Smith Beck & Beck, London #3114

The Universal Model Wenham Binocular Microscope c. 1862

Smith Beck & Beck, London #3114. The Universal Model Binocular Microscope c. 1862 Smith Beck & Beck, London #3114. The Universal Model Binocular Microscope c. 1862
Smith Beck & Beck, London #3114. The Universal Model Binocular Microscope interocular adjustment The Universal Model Binocular Body. Wenham's binocular

Wenhams Binocular Body for the Universal Microscope. This Binocular Body (fig. 45) as applied to the Universal Microscope, possesses following advantages The objects-glasses are mounted on a rotating disk, As already described under the combined body; an adjustemnt for different distances between the eyes is made by turning the milled head (F), which will move the draw-tube (E,E) up or down The reflecting prism is placed close behind the back less of each object glass, and with this arrangement the field of view is not cut off when the objects are viewed as transparent, with the highest power. The change to the binocular body can also be made with the same facility as has been described under the "combined body."

Smith Beck & Beck, London #3114. The Universal Model Binocular Microscope rotating nosepiece The Universal Model Binocular Microscope rotating nosepiece

The firm was established by James Smith, one of the three premier English microscope manufacturers of the Victorian era (the two others were A. Ross and H. Powell), around 1839. In 1847 Richard Beck became a partner in the firm and was shortly followed by his brother Joseph Beck in 1857. After the retirement of Smith in 1865, the firm was known as R&J Beck. Read about the Universal Microscope as described in  Richard Beck's The Achromatic Microscope, 1865

The Smith and Beck delivery books indicate that this microscope was purchased by E. Towns in July 1862.

Remarks on the Binocular Microscope by F. H. Wenham

Elsewhere on this website is an example of the monocular version of this microscope.

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