Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

     

       

Smith, Beck and Beck / R & J Beck (London, England)

Listed below are most microscopes, mechanical stages, lamps and/or other items pictured in the catalogues of this maker or retailer (for which I have a copy), including the information about the year each image appeared and a brief description.

 

Image

Catalogue’s publication year

Observations from the catalogue

R & J Beck (1865)

Best Belmontine lamp

R & J Beck (1865)

Cambridge reading lamp

R & J Beck (1865)

Cell machine (turntable)

R & J Beck (1865)

Cheaper Belmontine lamp

R & J Beck (1865)

Educational microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

Educational microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

Gas lamp

R & J Beck (1865)

Improved single microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

No. 1 stand, first class microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

No. 2 stand, first class microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

No. 3 stand, second class microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

Popular microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

Popular microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

Popular microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

Single microscope (Darwin instrument)

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1865)

Universal microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck (1878)

Brown’s iris diaphragm

R & J Beck (1878)

Bull’s eye

R & J Beck (1878)

Bull’s eye

R & J Beck (1878)

Camera lucida

R & J Beck (1878)

Coddington lens

R & J Beck (1878)

Combination of three lenses

R & J Beck (1878)

Economic microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Economic microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Engraver’e glass

R & J Beck (1878)

Excelsior microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Holmes’s lecture room microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Illuminator

R & J Beck (1878)

Improved dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Large best binocular microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Lens

R & J Beck (1878)

lens

R & J Beck (1878)

Lens

R & J Beck (1878)

Lens

R & J Beck (1878)

Linen tester

R & J Beck (1878)

Microtome

R & J Beck (1878)

Microtome

R & J Beck (1878)

Microtome

R & J Beck (1878)

Mounting cabinet

R & J Beck (1878)

Mounting instrument

R & J Beck (1878)

National microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Neutral tint glass camera lucida

R & J Beck (1878)

Office lamp

R & J Beck (1878)

Parabolic illuminator

R & J Beck (1878)

Parabolic illuminator with Sorby’s reflector

R & J Beck (1878)

Popular microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Popular microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

School dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

School microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Sorby’s spectroscope eyepieces

R & J Beck (1878)

Stage

R & J Beck (1878)

Three legged microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Turntable

R & J Beck (1878)

Turntable

R & J Beck (1878)

Universal household microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Watchmaker’s glass

R & J Beck (1878)

Watchmaker’s glass

R & J Beck (1882)

Astral oil lamp

R & J Beck (1882)

Beck’s microscope lamp

R & J Beck (1882)

Coddington lens

R & J Beck (1882)

Coddington lens

R & J Beck (1882)

Combination of three lenses on brass stand

R & J Beck (1882)

Fiddian’s microscope illuminator

R & J Beck (1882)

Flower microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

Gas lamp, Argand burner

R & J Beck (1882)

Holmes’s lecture room microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

Improved dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

Large best binocular microscope stand

R & J Beck (1882)

Large bullseye condensing lens, on stand, with lamp attached

R & J Beck (1882)

Linen prover

R & J Beck (1882)

New histological dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

New histological dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

New lithological microscope stand

R & J Beck (1882)

New small best binocular microscope stand

R & J Beck (1882)

Seed microscope, with glass cage for living insects

R & J Beck (1882)

The ‘Ideal’ monocular microscope stand

R & J Beck (1882)

The ‘International’ improved large best microscope stand

R & J Beck (1882)

The binocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The boy’s compound microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The Excelsior pocket and dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The improved national binocular microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The improved national monocular microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The new national binocular microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The new national monocular microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The school dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The school microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The universal household microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

The universal household microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

Three legged microscope

R & J Beck (1882)

Turntable, Beck’s ‘New Spring’

R & J Beck (1882)

Turntable, with Walmsley’s centering adjustment

R & J Beck (1885)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1885)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1885)

The monocular economic microscope, with glass stage

R & J Beck (1885)

The pathological microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Beck’s complete lamp

R & J Beck (1894)

Belmontine oil lamp

R & J Beck (1894)

Cell making instrument

R & J Beck (1894)

Cell making instrument (Shadbolt’s)

R & J Beck (1894)

Cell making instrument (Walmsley’s)

R & J Beck (1894)

Delmontine oil lamp

R & J Beck (1894)

Dumpy lamp

R & J Beck (1894)

Hand magnifier on stand

R & J Beck (1894)

Histological dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Histological dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Improved continental large model microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Improved continental microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Improved continental microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Improved continental microscope, with substage

R & J Beck (1894)

Improved dissecting single microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Improved small gas lamp

R & J Beck (1894)

Large model petrological microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Mechanical stage

R & J Beck (1894)

No. 2, large first-class microscope stand

R & J Beck (1894)

No. 3, small first-class microscope stand

R & J Beck (1894)

Portable national microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Smaller model petrological microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Student’s petrological microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Student’s petrological microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

The ‘Star’ microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

The ‘Star’ microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

The bacteriological ‘Star’ microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

The binocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

The International microscope stand

R & J Beck (1894)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

The national microscope stand No. 13

R & J Beck (1894)

The national microscope stand No. 14

R & J Beck (1894)

The pathological microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

The portable ‘Star’ microscope

R & J Beck (1894)

Universal household microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

‘Bristish students’ microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

‘Bristish students’ microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

‘Bristish students’ microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

‘Bristish students’ microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Abbé camera lucida

R & J Beck (1910s)

Achromatic triplet

R & J Beck (1910s)

Achromatic triplet

R & J Beck (1910s)

Bridge stage

R & J Beck (1910s)

Bukk’s eye iris

R & J Beck (1910s)

Camera lucida

R & J Beck (1910s)

Combination of three lenses

R & J Beck (1910s)

Cornex dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Erect image compound microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Erecting glass

R & J Beck (1910s)

Exposing shutter

R & J Beck (1910s)

Eyepiece micrometer

R & J Beck (1910s)

Hand demonstration microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Imperial metallurgical microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Imperial metallurgical microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Imperial microscope, complete model, continental base

R & J Beck (1910s)

Imperial microscope, complete model, English base

R & J Beck (1910s)

Imperial microscope, continental base

R & J Beck (1910s)

Lankerter’s dissecting stand

R & J Beck (1910s)

Large dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Longstaff’s portable microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Metallurgical microscope, London model

R & J Beck (1910s)

Micrometer microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Micrometer microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Monochromatic trough

R & J Beck (1910s)

Opaque disc revolver

R & J Beck (1910s)

Parabolic Lieberkuhn

R & J Beck (1910s)

Parabolic Lieberkuhn with Sorby’s reflector

R & J Beck (1910s)

Pathological microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Portable ‘Star’ microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Prism illuminator

R & J Beck (1910s)

Process microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Process microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Rosenhain metallurgical microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Side silver reflector for limb

R & J Beck (1910s)

Sorby’s microspectroscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Spot lens

R & J Beck (1910s)

Stage mineral holder

R & J Beck (1910s)

Steel disc camera lucida

R & J Beck (1910s)

The ‘London’ microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

The ‘London’ microscope, handle model

R & J Beck (1910s)

The ‘London’ microscope, handle model

R & J Beck (1910s)

The ‘London’ microscope, handle model

R & J Beck (1910s)

The ‘London’ microscope, handle model

R & J Beck (1910s)

The ‘London’ microscope, portable

R & J Beck (1910s)

 

 

 

The ‘London’ microscope, Regent model

R & J Beck (1910s)

The ‘Star’ microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

The ‘Star’ microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

The class dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

The Rosenhain metallurgical microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

The zoologist dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Three-pronged forceps, screw adjustment

R & J Beck (1910s)

Vertical camera lucida

R & J Beck (1910s)

Vertical illuminator

R & J Beck (1910s)

Wenham’s parabola

R & J Beck (1910s)

Wollaston’s camera lucida

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Aquarium microscope

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Automatic arc lamp

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Baby London microscope

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Beck electric lamp

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Binomax magnifier

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Binomax microscope

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Binomax microscope

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Cobweb eyepiece micrometer

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Concentric rotating mechanical stage

R & J Beck (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Linen prover