Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Microscopes in this page are tentatively organised by period. Please click on the photos below to access more images and information about each instrument and their maker.

  

Simple pocket microscopes or magnifying lenses

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119 (unassigned maker; pocket microscope; c. 1900)

142 (unassigned maker; pocket microscope; late 19th to early 20th centuries)

154 (unassigned maker; pocket microscope; c. 1900)

196 (unassigned maker; pocket microscope; late 19th to early 20th centuries)

189 (unassigned maker; pocket microscope; late 19th to early 20th centuries)

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480 (The Science Accessories Co; Midgard pocket microscope; c. 1920)

141 (unassigned maker; pocket microscope with wire stand and mirror; late 19th to early 20th centuries)

165 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; early 20th century)

483B (unknown maker; simple microscope; 19th century)

483A (unknown maker; simple microscope; 19th century)

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233 (unassigned maker; flower microscope; 19th century)

467 (unknown maker; flower microscope; 19th century)

472 (unassigned maker; flower microscope; 19th century)

552 (unassigned maker; flower microscope; 19th century)

315 (unassigned maker; Coddington magnifier; late 19th century to early 20th century)

309 (unknown maker; Stanhope magnifier; late 19th century to early 20th century)

183 (Jones & Co.; Excelsior Microscope; early 20th century)

166 (unassigned French maker; microscope universel; c. 1900)

251 (unassigned maker; microscope universel; 1920s)

256 (C. Baker; aplanatic or platyscopic dissecting lens; c. 1900)

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507 (unassigned maker; short tripod microscope; c. 1900)

144 (unassigned maker; short tripod microscope; c. 1900)

492 (unassigned maker; short tripod microscope; c. 1900)

493 (unassigned maker; short tripod microscope; c. 1900)

508 (unassigned maker; short tripod microscope; c. 1900)

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478 (Unassigned maker; seed or insect live-cage pocket microscope; c. 1900)

500 (Unassigned maker; pocket microscope pen; mid-20th century)

548 (Unassigned maker; pocket microscope; second half of 19th century to early 20th century)

546 (Unassigned maker; pocket microscope; second half of 19th century to early 20th century)

547 (Unassigned maker; Simple slide viewer or magnifier; second half of 19th century to early 20th century)

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550 (Unassigned maker; Simple magnifier; second half of 19th century to early 20th century)

474 (Unassigned maker; seed or insect live-cage pocket microscope; second half of 19th century)

558 (Unassigned maker; dissecting microscope; early 20th century)

596 (Charles Baker; scaleometer; 1950s)

 

 

 

Linen provers or thread counters

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239 (unassigned maker; pilar-type linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

242 (unassigned maker; pilar-type linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

287 (assigned to A Franks; pilar-type linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

545 (unassigned maker; pilar-type linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

237 (unassigned maker; folding linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

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250 (Casartelli; folding linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

284 (G. Cartwright & Son; folding linen tester; late 19th to the early 20th century)

285 (EA White Ltd; folding linen tester; late 19th to the early 20th century)

252 (A. Franks; folding linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

490 (unassigned maker; folding linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

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491 (unassigned maker; folding linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

236 (A Franks; folding linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

300 (J Casartelli & Son; cloth counting glass; early 20th century)

458 (J Casartelli & Son; cloth counting glass; early 20th century)

560 (Casartelli; folding linen tester; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

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488 (unassigned maker; linen proving microscope; late 19th century)

543 (unassigned maker; linen proving microscope; late 19th century)

326 (unassigned maker; compound linen proving microscope; early 20th century)

502 (Unassigned maker; slide head linen prover; mid-19th century)

510 (Unassigned maker; linen prover; mid-19th century)

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302 (J Casartelli & Son; cloth counting glass; c. 1910)

299 (Chronik Bros.; Triplex thread counting micrometer; 1910s)

471 (Thomas Armstrong & Brother; thread counter, c. 1910)

473 (John Nesbitt; thread counter, early 20th century)

262 (J. Casartelli & Son; cloth counting glass; c. 1910)

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(535) J Casartelli & Son; cloth counting glass; c. 1970**

531 (unknown maker; thread counter; c. 1920)

 

 

 

 

 

Drum or Martin-type microscopes

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20A (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

20H (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

214 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th to early 20th century)

215 (E. Lennie; drum microscope; late 19th century)

342 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)*

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511 (Benn Franks Limited; early 20th century)

563 (Aitchison; drum microscope; early 20th century)

340 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)*

20C (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

68 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

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20E (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

20J (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

594 (Salanson & Co; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

200 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; early 20th century)

567 (Franks; drum microscope, early 20th century)

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20G (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

605 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

80 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

206 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

525 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

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20D (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

613 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

519 (unknown maker; Double drum microscope; late 19th century)

599 (T. Underhill; Drum-like microscope; mid-19th century)

 

 

 

Simple compound microscopes

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2 (assigned to Edouard Lutz; Modéle des ecoles primaires; c. 1890)

3 (assigned to A Franks; student microscope; late 19th century)

91 (assigned to A Franks; student microscope; late 19th century)

176 (unassigned maker; household-type microscope; c. 1900)

267 (unassigned maker; simple microscope; early 20th century)

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21 (unassigned maker; improved household microscope; c. 1900)

191 (unassigned maker; improved household microscope; c. 1900)

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

542 (unassigned maker; Universal household microscope; c. 1890)

553 (unassigned maker; c. 1900)

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240 (unassigned maker; simple student microscope; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

280 (unassigned maker; simple microscope; late 19th to the early 20th century)

592 (unassigned maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

4 (assigned to Deyrolle; modèle E; late 19th century to early 20th century)

25 (assigned to Deyrolle; modèle E; late 19th century to early 20th century)

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5 (assigned to Deyrolle; c. 1900)

19 (assigned to Deyrolle; c. 1900)

272 (assigned to Deyrolle; simple compound microscope; c. 1900)

323 (assigned to Deyrolle; simple compound microscope; c. 1900)

24A (assigned to Deyrolle; late 19th century to early 20th century)

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24B (assigned to Deyrolle; late 19th century to early 20th century)

602 (unassigned maker; late 19th century to early 20th century)

609 (unknown maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th century to early 20th century)

331 (unknown maker; inclinable simple compound microscope; c.1890)

600 (unknown maker; large inclinable microscope; c.1890)

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598 (unknown maker; small inclinable compound microscope; c.1890)

608 (JH Steward; inclining microscope; late 19th century)

312 (unknown maker; simple inclinable microscope; c. 1890)

529 (unknown maker; inclinable simple compound microscope; c.1900)

614 (Wood Brothers; inclinable microscope; c.1895)

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537 (Unassigned maker; compound microscope; late-19th century)

615 (Unassigned maker; compound microscope; late-19th century)

565 (unassigned maker; simple inclining microscope; late 19th or early 20th century)

566 (unassigned maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

341 (unassigned maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)*

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616 (unassigned maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

50 (assigned to Radiguet; late 19th century)

163 (unknown maker; double pillar French microscope; c. 1900)

301 (Unassigned maker; double pillar compound microscope; c. 1900)

597 (unknown maker; double pillar French microscope; c. 1900)

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611 (Unknown maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th century)

40 (C Reichert Wien; stand VII microscope; 1898)

303 (unassigned maker; late 19th century to early 20th century)

120 (unassigned maker; library microscope; c. 1890)

96 (Ernst Leitz; Stativ V model; 1891)

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64 (unassigned maker; late 19th century)

526 (Unknown maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th century)

182 (Dollond & Co.; student microscope; c. 1900)

188 (Emil Bush; simple compound microscope; c. 1915)

193 (Carl Schütz & Co; student microscope; early 20th century)

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208 (Hall Bros; student microscope; early 20th century)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Triangle foot type microscopes

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18 (R & J Beck; new star microscope; c. 1890)

36A (R & J Beck; star microscope; c. 1885)

36B (R & J Beck; star microscope; c. 1885)

114 (R & J Beck; new star microscope; c. 1900)

 

 

 

Continental-type microscopes

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38A (R & J Beck; continental microscope; c. 1900)

38B (R & J Beck; continental microscope; c. 1900)

38C (R & J Beck; continental microscope; c. 1900)

265 (Bausch & Lomb; continental microscope BB; c. 1900)

222 (Carl Zeiss; microscope stand VI; 1910s)

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421 (W. Watson & Sons; Praxis microscope; 1914)*

269 (Ernst Leitz; microscope stand Ia; c. 1897)

152 (R & J Beck; pathological microscope; c. 1887)

224 (R & J Beck; pathological microscope; c. 1897)

195 (R&J Beck; Economic microscope; c. 1878)

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330 (R & J Beck; Economic microscope; c. 1878)

305 (Carl Reichert; c. 1905)

423 (R. Winkel; continental type microscope; 1917)*

306 (W & H Seibert, student microscope, 1910s)

41 (Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar; stand III microscope; late 1910s)

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109 (W. Watson & Sons; c. 1910)

110 (Steindorff & Co; early 20th century)

153 (Ross; Improved No. 2 ‘Standard’ microscope; c. 1905)

324 (W. Watson & Son; Praxis microscope; c. 1916)

184 (Ernst Leitz; stand IIb microscope; c. 1896)

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92 (C Reichert, Wien; 1899)

65 (J Swift & Son; Army Bacteriological Microscope; c. 1900)

66 (J Swift & Son; Army Bacteriological Microscope; c. 1900)

130 (Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar; microscope stand IIb; c. 1907)

513 (Carl Zeiss; Stand IVa; c. 1905)

 

 

Other continental type microscopes

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115 (Carl Zeiss; microscope stand Va; 1886)

168 (Hartnack & Prazmowski; stand III-A microscope; c. 1880)

179 (Hartnack & Prazmowski; stand III-A microscope; c. 1880)

227 (Hartnack & Prazmowski; stand III-A microscope; c. 1880)

220 (unassigned maker; late 19th century)

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205 (Charles Baker; student microscope; c. 1880)

248 (Nachet; Microscope nouveau modéle inclinant; c. 1880)

219 (Carl Zeiss; microscope stand VII; c. 1900)

167 (Hartnack & Prazmowski; stand III microscope; c. 1880)

314 (Hartnack & Prazmowski; microscope stand III; c. 1880)

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275 (Carl Zeiss; microscope stand VIII; c. 1882)

197 (Ernst Leitz; microscope stand IV; c. 1913)

595 (L’Ingénieur Chevallier; Compound microscope; late 19th century)

318 (unassigned maker; simple inclinable compound microscope; late 19th century)

497 (Hartnack & Prazmowski; microscope stand III-A; c. 1875)

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530 (Hartnack & Prazmowski; microscope stand No. II; c. 1877)

231 (Nachet; Microscope droit; 1880s)

 

 

 

 

 

Handle type microscopes

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101 (Bausch and Lomb; jug handle microscope; 1907)

106 (Carl Zeiss; stand VB; 1920)

297 (Carl Zeiss; stand VB, non-inclinable microscope; c. 1910)

122 (Charles Baker; 1910s)

140 (Charles Baker; histological microscope; 1910s)

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87 (R & J Beck Ltd; ‘London’ handle model; c. 1913)

328 (R & J Beck; ‘London’ handle model; c. 1913)

273 (Carl Reichert; medium stand III microscope; c. 1907)

145 (Carl Zeiss; stand III B; c. 1915)

557 (Spencer; microscope No. 20; c. 1917)

 

 

Bar-limb type microscopes with English foot or similar

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138 (F Davidson & Co; microscope stand O 575; late 1910s)

157 (Benn Franks; late 19th century)

266 (unassigned maker; compound microscope; late 19th century)

143 (Arnold & Sons; University microscope; c. 1880)

118 (F Davidson & Co; Davon micro-telescope; late 1910s)

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515 (W. Watson & Sons; Educational microscope; c. 1898)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other microscopes with English foot or similar

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23 (unassigned maker; late 19th century to early 20th century)

27 (J Swift & Son; bacteriological model; c. 1901)

103 (C Baker; Advanced Student Microscope; c. 1895)

226 (Charles Baker; compound microscope; c. 1900)

263 (C. Baker; c. 1900)

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187 (C. Baker; c. 1900)

52 (Banks Bros; late 19th century)

46 (unassigned maker; late 19th century to early 20th century)

70 (J Swift & Son; c. 1900)

173 (W Stanley; late 19th century)

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107 (W Stanley; late 19th century)

62 (Henry Crouch; c. 1880)

246 (Henry Crouch; c. 1890)

223 (Henry Crouch; c. 1890)

69 (Henry Crouch; histological model, c. 1880)

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279 (Henry Crouch; histological microscope; c. 1880)

42 (C Collins; student microscope; c. 1880)

78 (C Collins; student microscope; c. 1880)

245 (C Collins; student microscope; c. 1880)

293 (Swift & Son; Polarising microscope; c. 1900)

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249 (Pickard & Curry Co.; c. 1900)

298 (W. Watson & Sons; Histology microscope stand B; c. 1892)

509 (Ross; Student’s microscope; 1880s)

516 (Henry Crouch; Folding histological microscope; c. 1900)

561 (A. Williams & Co.; “Wonder” microscope; early 20th century)

 

Worker or medical type microscope

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43 (J Parkes and Son; medical microscope; c. 1880)

54 (J Parkes & Son, retailed by Burgoyne, Burbidges & Co; Medical microscope; c. 1890)

16 (J Parkes & Son; worker model; c. 1900)

47 (J Parkes & Son, retailed by P Harris & Co; Worker model; mid 1910s)

84 (J Parkes & Son; worker model; c. 1900)

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98 (assigned to J Parkes & Son; worker model; c. 1900)

126 (James Parkes & Son; early 20th century)

 

 

 

 

 

Lister-limb type microscopes

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211 (Townson and Mercer; microscope ref. 1023; late 19th century)

320 (unassigned maker; binocular microscope; c. 1890)

499 (CW Dixey; student microscope; 1880s)

 

 

 

 

Other microscopes

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564 (JH Steward; mineralogical microscope; early 20th century)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trichinoscopes

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8 (Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar; meat inspector’s travelling microscope; late 1920s)

30 (F.W. Schieck; trichinen mikroskop; c. 1900)

33 (Paul Waechter; trichinoscope; c. 1960)

82 (Paul Waechter; trichinoscope; 1920s)

201 (Paul Waechter; trichinoscope, stand Va; c. 1900)

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210 (assigned to Paul Waechter; stand IV (V) microscope c. 1900)

464 (Paul Waechter; microscope stand IX; c. 1885)

527 (Paul Waechter; microscope – trichinoscope - stand Va; c. 1905)

 

 

 

 

Tripod-type foot and similar microscopes

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137 (R & J Beck; ‘British Students’ microscope No. 55; c. 1903)

258 (R & J Beck; ‘British Students’ microscope; c. 1897)

286 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; Edinburgh stand H microscope; 1920s)

81 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; Edinburgh stand H model; 1920s)

116 (W. Watson & Son; Edinburgh stand F model; c. 1900)

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133 (W. Watson & Sons; FRAM stand microscope; early 1910s)

283 (W. Watson & Son; FRAM microscope; c. 1896)

150 (J Swift & Son; Histological and physiological microscope; c. 1900)

7 (J Swift & Son; discovery model; c. 1901)

158 (J Swift & Son; four-legged microscope; c. 1895)

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308 (unknown maker; 1930s)

332 (W. Watson & Sons; polarising microscope; 1910s)

528 (Ross; Ross-Zentmayer student’s microscope; c. 1880)

 

 

 

 

Simple dissecting microscopes

 

 

 

 

 

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217 (Flatters & Garnett; dissecting microscope; first half of the 20th century)

218 (Flatters & Garnett; dissecting microscope; first half of the 20th century)

155 (Flatters & Garnett; dissecting microscope; first half of the 20th century)

243 (Victor Morlot-Maury; dissecting microscope; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

295 (Bausch and Lomb; dissecting microscope model T; 1910s)

A close-up of a microscope

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257 (unassigned maker; dissecting microscope; late 19th century)

319 (Ernst Leitz; simple dissecting microscope; early 20th century)

128 (Ernst Leitz; simple dissecting microscope; early 20th century)

71 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; Simplex dissection microscope, c. 1940)

213 (Otto Himmler; Dissecting microscope; early 20th century)

A close up of a microscope

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A metal and gold object with a magnifying glass

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A wooden device with a magnifying glass

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A gold microscope with a round lens

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460 (E. Leitz; dissecting simple microscope; c. 1900)

504 (Flatters & Garnett; small dissecting microscope; 1920s)

461 (assigned to Townson & Mercer; dissecting simple microscope; c. 1900)

382 (assigned to Robert Field; Teasdale's Field Naturalist's Microscope; c. 1880)*

477 (J. Zentmayer; dissecting microscope; c. 1890)

A close-up of a microscope

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512 (Charles Baker; Simple dissecting microscope; c. 1870)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Binocular stereoscopic microscopes

A microscope with a metal tube

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A gold microscope on a white background

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446 (Carl Zeiss; binocular stand XB; c. 1912)*

426 (Carl Zeiss; Greenough’s binocular microscope, stand Xa; c. 1900)*

378 (Spencer; stereoscopic microscope; c. 1920)*

389 (Charles Perry; Stereoscopic microscope, model Classic Nº. 2; 1920s)*

385 (Negretti & Zambra; binocroscope; early 20th century)*

A close-up of a microscope

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380 (Negretti & Zambra; binocroscope; early 20th century)*

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop metallurgical microscopes

A picture containing pole

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178 (J Swift & Son; Stead workshop microscope; c. 1915)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage-type black lacquered and brass microscopes

A close up of a device

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35 (R & J Beck; model 22; early 1920s)

44A (R & J Beck; model 22; early 1920s)

44B (R & J Beck; model 22; early 1920s)

204 (R & J Beck; model 22; early 1920s)

28 (C Reichert Wien; 1912)

A picture containing table, sitting, small, desk

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A picture containing indoor, old

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102 (C Reichert, Wien; 1910s)

108 (Bausch and Lomb; 1911)

79 (Ernst Leitz; c. 1912)

212 (F Koristka; c. 1920)

61 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; KIMA model; c. 1921)

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413 (Spencer; microscope Nº. 44; c. 1919)*

282 (Carl Schütz & Co; 1910s)

172 (Ernst Leitz; universal microscope stand A; c. 1912)

505 (Bausch and Lomb; microscope model FF; c. 1915)

 

 

* Instrument kindly donated by Dave Levell (Pembrokeshire, Wales) in May 2023

** Instrument kindly donated by Frank van Wijk (Zeist, The Netherlands) in December 2024