Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

 

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Source

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Maker (or retailer)

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

Binocular magnifiers, 1857 - 1865

Smith & Beck

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

Aquarium binocular microscope, 1860 - 1875

 

F Brewer’s catalogue (1910)

Porte loupe de Fritsch

Brewer

W & H Seibert’s catalogue (1903)

Stativ-lupe nach Fritsch

Seibert

JRMS 1901 (pp. 704)

Loup Stand

Seibert

Seibert

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

Dissecting lens stand, 1880 - 1890

Ross

Giordano, R. V. (2007) Singular beauty: simple microscopes from the Giordano collection. MIT Museum

Ross magnifier

Ross

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

Dissecting lens stand, 1881 - 1889

Reichert

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

Lens holder, c. 1889

Watson

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

Tank microscope, 1890 - 1920

 

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

Dissecting lens on stand, 1900 - 1930

 

Nachet’s catalogue (1900; 1904; 1910; 1913)

Pied articule a cremaillere

Nachet

Baird & Tatlock’s catalogue (1914)

Stand for dissecting lenses (Bausch and Lomb)

Bausch & Lomb

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Support à loupes

Fontaine

Arthur Thomas’s catalogue (1914)

Lens stand (Carl Zeiss)

Zeiss

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

Lens holder I

Zeiss

Charles Baker’s catalogue (1911)

Jointed arm

Baker

JRMS 1896 (pp. 122)

Lens-Holder

Zeiss

Zeiss

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Pied articulé

Fontaine

Nachet’s catalogue (1863; 1872; 1886)

Pied articule

Nachet

Arthur Chevalier’s catalogue (1868; 1869)

Loupe sur pied, monture à crémalliére

Chevalier

Frey (1880)

Simple loupe stand

Nachet

Nachet

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s; 1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Jointed dissecting arm

Beck

F Koristka’s catalogue (1905; 1908)

Pottalenti snodato

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1912)

Pottalenti snodato

Koristka

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1899)

Lens holder TUS

Bausch & Lomb

Gage (1896; 1899)

Lens holder

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

F Koristka’s catalogue (1914)

Portalenti snodato

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1920; 1927; 1931)

Porta lenti snodato

Koristka

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1924)

Pied porte-loupe L I

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1927; 1930)

Lens stand L I

Zeiss

Gage (1908; 1911)

Simple lens holder

Spencer

Spencer

Arthur Chevalier’s catalogue (1869; 1885)

Loupe sur pied, monture simple

Chevalier

E. Deyrolle’s catalogue (1900)

Porte-doublet sur pied

Deyrolle

E. Deyrolle’s catalogue (1900)

Loupe sur pied modele No. 2

Deyrolle

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1910s)

Lankerter’s dissecting stand

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s; 1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Jointed dissecting arm

Beck

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Jointed dissecting arm

Beck

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Porte-loupe a 2 articulations

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1910)

Pied porte-loupe

Stiassnie

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1951)

Dissecting arm

Beck

Charles Baker’s catalogue (1911)

Jointed arm

Baker

Gallenkamp’s catalogue (1939)

Jointed arm magnifier (Baker)

Baker

Spencer’s catalogue (1924)

Dissecting magnifier No. 88

Spencer

Spencer’s catalogue (1924)

Dissecting magnifier No. 93

Spencer

JRMS 1909 (pp. 764)

Dissecting Stand, with Lens

Bridge Sciencific

Bridge Sciencific

JRMS 1912 (pp. 570)

"University" Dissecting Stand

Watson

Watson

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

Lens holder, 1880s, Arthur Chevalier

Chevalier

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

Dissecting lens, 1870 - 1900

Crouch

Hanausek (1907)

Lens holders

Leitz

Leitz

Watson’s catalogue (1912)

Lens holders

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (c1930)

Dissecting lens holders

Watson

W Carpenter (1856; 1857; 1868; 1875; 1883; 1891)

Ross simple microscope

Ross

Ross

W Carpenter (1856; 1857; 1868; 1875; 1883; 1891)

Ross simple microscope

Ross

Ross

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Loupe sur pied

Fontaine

E. Vion’s catalogue (1929)

Nouvelle loupe-microscope

Vion

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Pied porte-loupe du Dr Malassez

Stiassnie

M. Stiassnie’s catalogue (1905)

Porte-loupe a 3 articulations

Stiassnie

Flatters and Garnett’s catalogue (1963)

The ‘Mikrops’ parallel lens stand

Flatters and Garnett

Arthur Chevalier’s catalogue (1868; 1869)

Porte loupe de Charles Chevalier’s catalogue

Chevalier

Nachet’s catalogue (1900; 1904; 1910; 1913)

Porte-loupe nouvea modele

Nachet

W & H Seibert’s catalogue (1894; 1903)

Kleine stativ lupe

Seibert

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Support à loupes

Fontaine

Arthur Chevalier’s catalogue (1869)

Porte loupe des Horlogers, modele simple

Chevalier

Voigtlander & Sohn’s catalogue (1906)

Lupentrager

Voigtlander

Voigtlander & Sohn’s catalogue (1925)

Lupenstativ mit schwerem fub

Voigtlander

Arthur Thomas’s catalogue (1914)

Lens stand (Carl Zeiss)

Zeiss

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Pied de loupe de Kinckel d’Herculais

Fontaine

Arthur Chevalier’s catalogue (1868; 1869; 1885)

Porte loupe de Strauss

Chevalier

Nachet’s catalogue (1863; 1886)

Pied porte-loupe

Nachet

JRMS 1881 (pp. 939)

Porte-loupe

Nachet

Nachet

Nachet’s catalogue (1872; 1886; 1900; 1904)

Pied porte-loupe

Nachet

Henry Heil’s catalogue (1903)

Lens holder

Paul Waechter

Waechter

JRMS 1900 (pp. 386)

Lothian Dissecting Microscope

Baird

Baird

JRMS 1904 (702)

Loup-Stand

Ortner

Ortner

Smith, Beck & Beck’s catalogue (1865)

Stand for hand magnifier

Smith, Beck & Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Combination of three lenses on brass stand

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Hand magnifier on stand

Beck

F Koristka’s catalogue (1905; 1908; 1912)

Portalenti di Brucke

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1903; 1905; 1908; 1912)

Portalenti com camera lucida Abbe speciale

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1914)

Portalenti com camera lucida Abbe speciale

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1927)

Lente di Weinzierl

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1931)

Lentille de Weinzierl

Koristka

Leitz’s catalogue (1892)

Monture simple pour loupe No. 37

Leitz

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

Lens holder II

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1924; 1927; 1930)

Pied porte-loupe L II

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1934)

Magnifier stand L I

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1934)

Magnifier stand L II

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1934)

Magnifier stand L III

Zeiss

JRMS 1884 (pp. 614)

Dissecting Microscope

Geneva co.

Geneva co.

JRMS 1905 (pp. 368)

Tafner's New Preparation Stand

Reichert

Reichert

JRMS 1908 (pp. 234)

Dissecting microscope

Anonymous

 

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Monture de loupe d’aprés le Dr Weinzierl

Fontaine

C. Reichert’s catalogue (1908)

Loupe pour l’examen des graines

Reichert

JRMS 1897 (pp. 440)

Lens-Support for Examining Seeds

Reichert

Reichert

C. Reichert’s catalogue (1910s; 1940s)

Loupe de Weinzierl

Reichert

Krauss’s catalogue (1926)

Loupe de Weinzierl

Krauss

JRMS 1882 (pp. 259)

"Hampden" Portable Simple Microscope

Beck

Beck

JRMS 1887 (pp. 648)

Condenser

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1887 (pp. 806)

Simple Microscope for the Examination of Seeds

Weinzierl

Weinzierl

Leitz’s catalogue (1906; 1907)

Grande monture pour loupe a preparer d’Edinger

Leitz

JRMS 1902 (pp. 718)

Counting- Apparatus for Plate Cultures

Thiele

Thiele

JRMS 1900 (pp. 254)

Bull's-Eye Condenser

Leitz

Leitz

C. Reichert’s catalogue (1908)

Lentille d’éclairage

Reichert

Leitz’s catalogue (1899; 1901; 1903)

Illuminating lens

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1905; 1906; 1907)

Beleuchtungslinse auf statif

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1909)

Lentille condensatrice sur monture

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1913; 1920)

Illuminating lens on stand

Leitz

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

Unsigned (early 19th century)

 

Nachet, A. (1929) Collection Nachet. Imprimerie Georges Petit, Paris

18th century)

 

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

Maker unknown (c. 1760)

 

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

Maker unknown (c. 1760)

 

Charles Chevalier’s catalogue (1859)

Loupe double

Chevalier

Charles Chevalier’s catalogue (1859)

Loupe à deux verres plano-convexes

Chevalier

Giordano, R. V. (2007) Singular beauty: simple microscopes from the Giordano collection. MIT Museum

Simple magnifier

 

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

Lacaze-Duttiers chest microscope

Nachet

Giordano, R. V. (2007) Singular beauty: simple microscopes from the Giordano collection. MIT Museum

Nachet magnifying set (1872 – 1892)

Nachet

Nachet’s catalogue (1872; 1886)

Porte-loupe grand modele Lacaze-Duthiers

Nachet

JRMS 1881 (pp. 939)

Lacaze-Duthiers' Porte-loupe

Nachet

Nachet

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

Rousselet tank microscope, 1890 - 1910

Baker

Giordano, R. V. (2007) Singular beauty: simple microscopes from the Giordano collection. MIT Museum

Aquarium simple microscope

 

JRMS 1890 (pp. 90)

Simple Tank Microscope

Rousselet

Rousselet

W Carpenter (1891; 1901)

Rousselet’s aquatium microscope

Rousselet

Rousselet

Conrad Beck (1921)

Tank microscope

Beck

Beck

Hogg (1898)

Rousselet’s tank microscope

Baker

Baker

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Aquarium microscope

Beck

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Lens holder TS

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Lens holder TU

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Lens holder TUS

Bausch & Lomb

W Watson (1945)

Lens holder

Watson

EA Sharpey-Schafer (1877) A course of practical histology being an introduction to the use of the microscope

Simple dissecting microscope

 

Flatters & Garnett (1929)

Len holder

 

G Fontaine (1877)

Loupe

 

W Watson (1945)

Lens holder

Watson

Flatters & Garnett (1929)

Lens holder

 

W Watson (1945)

Cantab magnifier holder

Watson

Flatters & Garnett (1929)

Lens holder

 

Gallenkamp (1960)

Magnifier

 

Gallenkamp (1968, 1971, 1973)

Magnifier

Falmer