R & J BECK 68 Cornhill, London E.C." No instruction leaflet found in 2018 audit.