- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- R. & J. Beck Ltd.
- 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.
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