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The Dr. Murray MacKinnon Collection of Microscopes
Lot 134

A Smith Beck & Beck Compound Binocular Microscope,
English, circa 1870,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Smith Beck & Beck Compound Binocular Microscope, English, circa 1870,

signed Smith Beck & Beck, Cornhill London, No. 1105, with dual adjustment to the eyepieces, focusing by rack and pinion and lever and screw, mechanical stage with plano/concave reflector below, on two columns atop tripod base, in mahogany case with bench condenser, together with a separate case of accessories fitted with three oculars, five objectives, three Lieberkühns, double nosepiece, analyser, polariser, dark ground condenser, stage forceps and liveboxes,
the microscope 18in (46cm) high

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Provenance:
From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.

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