Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

 

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Maker (or retailer)

Spitta (1907; 1920)

Histological microscope

Baker

Baker

Baird & Tatlock’s catalogue (1914)

Microscope pattern BB (Bausch and Lomb)

Bausch & Lomb

Chas Lentz & Son’s catalogue (1899)

Medical and biological students microscope AAB2 (made by Bausch & Lomb)

Bausch & Lomb

Chas Lentz & Son’s catalogue (1899)

Bacteriologists and physician’s microscope BB (made by Bausch & Lomb)

Bausch & Lomb

Chas Lentz & Son’s catalogue (c1915)

Stand BB (Bausch & Lomb)

Bausch & Lomb

V Mueller’s catalogue (1911)

Microscope BB (Bausch & Lomb)

Bausch & Lomb

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1900)

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1892)

Continental microscope, medium

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1892)

EE – Harvard microscope

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1899)

Continental microscope B

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1899)

Continental microscope BB

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1911)

Microscope BB

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1911)

Microscope BA

Bausch & Lomb

Cross & Cole (1912)

Research microscope stand BB

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

 

Continental microscope B

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Gage (1904)

Microscope B

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Gage (1908; 1911)

Microscope B

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Gage (1896; 1899; 1901)

Microscope BB

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Gage (1904)

Microscope BB

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Hanausek (1907)

Stand BB8

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Lenhartz (1904)

Stand BB

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Van Heurck (1893)

Medium continental microscope

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1903 (pp. 349)

Microscope, BB model

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb BB Continental microscope, 1899

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb Harvard Microscope, 1889

Bausch & Lomb

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

Continental "BB" model by

Bausch & Lomb (c. 1895-1900)

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb (c. 1894)

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb (c. 1895)

Bausch & Lomb

Arnold & Sons’ catalogue (1900)

Continental model microscope (Beck’s)

Beck

GS Woolman’s catalogue (1879)

Beck’s economic microscope

Beck

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1898)

Beck’s continental microscope

Beck

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1898)

Beck’s continental microscope

Beck

J. Queen’s catalogue (1879)

Economic microscope (Beck)

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Improved continental microscope, with substage

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Improved continental microscope

Beck

Clark (1900)

Improved continental microscope

Beck

Beck

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

Spencer Lens Co. (1904)

Beck

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

Leitz (c. 1910)

Beck

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

R & J Beck (c. 1895)

Beck

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

Polarising microscope, 1880 - 1890

Bézu & Hausser

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

Petit microscope minéralogique

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

F Brewer’s catalogue (1910)

Microscope moyen No. 7412

Brewer

L Giroux’s catalogue (c. 1900)

Microscope Statif BB

Giroux

AS Aloe’s catalogue (1893)

Continental microscope No. III (Gundlack Optical Co.)

Gundlack

AS Aloe’s catalogue (1893)

Physician’s microscope (Gundlack Optical Co.)

Gundlack

E Hartnack’s catalogue’s catalogue (1902)

Stativ V

Hartnack

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

New microscope No. 5

Hartnack

Hartnack

F Koristka’s catalogue (1912)

Stativo modelo medio Va

Koristka

P Altmann’s catalogue (1900)

Mittleres mikroskop (Leitz)

Leitz

Baird & Tatlock’s catalogue (1912)

Medium microscope, stand IIa (Leitz)

Leitz

J Bruckner’s catalogue (c1910)

Stativ II (Leitz)

Leitz

Exposition allemande’s catalogue (1900)

Monture IIa (E. Leitz)

Leitz

HN Geissler’s catalogue (1904)

Stativ II (Leitz)

Leitz

Charles Baker’s catalogue (1911)

Stands made by Ernst Leitz

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1880)

Mikroskope No. Ia

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1892)

Monture II

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1892)

Monture II

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1893)

Stativ II

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1894)

Stand II

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1895)

Stativ IIa

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1896; 1897; 1899; 1901; 1903)

Stand IIa

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1901; 1903)

Stand II

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1901; 1903)

Large travelling microscope

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1905; 1906; 1907)

Stativ II

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1905; 1906; 1907)

Stativ IIa

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1905; 1906)

Reise mikroskop

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1907)

Large travelling microscope

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1913)

Stativ II

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1913)

Stativ IIa

Leitz

Clark (1900)

Stand II

Leitz

Leitz

Gage (1896; 1899)

Microscope Ib

Leitz

Leitz

Gage (1901; 1904)

Microscope IIC

Leitz

Leitz

Hanausek (1907)

Stand D

Leitz

Leitz

Hanausek (1907)

Stand II C

Leitz

Leitz

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

Leitz Compound Microscope, 1907

Leitz

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

Hartnack & Prazmowski (c. 1880)

Leitz

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

Ila outfit, 1896

Leitz

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

Leitz (c. 1896)

Leitz

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

Leitz (c. 1898)

Leitz

Nachet’s catalogue (1904)

Modele No. 7

Nachet

Nachet’s catalogue (1910; 1913)

Modele No. 7

Nachet

Nachet’s catalogue (1924)

Modele No. 7

Nachet

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

Queen (c. 1895)

Queen

JRMS 1908 (pp. 761)

No. 2 "Standard" Metallurgical Microscope

Ross

Ross

P Rousseau’s catalogue (1888)

Microscope special pour l’etude des bacteries

Rousseau

P Rousseau’s catalogue (1888)

Petit microscope mineralogique

Rousseau

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

L Schrauer (c. 1896)

Schrauer

W & H Seibert’s catalogue (1903)

Stativ 6

Seibert

W & H Seibert’s catalogue (1903)

Stativ 5A

Seibert

W & H Seibert’s catalogue (1903)

Stativ 5B

Seibert

JRMS 1901 (pp. 699)

New Microscope, No. 5 A

Seibert

Seibert

Sharp & Smith’s catalogue (1893)

Continental microscope (BB)

Sharp & Smith

Sharp & Smith’s catalogue (1893)

Harvard microscope (EE)

Sharp & Smith

W Hatteroth’s catalogue (1910)

Microscope No. 40 (Spencer)

Spencer

V Mueller’s catalogue (1911)

Microscope No. 46 (Spencer)

Spencer

W Carpenter (1901)

Spencer’s continental form (1896)

Spencer

Spencer

Gage (1899)

Microscope No. 1

Spencer

Spencer

Gage (1904)

Microscope No. 1

Spencer

Spencer

Gage (1901)

Microscope No. 2

Spencer

Spencer

Gage (1908; 1911)

Microscope No. 40

Spencer

Spencer

Gage (1908; 1911)

Microscope No. 70

Spencer

Spencer

Gage (1901)

Microscope No. I

Spencer

Spencer

Spitta (1920)

Microscope No. 40

Spencer

Spencer

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

Spencer Lens Company Microscope, 1917

Spencer

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

Spencer Lens Company Continental Microscope, c1903

Spencer

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

Spencer Lens Co. (c. 1905)

Spencer

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Microscope No. IV

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Microscope, moyen modele

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Microscope, moyen modele

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Microscope, modele No. VII

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Microscope de voyage

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1910)

Microscope du voyage

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1910)

Microscope PCN avec inclinaison

Stiassnie

Baird & Tatlock’s catalogue (1914)

Continental pattern microscope (Swift)

Swift

Brussels Exhibition’s catalogue (1910)

The ‘Continental A’ microscope (from J. Swift & Son)

Swift

J Swift & Son’s catalogue (1906)

Continental stand

Swift

JRMS 1904 (pp. 104)

Continental Stand

Swift

Swift

Henry Heil’s catalogue (1903)

Stand No. II

Paul Waechter

Waechter

Henry Heil’s catalogue (1903)

Stand No. IVa

Paul Waechter

Waechter

Watson’s catalogue (1905)

Leitz microscope stand IIb

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1906)

Leitz stand IIa

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1912)

School microscope

Watson

JRMS 1914 (pp. 578)

Agricultural Microscope

Watson

Watson

E Adnet’s catalogue (1910)

Zeiss stativ V

Zeiss

E Adnet’s catalogue (1910)

Zeiss stativ V

Zeiss

Charles Baker’s catalogue (1911)

Medium size, stand IV (made by Carl Zeiss)

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1913)

Inclinable stand VBA

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1889; 1899)

Babuchin model stand

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1891)

Babuchin model stand

Zeiss

Gage (1896; 1899; 1901; 1904)

Microscope No. V

Zentmayer

Zentmayer

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

"American-Continental" microscope of 1892 designed and made by Frank Zentmayer

Zentmayer

JRMS 1883 (pp. 413)

Petrological Microscope

Bertrand

Bertrand

Page of an unknown catalogue (1905)

BB8 microscope

Bausch & Lomb

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

Ross microscope modified by Dall

Ross

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Mineralogy microscope, model 1883

Reichert

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Nº. IIb, model 1883

Reichert

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. IX, model 1883

Hartnack

Franz Hugershoff’s catalogue (1911)

Mittleres mikroskop stativ II

Zeiss

Franz Hugershoff’s catalogue (1911)

Mittleres mikroskop stativ IIa

Zeiss

Franz Hugershoff’s catalogue (1911)

Stativ IVa

Zeiss

A LE Vasseur (1900s)

Microscope model 2

 

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Continental microscope B

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Continental microscope BB

Bausch & Lomb

Franz Hugershoff’s catalogue (1911)

Stativ VA

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss (1913)

Stativ VBA

Zeiss

Charles Clark (1900) Practical methods in microscopy

Stand II

Leitz

Eduard Strasburger (1911) Handbook of practical botany for the botanical laboratory and private student

Stand IIa

Leitz

Max Kohl (1905)

Monture IIa

 

Max Kohl (1910s)

Stand IIa

 

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

c. 1895

Gundlach

Krauss (1906)

Microscope pour etudes bacteriologiques, combinaison dite Pasteur-Koch, stand BB II

 

Edward Bausch (1891) Manipulation of the microscope

Biological microscope

Bausch & Lomb

George Davis (1889) Practical Microscopy

Harvard model

Bausch & Lomb

Charles Clark (1900) Practical methods in microscopy

Microscope

Beck

Charles Clark (1900) Practical methods in microscopy

Physician’s microscope

Gundlach

Krauss (1906)

Microscope d’etudiant, modele PCN, stand AAB

 

Chas Lentz & Sons (1891)

Harvard microscope

 

Chas Lentz & Sons (1891)

Continental microscope, medium

 

H Morin (1911)

Grand microscope universel

 

Harvey Gaylord & Ludwig Aschoff (1901) The principles of pathological histology

Large stand arranged for photomicrography

Winkel

Harvey Gaylord & Ludwig Aschoff (1901) The principles of pathological histology

Student microscope

 

J Duboscq (1889)

Microscope composé

 

Ph Pellin (1900)

Microscope

 

R & J Beck (1878)

Economic microscope

Beck

Down Bros (1890)

Student’s microscope, French model

 

R & J Beck (1878)

Economic microscope

Beck

J Reynders & Co (1889)

Economic microscope

 

James Woolley & Sons (1896)

New pathological and pathological microscope