Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

  

 

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SARTORIUS (Germany)

 

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Sartorius (1897)

Balances and weights

Sartorius (1919)

Astronomische und erdmagnetische instrumente

 

 

 

Franz Schmidt & Haensch (Berlin, Germany)

 

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Franz Schmidt & Haensch (1910)

Projektions apparate

 

 

 

W Schmidt & Co (Grafenroda, Germany)

 

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W Schmidt (19xx)

Chirurgie und Krankenpflege

 

 

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Jean Schoenner (1900)

 Lanterns

 

 

SCIENTIFIC Optics (England)

 

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Scientific Optics (1970s)

Open University McArthur microscope

 

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The Scientific Shop (1907)

Spectroscopes

 

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Secretan (1850)***

Optique Instruments

Secretan (1862)***

Instruments d optique

Secretan (1863)***

 iIstruments d’optique

Secretan (1874)***

Geodesie Mesure Instruments

 

 

 

 

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Secretan (19xx)

Geodesie

Secretan (c. 1900)

Instruments d chimie

Secretan (1905)***

Geodesie topographie astronomie sciences

Secretan (1905)***

Sciences

 

 

 

 

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Secretan (1906)***

Astronomie e d optique

Secretan (1915)***

Instruments dastronomie optique scientifique

Secretan (1924)***

 Instruments de precision

 

 

 

SEIBERT (Wetzlar, Germany)

 

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Seibert (1894)

Mikroskope

Seibert (1903)

Mikroskope

 

 

 

 

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Sharp and Smith (1889)

Surgical instruments

Sharp & Smith (1893)

Surgical instruments

 

 

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Short and Mason (1903)

Aneroid barometers

Short and Mason (1935)

Aviation and meteorological catalogue

 

 

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D Simal (19xx)

Instruments de chirurgie 3

D Simal (19xx)

Instruments de chirurgie

D Simal (1912)***

Instruments de chirurgie supplement

D Simal (1912)***

Instruments de chirurgie

 

 

 

 

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D Simal (1923)

Instruments de chirurgie

D Simal (1931)

Instruments de chirurgie

D Simal (1931)***

Instruments ophtalmologie and others

D Simal (1938)

Instruments de chirurgie

 

 

D Simal & A Legros (Paris, France)

 

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D Simal & A Legros (1925)

Instruments de chirurgie

D Simal & A Legros (1926)

Instruments de chirurgie

 

 

 

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Smith Beck and Beck (1865)

A treatise on the construction, proper use, and capabilities of the achromatic microscopes

 

 

Société des Lunetiers (Paris, France)

 

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Societe des Lunetiers (1901)

 Lunetterie Optique

 

 

Société d'Optique et de Mécanique de Haute Précision – SOM (Paris, France)

 

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SOM (1930)***

Microscopes

 

 

Société Genovaise (Geneva, Swittzerland)

 

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Societe Genevoise (19xx)

High precision bench micrometer

Societe Genovoise (1900)

Physical and mechanical instruments

Societe Genovoise (1913)

Spectroscopes

Societe Genevoise (1914)

 Instruments astronomiques

 

 

Societe centrale de produits chimiques (Paris, France)

 

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Societe centrale de produits chimiques (1891)***

Appareils et materiels

Societe centrale de produits chimiques (1891)***

Catalogue general illustre

 

 

Société Française des Instruments D’Optique – SFIO (Le Havre, France)

 

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SFIO (1910)***

Microscopes) et accessoires

 

 

 

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A catalog of microscopes and accessories

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Spencer (1914)

Microscopes and accessories

Spencer (1924)

Microscopes and accessories

Spencer (1926)

The microscope, construction, use and care

*Spencer (1929)

Microscopes, microtomes and accessories

 

 

 

 

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Spencer (1929)

Microscopes, microtomes

Spencer (1929)

Microscopes, microtomes

Spencer (1930)

Microscopes, microtomes, delineascopes

Spencer (1935)

Lamps

 

 

 

 

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Spencer (1935)

Research microscopes

Spencer (1937)

Bright-line haemacytometer

Spencer (1937)

Medical microscopes

Spencer (1943)

The use of polarising microscopes

 

 

 

 

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Spencer (1946)

Polarizing microscopes

Spencer (1948)

Polarizing microscopes

 

 

 

 

 

 

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*Spencer Browning & Co (1857)

Microscopes and microscopic objects

 

 

 

 

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Spindler & Hoyer (1908)

Apparate fur psychologische

Spindler & Hoyer (1921)

Apparate fur psychologische

 

 

 

 

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Standard Scientific (1913)

Laboratory apparatus

Standard Scientific Co (1921)

Laboratory apparatus

 

 

 

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WF Stanley (1931)

Stanleys instruments

 

 

 

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Star Liner Co (1972)

Telescopes

 

 

 

CA Steinheil Sohne (Munich, Germany)

 

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CA Steinheil Sohne (1907)

Astronomical and physical instruments

 

 

 

 

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Stendicke (1890s)

Optical instruments

 

 

 

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JH Steward (1871)

Optical philosophical instruments

JH Steward (1885)

Meteorological instruments

JH Steward (1899)

Meteorological instruments

*JH Steward (1903)

Microscopes

 

 

 

 

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JH Steward (1930s)

Meteorological instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stiassnie (1905)***

Microscopes et appareils accessoires

Stiassnie (1905)***

Microscopes

Stiassnie (1910)***

Microscopes

 

 

 

CH Stoelting (Chicago, USA)

 

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CH Stoelting (1931)

Tests for Color Perception Visual and Auditory Acuity

CH Stoelting (1937)

Psychological and Physiological Apparatus

 

 

 

 

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*James Swift (1860s)

Microscopes and other optical instruments

 

James Swift (1870s)

Microscopes, portable and equatorial telescopes and other optical instruments (6th edition)

 

James Swift (1875)

Microscope advert

 

James Swift and Son (1890)

New patent microscope

 

 

 

 

 

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*James Swift and Son (1892)

Microscopes (19th edition)

 

*James Swift and Son (1906)

Microscopes (22nd edition)

 

*James Swift and Son (1910s)

Microscopes (26th edition)

 

James Swift (1910s)

Microscopes (27th edition; excerpt)

 

 

 

 

 

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James Swift and Son (1910)

Petrological microscopes

 

*James Swift and Son (1914)

Petrological and metallurgical microscopes

 

James Swift and Son (1949)

Medical microscopes

James Swift and Son (1950s)

Petrological microscopes polaroid model (excerpt)

 

 

 

 

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James Swift and Son (1956)

Metallurgical microscopes model M

James Swift and Son (1959)

Model PN microscopes

James Swift and Son (c. 1960)

Microscopes and optical instrument

James Swift and Son (1964)

Model PMO microscopes

 

 

 

 

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Swift Instruments (1960s)

Telescopes

Swift Instruments (1961)

Telescopes

 

 

 

* Catalogues adapted from the Little Imp Suite of Books and Catalogues on Microscopes and Microscopy (http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/Little-Imp/index.html), after authorisation was kindly conceded from the author Steve Gill. These files are for personal use only, must not be further distributed or hosted online elsewhere, and under no circumstances should they be offered for sale either singly or as compilations without the permission of the respective authors (their contacts can be found in the respective webpages above).

***Catalogue hosted at the Conservatoire Numérique des Arts et Métiers (Le CNUM – CNAM; https://cnum.cnam.fr/thematiques/fr/catalogue_general/cata_auteurs.php)