$2,200
Beck Large Best or No. 1 Stand Binocular Microscope, No. 5635, lacquered brass, with Wenham-pattern tube, rack and pinion coarse focusing and interocular distance adjustment, lever fine focusing via micrometer wheel on the nosepiece, Lister limb, circular stage with graduated rim divided at 1º intervals 40-0-180 for wheel-operated rotation, mechanical "X" and "Y" adjustment, rack and pinion collar for condensor, plano/concave mirror on wing-arm sliding on triangular bar, tapering brass pillars with capitals, and Y-foot engraved R. & J. Beck, 31 Cornhill, London , ht. closed 18 in., (lacquer and mechanical actions overall good), with J.M.C. brass-bound objective in Beck cannister, in glazed mahogany display case. Literature: G. L'E Turner, The Great Age of the Microscope , pp. 180, 181.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23
