Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

 

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

Maker unknown (c. 1870)

 

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

Maker unknown (c. 1850)

 

Padgitt DL (1975) A short history of the early American microscope. Microscope Publications Ltd. Chicago

Bausch & Lomb's first production

microscope of 1 874

Bausch & Lomb

Hogg (1883; 1886; 1890)

Improved rotating microscope

Browning

Browning

W Carpenter (1868)

Crouch’s student’s binocular

Crouch

Crouch

W Carpenter (1875)

Crouch’s student’s binocular

Crouch

Crouch

Frey (1880)

Stereoscopic microscope

Crouch

Crouch

Hogg (1869; 1871)

Microscope

Crouch

Crouch

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

Crouch (c. 1869)

Crouch

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

Monocular microscope, 1868 - 1870

Crouch

JRMS 1886 (pp. 1041)

Fine adjust

Cutter

Cutter

J & W Grunow’s catalogue’s catalogue (1857)

No. 1, educational microscope

Grunow

J & W Grunow’s catalogue (1857)

No. 4, student’s microscope

Grunow

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

J & W Grunow (c. 1870)

Grunow

King (1859)

Best student’s microscope

Grunow

Grunow

King (1859)

Educational microscope

Grunow

Grunow

Padgitt DL (1975) A short history of the early American microscope. Microscope Publications Ltd. Chicago

Grunow's medium sized stand (c . 1855)

Grunow

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

Grunow Educational Microscope, c1857

Grunow

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

Hawkins & Wale (before 1867)

Hawkins & Wale

Padgitt DL (1975) A short history of the early American microscope. Microscope Publications Ltd. Chicago

"Hawkins and Wale, New York"

Hawkins & Wale

Beale (1865) How to Work with the Microscope

Student microscope (by Samuel Highley)

Highley

W Carpenter (1856; 1857)

Highley’s hospital microscope

Highley

Highley

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

Highley (c. 1858)

Highley

Beale (1854; 1858; 1861)

Highley’s hospital microscope, made by Ladd

Ladd

Ladd

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

TH McAllister (before 1880)

McAllister

Miller Bros’s catalogue (1879)

Student microscope (12 inches)

Miller bros

Padgitt DL (1975) A short history of the early American microscope. Microscope Publications Ltd. Chicago

Miller Brothers (c. 1872)

Miller bros

Miller Bros’s catalogue (1879)

Microscope stand No. 3

Milles bros

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

Presentation binocular outfit, 1879

Negretti & Zambra

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

Compound microscope, 1860 - 1880

Parkes

M Pillischer’s catalogue (1873)

Large improved microscope stand

Pillischer

M Pillischer’s catalogue (1873)

Improved smaller microscope stand

Pillischer

M Pillischer’s catalogue (1873)

Improved smaller microscope stand, binocular

Pillischer

M Pillischer’s catalogue (1873)

Improved medical microscope

Pillischer

Hogg (1867; 1869; 1871; 1883; 1886; 1890)

No. 1 binocular microscope

Pillischer

Pillischer

Hogg (1898)

Binocular microscope

Pillischer

Pillischer

Quekett (1852)

Microscope

Pillischer

Pillischer

JRMS 1903 (pp. 542)

Microscope

Pillischer

Pillischer

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

Compound microscope, 1855 - 1860

Pillischer

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

Binocular microscope, 1860 - 1865

Pillischer

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

Binocular microscope, 1865 - 1870

Pillischer

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

Wenham binocular microscope, 1875 - 1880

Pillischer

J. Queen’s catalogue (1870; 1872)

Large family microscope, 16 inches high

Queen

J. Queen’s catalogue (1879)

Queen’s family microscope, 15 inches high

Queen

J. Queen’s catalogue (1870)

Binocular microscope (Crouch)

Queen

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

Monocular microscope, 1855 - 1875

Salmon

W Carpenter (1856; 1857)

Smith and Beck’s dissecting microscope

Smith and Beck

Smith and Beck

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

CA Spencer & Sons (c. 1878)

Spencer

King (1859)

Student’s microscope

Spencer

Spencer

Padgitt DL (1975) A short history of the early American microscope. Microscope Publications Ltd. Chicago

Spencer "Student" type microscope (c . 1855).

Spencer

Spencer, Browning & CO’s catalogue (1857)

Extra large compound microscope

Spencer, Browning & CO

J. Swift’s catalogue (1870s)

Best compound microscope of the Jackson Lister, or crane arm form, No. 1

Swift

J. Swift’s catalogue (1870s)

Best compound microscope of the Jackson Lister, or crane arm form, No. 2

Swift

Boston Optical Works’s catalogue (1883)

Tolles’s student’s microscope (15 inches high)

Tolles

ES Ritchie’s catalogue (1870; 1878)

Tolles’s students’ microscope

Tolles

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

Robert B Tolles (after 1875)

Tolles

Smith (1880)

Student microscope

Tolles

Tolles

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

Tolles (1867 – 1883)

Tolles

Padgitt DL (1975) A short history of the early American microscope. Microscope Publications Ltd. Chicago

A Tolles microscope

Tolles

JRMS 1884 (pp. 283)

Student microscope

Tolles

Tolles

Townson & Mercer’s catalogue (1888)

Microscope 1024, student’s monocular

Townson & Mercer

E. Wheeler’s catalogue (1869)

Microscope stand C

Wheeler

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

James White & Sons (c. 1860)

White

George Davis (1882) Practical Microscopy

Microscope

Browning

Boston Optical Works (1870)

Student microscope

 

http://www.microscopist.net/HTW.html

Compound microscope (c. 1856 - 1874)

Horne, Thornthwaite & Wood

Herman Schacht (1853) The microscope, its special application to vegetable anatomy and physiology

Highley’s hospital microscope

Highley

Schacht (1853) The Microscope

Highley’s “Hospital” microscope, ca. 1853

Higley

Casella (1860)

Achromatic compound microscope

 

http://www.microscopist.net/CollinsCsr.html

Monocular microscope (c. 1863)

Collins

Ephraim Cutter (1879) Primer of the clinical microscope

Student stand

Tolles

James Queen (1870)

Queen’s large family microscope

 

JE Smith (1880) How to see with the microscope

Student microscope

Tolles

John Brocklesby (1971) The amateur microscopist or Views of the microscopic world

Student’s microscope

TH McAllister

http://www.microscopist.net/MatthewsW.html

Compound microscope (c. 1853 – 1868; William Mathews)

Mathews

http://www.microscopist.net/MatthewsW.html

Compound microscope (c. 1853 – 1868; William Mathews)

Mathews

Heinrich Frey (1868) Das Mikroskop und die mikroskopische Technik

Stereoskopisches mikroskop

Henry Crouch

James Queen (1870)

Binocular microscope

Crouch

MC Cooke (1869) One thousand objects for the microscope

Microscope (advert)

Watson

Ward (1866) Microscope teachings

Binocular microscope

 

L L Clarke (1863) Objects for the microscope being a popular description of the most instructive and beautiful subjects for exhibition

Microscope

Henry Crouch

Ward (1869, 1880) The microscope or Descriptions of various objects of especial interest and beauty

Binocular microscope