Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

James Smith (London, England)

Smith & Beck (London, England)

Smith, Beck & Beck (London, England)

R & J Beck (London, England)

In this page you will find images of instruments made by these firms, found in their own trade catalogues, catalogues of other retailers, antique books, volumes of the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, and other sources.

 

  

Image

Source

Observations from the source

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Three legged microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Three legged microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Engraver’e glass

R & J Beck (1878)

Watchmaker’s glass

R & J Beck (1878)

Watchmaker’s glass

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Workshop magnifier

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1930)

Stamp magnifier

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Coddington lens

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Coddington lens

Smith, Beck & Beck’s catalogue (1865)

Coddington lenses

R & J Beck (1878)

Coddington lens

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Achromatic pocket magnifier

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1924)

Magnifier

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Achromatic pocket magnifier

R & J Beck (1910s)

Achromatic triplet

R & J Beck (1910s)

Achromatic triplet

R & J Beck (1878)

Lens

R & J Beck (1878)

lens

R & J Beck (1878)

Lens

R & J Beck (1878)

Lens

R & J Beck (1910s)

Combination of three lenses

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s; 1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Entomological magnifier

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Flower microscope

R & J Beck (1910s)

Erect image compound microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Seed microscope, with glass cage for living insects

R & J Beck (1878)

Linen tester

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Linen prover

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Linen prover

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s – 1930s)

Linen prover

R & J Beck catalogue (1939)

Linen prover

R & J Beck catalogue (1939)

Linen prover

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s; 1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Jointed dissecting arm

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1910s)

Lankerter’s dissecting stand

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s; 1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Jointed dissecting arm

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Jointed dissecting arm

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1951)

Dissecting arm

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1924)

Jointed dissecting arm

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1924)

Jointed dissecting arm

R & J Beck (1878)

Combination of three lenses

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Combination of three lenses on brass stand

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Hand magnifier on stand

JRMS 1882 (pp. 259)

"Hampden" Portable Simple Microscope

Beck

Conrad Beck (1921)

Tank microscope

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Aquarium microscope

R & J Beck catalogue (1939)

Aquarium microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1924)

Aquarium microscope

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Binocular magnifiers, 1857 - 1865

Smith, Beck & Beck’s catalogue (1865)

Stand for hand magnifier

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The boy’s compound microscope

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

James Smith (1846)

Nuttall, R. H. (1979) Microscopes from the Frank collection, 1800-1860. A. Frank, Jersey, Channel Islands

Davis, Liverpool (1839), made by James Smith (London) while working with Joseph Jackson Lister

JRMS 1900 (pp. 550)

Microscope,

Smith

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Simple and compound microscope, 1835 - 1838

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Compound microscope, 1839

W Carpenter (1891; 1901)

Smith and Beck microscope (1839)

Smith and Beck

Conrad Beck (1921)

Demonstration microscope

Beck

JRMS 1907 (pp. 94)

Hand microscope

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1910s)

Hand demonstration microscope

Gallenkamp’s catalogue (1956)

Magnifier, Luminex

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Luminex magnifier

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Luminex magnifier

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Luminex microscope

Gallenkamp (1956)

Magnifier, Luminex

Gallenkamp (1960)

Magnifier Luminex

Gallenkamp (1960)

Magnifier Luminex

Townson & Mercer (1968)

Magnifier Luminex

Gallenkamp (1960)

Magnifier Luminex

Townson & Mercer (1968)

Magnifier Luminex

R & J Beck catalogue (1939)

Luminex microscope

R & J Beck catalogue (1939)

Film measuring luminex

R & J Beck catalogue (1939)

Kahn test magnifier

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1924)

Sand and dust microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1924)

Projection microscope

R & J Beck (c. 1910) Catalogue

Hand demonstration microscope

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Dissecting microscope, 1870 - 1880

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The school microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

School microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The school dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

School dissecting microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The Excelsior pocket and dissecting microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Excelsior microscope

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Chest microscope, 1800 - 1810

R Beck (1865) A treatise on the construction proper use and capabilities of Smith Beck and Becks achromatic microscopes

Single microscope, Darwin’s instrument

Smith, Beck & Beck

R. Beck (1865)

Single microscope (Darwin instrument)

Smith, Beck & Beck

Smith, Beck & Beck’s catalogue (1865)

Darwin’s instrument

W Carpenter (1875)

Beck’s student’s microscope

JRMS 1900 (pp. 550)

Microscope, Several models

Smith

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

Smith & Beck (1850)

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

Smith & Beck (c. 1850)

Brown, O (1986) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Catalogue 7 – Microscopes

Compound microscope, Smith & Beck, 1849

Nuttall, R. H. (1979) Microscopes from the Frank collection, 1800-1860. A. Frank, Jersey, Channel Islands

Student’s microscope

Smith & Beck (1850)

Nuttall, R. H. (1979) Microscopes from the Frank collection, 1800-1860. A. Frank, Jersey, Channel Islands

Student’s microscope

Smith & Beck (1853)

Nuttall, R. H. (1979) Microscopes from the Frank collection, 1800-1860. A. Frank, Jersey, Channel Islands

Best plain students

Smith & Beck (1854)

Quekett (1848; 1852)

Student microscopes

Smith and Beck

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

Smith, Beck & Beck (1865)

W Carpenter (1856; 1857; 1868)

Smith and Beck’s student’s microscope

Smith and Beck

R Beck (1865) A treatise on the construction proper use and capabilities of Smith Beck and Becks achromatic microscopes

Stand No. 3

Smith, Beck & Beck

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Student microscope, 1855

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Microscope, 1857

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Compound microscope, 1858

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Binocular microscope, 1863

W Carpenter (1856; 1857)

Smith and Beck’s dissecting microscope

Smith and Beck

R. Beck (1865)

No. 3 stand, second class microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

Smith, Beck & Beck’s catalogue (1865)

The best student’s, or No. 3 stand

R & J Beck (1889) Catalogue

National microscope

R & J Beck (1889) Catalogue

National microscope

Hogg (1898)

National binocular microscope

Beck

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1898)

Binocular national microscope (Beck)

Dionysius Lardner (1856) The microscope

Microscope

Smith & Beck

Heinrich Frey (1868) Das Mikroskop und die mikroskopische Technik

Grosses mikroskop

Smith & Beck

R Beck (1865) A treatise on the construction proper use and capabilities of Smith Beck and Becks achromatic microscopes

Stand No. 2

Smith, Beck & Beck

R Beck (1865) A treatise on the construction proper use and capabilities of Smith Beck and Becks achromatic microscopes

First class microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

Lentz, T. L. (2017) Lentz Microscopy and Histology Collection. Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University

English Wenham Binocular Compound Microscope, R & J Beck, 1880

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

New small best binocular microscope stand

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The new national binocular microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The new national monocular microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

No. 3, small first-class microscope stand

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

The national microscope stand No. 13

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

The national microscope stand No. 14

Smith (1880)

National microscope

Beck

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Binocular national microscope

Beck

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Microscope No. 3

Beck

White (1887)

National microscope

Beck

Wythe (1883)

National microscope

Beck

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

First class binocular stand, 1872

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

R & J Beck (c. 1868)

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Large best binocular microscope stand

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

No. 2, large first-class microscope stand

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

R & J Beck (c. 1866)

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

R & J Beck (c. 1870)

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

R & J Beck (c. 1873)

Turner, G. E. (1981) Collecting Microscopes (Christie's South Kensington collectors series). Littlehampton Book Services Ltd

R & J Beck (1870)

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Large microscope

Beck

W Carpenter (1875; 1883)

Beck large microscope

Beck

White (1887)

First class microscope

Beck

Wythe (1877; 1880; 1883)

Large compound microscope

Beck

Bradbury, S (1967) The evolution of the microscope, Oxford

James Smith’s microscope of 1841

JRMS 1900 (pp. 550)

Microscope,

Smith

JRMS 1900 (pp. 550)

Microscope,

Smith

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

James Smith (1841)

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

James Smith (1841)

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

Probably made by J. Smith (c. 1845)

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Microscope outfit, 1840 - 1846

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Compound microscope, 1843

JRMS 1900 (pp. 550)

Microscope,

Smith

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

J J Lister’s microscope, 1826 (J Smith9

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

J J Lister’s own microscope, 1839

JRMS 1911 (pp. 183)

Microscope

Powel

JRMS 1900 (pp. 550)

Microscope, Several models

Smith

JRMS 1900 (pp. 550)

Microscope, Several models

Smith

Brown, O (1986) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Catalogue 7 – Microscopes

Compound microscope, Smith & Beck, 1851

Nuttall, R. H. (1979) Microscopes from the Frank collection, 1800-1860. A. Frank, Jersey, Channel Islands

Smith & Beck

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

Smith & Beck (c. 1848)

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Microscope outfit, 1854

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Binocular microscope, 1856

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Folding microscope, 1849

Brown, O (1986) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Catalogue 7 – Microscopes

Compound microscope, Smith & Beck, 1851

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

Smith & Beck (1849)

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

Smith & Beck (c. 1855)

W Carpenter (1856; 1857; 1868)

Smith and Beck’s large compound microscope

Smith and Beck

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Monocular microscope, 1863

James Queen (1870)

New large best binocular microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

Large best binocular microscope

T White (1887) The students handbook to the microscope A practical guide to its selection and management

First class microscope

Lardner (1856)

Microscope

Smith and Beck

Quekett (1848; 1852)

Microscope

Smith and Beck

Quekett (1852)

Improved smaller microscope

Smith and Beck

Wythe (1852; 1853)

Microscope

Smith and Beck

Quekett (1848; 1852)

Large microscope

Smith and Beck

R. Beck (1865)

No. 2 stand, first class microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

Smith, Beck & Beck’s catalogue (1865)

Small best, or No. 2 stand

JE Smith (1880) How to see with the microscope

New National microscope

R & J Beck (1878)

National microscope

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Binocular microscope, 1865

Frey (1880)

Large microscope

Smith & Beck

Nageli & Schwendener (1867)

Microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

R. Beck (1865)

No. 1 stand, first class microscope

Smith, Beck & Beck

Smith, Beck & Beck’s catalogue (1865)

Large best, or No. 1 stand

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Compound microscope, 1883

JRMS 1880 (pp. 328)

Improved Microscope

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The ‘International’ improved large best microscope stand

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

The International microscope stand

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

International microscope

Beck

W Carpenter (1891)

Beck’s No. 1 stand

Beck

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Polarising microscope, 1875 - 1885

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Compound microscope, 1881

Arnold & Sons’ catalogue (1900)

‘Pathological’ microscope (Beck’s)

Clark (1900)

Economic microscope

Beck

Down Bros’s catalogue (1906)

Beck’s pathological microscope

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

R & J Beck (c. 1878)

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

R & J Beck (before 1882)

Hogg (1898)

Pathological microscope

Beck

Charles Clark (1900) Practical methods in microscopy

Economic microscope

J Reynders & Co (1889)

Microscope

JE Smith (1880) How to see with the microscope

Economic microscope

T White (1887) The students handbook to the microscope A practical guide to its selection and management

Economic microscope

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1898)

Beck’s pathological microscope

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1898)

Beck’s pathological microscope

JRMS 1882 (pp. 847)

Lithological Microscope

Beck

JRMS 1883 (pp. 894)

Pathological Microscope

Beck

JRMS 1903 (pp. 346)

Pathological Microscope Stand No. 17

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The binocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1885)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1885)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1885)

The monocular economic microscope, with glass stage

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1885)

The pathological microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

The binocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

The pathological microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

The monocular economic microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Smaller model petrological microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1910s)

Pathological microscope

Reynolds & Branson’s catalogue (1887)

Beck’s pathological microscope

Smith (1880)

Economic microscope

Beck

W Carpenter (1891)

Beck’s economic microscope

Beck

W Carpenter (1891)

Beck’s third class microscope

Beck

W Carpenter (1901)

Beck’s third class microscope (1888)

Beck

R & J Beck (c. 1900) Catalogue

English model petrological microscope

Whethered (1892)

Pathological microscope

Beck

R & J Beck (c. 1910) Catalogue

Pathological microscope

R & J Beck (c. 1910) Catalogue

London microscope, portable model

White (1887)

Economic microscope

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The improved national binocular microscope

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The improved national monocular microscope

Hogg (1883; 1886; 1890)

Ideal microscope

Beck

JRMS 1881 (pp. 805)

Ideal Microscope

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

The ‘Ideal’ monocular microscope stand

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

New lithological microscope stand

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

R & J Beck (c. 1880)

Chas Stowell & Louisa Stowell (1882) Microscopical diagnosis

The Ideal microscope (advert)

T White (1887) The students handbook to the microscope A practical guide to its selection and management

National microscope