Binocular microscope
Smith, Beck and Beck
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
1857 - 1865
Materials
Cardboard, Glass, Metal
Measurements
412 mm (H)133 mm (W)184 mm (D)82 mm (Length)82 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
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Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1231113.1
Caption
Lord Armstrong's microscope. Armstrong loved science and would experiment with many things.
Summary
A gilt-metal stereoscopic microscope with two eyepieces, marked 'Smith, Beck and Beck, London', in cardboard box containing six parts for the microscope. See also parts CRA/SI/97 possibly from this microscope. Smith, Beck and Beck were only in business under that name from 1857 - 1865. The microscope is described in Richard Beck's work "A treatise on the construction, proper use, and capabilities of Smith, Beck, and Beck's achromatic microscopes" (1865).
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Marks and inscriptions
Smith, Beck and Beck, London
Makers and roles
Smith, Beck and Beck, manufacturer
References
Beck 1865 Richard Beck, A treatise on the construction, proper use, and capabilities of Smith, Beck, and Beck's achromatic microscopes, London, 1865