Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

 

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Maker (or retailer)

Turner, G. E. (1975) Catalogue of Microscopes, Museo Di Storia Della Scienza. Giunti, Rome

Unsigned (c. 1885)

 

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

Maker unknown (c. 1880)

 

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1899)

Continental microscope AC

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1899)

Continental microscope AB

Bausch & Lomb

W Carpenter (1901)

Bausch and Lomb’s lowest priced microscope (1897)

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Gage (1904)

Microscope AC

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1899 (pp. 83)

Microscope

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb (c. 1892)

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb AA Continental microscope, 1897

Bausch & Lomb

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1900)

Portable continental microscope (Beck)

Beck

JRMS 1903 (pp. 546)

Portable Continental Model Stand No. 1123

Beck

Beck

Journal de Micrographie (1892)

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser & Co.’s catalogue (1892)

Modèle Nº. III

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser & Co.’s catalogue (1892)

Modèle Nº. VIII

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

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

John Browning (c. 1865)

Browning

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

Photomicrographic stand, 1875 - 1885

Dumaige

F Ernecke’s catalogue (c. 1902)

Mikroskop (29 cm)

Ernecke

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Microscope de voyage

Fontaine

AS Aloe’s catalogue (1893)

Continental microscope No. I (Gundlack Optical Co.)

Gundlack

AS Aloe’s catalogue (1893)

Continental microscope No. I (Gundlack Optical Co.)

Gundlack

Francotte (1886)

Microscope

Hartnack

Hartnack

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Microscope No. 4

Hartnack

Hartnack

Thanhoffer L (1880) Das mikroskop und seine anwendung

Hartnack

Hartnack

Thanhoffer L (1880) Das mikroskop und seine anwendung

Hartnack

Hartnack

Dippel L (1867) Das mikroskop und seine anwendung

Hartnack

Hartnack

Turner, G. E. (1975) Catalogue of Microscopes, Museo Di Storia Della Scienza. Giunti, Rome

E Hartnack microscope 4 (1893)

Hartnack

Turner, G. E. (1975) Catalogue of Microscopes, Museo Di Storia Della Scienza. Giunti, Rome

A Meyer & Cie. (c. 1880)

Probably made by Hartnack

Hartnack

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

E Hartnack (c. 1875)

Hartnack

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

Monocular outfit, 1860 – 1870, E Hartnack

Hartnack

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

Compound microscope, 1870 - 1880

HARTNACK & PRAZMOWSKI

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897)

Stativo modelo medio VII

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897; 1903; 1905)

Stativo modelo picollo VIII

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1908; 1912)

Stativo modelo picollo VIII

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1914)

Stativo P

Koristka

Turner, G. E. (1975) Catalogue of Microscopes, Museo Di Storia Della Scienza. Giunti, Rome

Koristka (c. 1885)

Koristka

Turner, G. E. (1975) Catalogue of Microscopes, Museo Di Storia Della Scienza. Giunti, Rome

Koristka (c. 1892)

Koristka

Turner, G. E. (1975) Catalogue of Microscopes, Museo Di Storia Della Scienza. Giunti, Rome

Koristka (c. 1885)

Koristka

Leitz’s catalogue (1875)

Mikroskop No. III

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1880)

 

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1880)

 

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1882)

Stativ No. II

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1882)

Stativ No. III a

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1885)

Stativ III

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1888)

Stativ No. III

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1888)

Stativ No. IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1892)

Monture III

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1892)

Monture IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1893)

Stativ IIIb

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1893)

Stativ IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1894)

Stand IIIb

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1894)

Stand IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1895)

Stativ III

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1895)

Stativ IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1896; 1897)

Stand III

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1899)

Stand III

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1896)

Stand IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1897; 1899; 1901; 1904)

Stand IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1905)

Stativ IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1906; 1907)

Monture IV

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1913)

Stativ IV

Leitz

Clark (1900)

Stand III

Leitz

Leitz

Gage (1896; 1899)

Microscope No. IV

Leitz

Leitz

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Medium upright microscope

Leitz

Leitz

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

Leitz (c. 1885)

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1880)

Mikroskope No. IIIb

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1882)

Stativ No. III b

Leitz

Nagano C. (2017) Systematic Survey on Optical Microscope Technology in Japan (https://sts.kahaku.go.jp/)

M & Katera microscope

M & Katera

Nachet’s catalogue (1900; 1904)

Modele moyen No. 6

Nachet

Nachet’s catalogue (1910; 1913)

Modele No. 11

Nachet

Nachet’s catalogue (1924)

Petit modele No. 11 and No. 12

Nachet

Normand’s catalogue  (1880)

Microscope d’etudiant

Normand

Nagano C. (2017) Systematic Survey on Optical Microscope Technology in Japan (https://sts.kahaku.go.jp/)

Asahi microscope (Takachiho Works; renamed Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. in 1949, then Olympus in 2003)

Olympus

The Olympus Museum: Microscopes (https://www.olympus-lifescience.com/en/technology/museum/micro/)

Asahi microscope (launched in 1920)

Olympus

S Plossl’s catalogue (1874)

Kleines microscop

Plossl

C. Reichert’s catalogue (1898)

Stativ III

Reichert

C. Reichert’s catalogue (1908; 1910s)

Modèle IV

Reichert

Francotte (1886)

Microscope

Reichert

Reichert

Spitta (1907; 1920)

Microscope

Reichert

Reichert

JRMS 1884 (pp. 437)

Microscope stand No. III

Reichert

Reichert

P Rousseau’s catalogue (1888)

Microscope de voyage du Dr Malassez

Rousseau

P Rousseau’s catalogue (1888)

Microscope achromatique

Rousseau

P Rousseau’s catalogue (1888)

Nouveau microscope petit modele

Rousseau

JRMS 1885 (pp. 861)

Microscope with Screw Stage -Micrometer

Schieck

Schieck

W & H Seibert’s catalogue (1903)

Stativ 6B

Seibert

Nagano C. (2017) Systematic Survey on Optical Microscope Technology in Japan (https://sts.kahaku.go.jp/)

Kalnew microscope (Kalnew Optical Industries; now Shimadzu Device Corporation)

Shimadzu Device Corporation

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Microscope, modele No. IX, modele d’etudiant

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Microscope, modele No. IX, modele d’etudiant

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Microscope, modele No. IX, modele d’etudiant

Stiassnie

Nagano C. (2017) Systematic Survey on Optical Microscope Technology in Japan (https://sts.kahaku.go.jp/)

Tanaka microscope

Tanaka Mokujirō

Trutat E (1883) Traité Élémentaire du Microscope

Microscope d’Étudiant

Verick

Verick

Trutat E (1883) Traité Élémentaire du Microscope

Microscope de Voyage

Verick

Verick

Verick’s catalogue (1885)

Modèle d’ètudiant

Verick

Verick’s catalogue (1885)

Microscope de voyage

Verick

Francotte (1886)

Microscope

Verick

Verick

Francotte (1886)

Microscope

Verick

Verick

JRMS 1883 (pp. 277)

Travelling or Pocket Microscope

Verick

Verick

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

Verick (c. 1890)

Verick

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

Portable microscope, 1880 - 1890

Verick

E. Vion’s catalogue (1929)

Microscope Pasteur (hauteur fermé: 28 cm)

Vion

Henry Heil’s catalogue (1903)

Stand No. III

Paul Waechter

Waechter

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

Compound microscope, 1870 - 1890

Wasserlein

JRMS 1895 (pp. 683)

Microscope stand VI

Zeiss

Zeiss

HN Geissler’s catalogue (1904)

Stativ VII (Zeiss)

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1889; 1891; 1898; 1899; 1902)

Stand VII

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Stand VIIa

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Stand VIII

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Travelling microscope No. 21

Zeiss

W Carpenter (1891)

Zeiss continental microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

Francotte (1886)

Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

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

Zeiss (c. 1900)

Zeiss

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

Zeiss (1873)

Zeiss

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

Carl Zeiss (c. 1860)

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Stand VI

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Stand Vb

Zeiss

A Aubry (1900)

Microscope d’etudiant

 

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Continental microscope AB

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Continental microscope AC

Bausch & Lomb

Charles Clark (1900) Practical methods in microscopy

Stand III

Leitz

Eduard Strasburger (1887) Microscopic botany a manual of the microscope in vegetable histology

Stand VIIa

Zeiss

Heinrich Frey (1868) Das Mikroskop und die mikroskopische Technik

Kleines mikroskop

Zeiss

Jetter & Scheerer (1905)

Petit microscope

Leitz

Julius Vogel (1884) Das Mikroskop

Microscope

Leitz

Julius Vogel (1884) Das Mikroskop

Microscope

Leitz

L Mathieu (1889)

Microscope dit modele d’etudiant

 

Max Kohl (1905)

Monture IV

 

Societe Centrale de Produits Chimiques (1891)

Microscope achromatique

 

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Polarising microscope

Schmidt & Haensch

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. 4

Plossl

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Nº. II, Model 1883

Leitz

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. III

Hartnack

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. III A

Hartnack

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. III, model 1883

Reichert

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. IIIa, model 1883

Leitz

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. IIIb, model 1883

Leitz

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. VIII, Model 1883

Hartnack

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ C

Bénèche

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ D

Bénèche

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ DI

Bénèche

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ Vb

Zeiss

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ VIIb

Zeiss

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ VIII, model 1883

Zeiss

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Studentenmikroskop

Klonne & Muller

Eugene Trutat (1883) Traite elementaire du microscope

 

 

Eugene Trutat (1883) Traite elementaire du microscope

Microscope achromatique, nouveau petit modele

Prazmowski

Eugene Trutat (1883) Traite elementaire du microscope

Microscope d’etudiant

Verick

Eugene Trutat (1883) Traite elementaire du microscope

Microscope de voyage

Verick

Franz Hugershoff’s catalogue (1911)

Kleines mikroskop stativ IV

Zeiss

George Davis (1889) Practical Microscopy

Microscope

Leitz

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

Simplex microscope (c. 1905)

Gundlach

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

“Apothecary” microscope, c. 1880

Klonne & Muller

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

“Apothecary” microscope, c. 1880

Klonne & Muller

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

Student microscope, c. 1883

Klonne & Muller

Wilhelm Kaiser (1906) Die Technik des modernen mikroskopes

Reichert

Reichert