Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Microscope 32 (unassigned maker; household microscope; c. 1900)

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Microscope 32 is a simple compound microscope from c. 1900, with a probable French origin, known as a household microscope. The maker is unknown. Identical microscopes are described in the 1897 catalogue of ‘Busiest House in America’, and in the 1915 catalogue of B.A. & Co, both from Chicago, USA.

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Figure 1. Advertisement in the 1897 catalogue of ‘Busiest House in America’ showing an identical microscope to microscope 32.

 

References

Antique Optics - Huishoudelijke microscoop " Frankrijk" (https://antiqueoptics.eu/home/landen/nomen-nescio/), last accessed on 02.01.2021

LAST EDITED: 15.08.2020