Universal Microscope by R & J Beck of London, 1867.
Serial number: 4757.
Circular base marked: UNIVERSAL MICROSCOPE - R & J BECK LONDON
In original fitted case with brass handle: Height: 33.5 cm.
Literature: Richard Beck''s The Achromatic Microscope, 1865.
For a similar Universal Microscope by Smith, Beck & Beck see the collections of:
The Science Museum, London. (Sir Henry Wellcome''s Museum Collection) Object number: A18435.
Billings Microscope Collection at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington DC.
The Golub Collection, University of California, Berkeley.
Antique Number: SA1045457
Dateline of this antique is 1860
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