Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

 

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Maker (or retailer)

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

Davis of Derby botanical/dissection microscope

Davis

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

Pocket microscope, 1835 - 1850

Pritchard

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

Simple microscope, ¾ 19th C.

Davis

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

Botanical-type microscope from Lyon

Lyon

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

Pritchard botanical microscope

Pritchard

Gambs’s catalogue (1915)

Micro-soierie pour l’examen et al decomposition des fils et tissus

Gambs

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

Zeiss (1881)

Zeiss

B. Kahn & Son’s catalogue (c. 1890)

Dissecting microscope

Kahn

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1892)

V – Folding dissecting microscope

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1889 (pp. 219)

Folding Dissecting Microscope

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

J Behrens (1885)

Dissecting microscope

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

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

Folding dissecting microscope by Bausch &

Lomb, patented by J. J. Bausch in 1880

Bausch & Lomb

Phin (1881; 1882; 1890)

Compact dissecting and mounting microscope

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Van Heurck (1893)

Simple microscope

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

J. Queen’s catalogue (1883; 1890)

Compact dissecting microscope

Queen

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

Bausch & Lomb (c. 1880)

Bausch & Lomb

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

Maker unknown (after 1890)

 

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

Unsigned (c. 1885)

 

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

Unsigned (c. 1885)

 

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

Bausch & Lomb folding dissecting microscope

Bausch & Lomb

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

Unsigned (c. 1885)

 

Clark (1900)

Dissecting microscope

 

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1892)

U – educational dissecting microscope

Bausch & Lomb

 

JRMS 1882 (pp. 852)

Histological Dissecting Microscope

Beck

Beck

J Behrens (1885)

Combined histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

Beck

W Carpenter (1891)

Beck’s histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

Beck

Smith (1880)

New histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

New histological dissecting microscope

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Histological dissecting microscope

Beck

Smith (1880)

New histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

Beck

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

Latimer Clark (4/4 19th century)

Clark

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Loupe à disséquer, d’aprés Brucke, sur colonne

Fontaine

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897; 1903; 1905; 1908; 1912)

Microscopio de preparazione, modelo piccolo

Koristka

JRMS 1885 (pp. 320)

Large dissecting microscope

Klone & Muller

Klone & Muller

JRMS 1893 (pp. 526)

Preparation Microscope

Reichert

Reichert

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Microscope de dissection

Fontaine

Nachet’s catalogue (1886)

Microscope simple de dissection

Nachet

Francotte (1886)

Dissecting microscope

 

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897; 1903)

Microscopio de preparazione, modelo medio

Koristka

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

Microscopio de preparazione, modelo medio

Koristka

Thanhoffer L (1880) Das mikroskop und seine anwendung

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1885 (pp. 319)

Dissecting Microscopes with Briicke Lens

Zeiss

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885; 1891; 1899)

Dissecting stand III

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1902)

Dissecting stand P III (medium dissecting stand)

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1898)

Dissecting stand III

Zeiss

JRMS 1895 (pp. 684)

Dissecting Microscope stand III

Zeiss

Zeiss

Frey (1880)

Dissecting microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

J Behrens (1885)

Dissecting microscope

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

 

 

JRMS 1882 (pp. 852)

Histological Dissecting Microscope

Beck

Beck

Smith (1880)

New histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

New histological dissecting microscope

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Histological dissecting microscope

Beck

J Behrens (1885)

Combined histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

Beck

W Carpenter (1891)

Beck’s histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

Beck

Smith (1880)

New histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

Beck

S Plossl’s catalogue (1874)

Kleines dissection microscop

Plossl

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

Zeiss (c. 1879)

Zeiss

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

Dissecting microscope, c. 1880

Boecker

Andrew Pritchard (1847) Microscopic objects animal vegetable and mineral with instructions for preparing and viewing them

Simple microscope

 

Charles Clark (1900) Practical methods in microscopy

Simple microscope

 

Chas Lentz & Sons (1891)

Folding dissecting microscope

 

Julius Wilhelm Behrens (1885) A guide for the microscopical investigation of vegetable substances

Compact dissecting and mounting microscope

Bausch & Lomb

Edward Bausch (1891) Manipulation of the microscope

Compact dissecting and mounting microscope

Bausch & Lomb

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Dissecting microscope

Zeiss

George Davis (1889) Practical Microscopy

Dissecting microscope

Zeiss

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Praparier mikroskop

Reichert

Eduard Strasburger (1887) Microscopic botany a manual of the microscope in vegetable histology

Large preparation microscope

Zeiss

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

Large dissecting stand

Zeiss

Julius Vogel (1884) Das Mikroskop

Dissecting microscope

Leitz

Julius Wilhelm Behrens (1885) A guide for the microscopical investigation of vegetable substances

Compact dissecting and mounting microscope

Bausch & Lomb

Julius Wilhelm Behrens (1885) A guide for the microscopical investigation of vegetable substances

Combined histological and dissecting microscope

Beck

JE Smith (1880) How to see with the microscope

Histological dissecting microscope

Beck

Societe Genevoise’s catalogue (1900)

Simple microscope

Societe Genevoise

Societe Genevoise’s catalogue (1900)

Travelling microscope

Societe Genevoise

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections (ID number MG.163004.01)

 

John T Ogden (c. 1880 – 1890)

Ogden