Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

 

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Maker (or retailer)

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

Portable microscope, 3/4 19th C

 

JRMS 1885 (pp. 702)

Box Microscope

Anonymous

 

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections (ID number PG.7241)

 

 

 

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

Moginie’s 1866 “Pocket Microscope”, manufactured by Baker

Baker

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

Demonstration/portable microscope, 1860 - 1880

 

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

Demonstration/portable microscope, 1860 - 1880

 

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

Portable microscope, 4/4 19th C

 

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

Portable microscope, 1880 - 1890

Collins

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

Chest microscope, 1870 - 1880

Moginie

JRMS 1885 (pp. 701)

Pocket Microscope

Collins

Collins

JRMS 1887 (pp. 146)

Travelling Microscope

Moginie

Moginie

JRMS 1900 (pp. 379)

Portable Field Microscope

Anderson

Anderson

JH Steward’s catalogue (1903)

New folding pocket achromatic microscope

Steward

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

Pocket microscope, 1880 - 1900

APPS

Brown, O (1986) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Catalogue 7 – Microscopes

Compound microscope, Merz, c. 1830

Merz

         

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

Portable microscope, c. 1860

Amici

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

Unsigned (1832 – 1862)

 

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

Pocket microscope, 1860 - 1875

Nachet

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

Chest microscope, 2/2 19th C

 

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1899)

Portable microscope E

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Portable microscope

Bausch & Lomb

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

Case mounted simplex microscope (c. 1905)

Gundlach

W Carpenter (1901)

Bausch and Lomb’s portable microscope (1898)

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1885 (pp. 700)

Pocket Microscope

Nachet

Nachet

Nachet’s catalogue (1872)

Nouveau microscope portatif

Nachet

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

Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. Simplex Model, c1905

Gundlach

JRMS 1898 (pp. 582)

Sticker’s Travelling Microscope

Leitz

Leitz

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

Bertrand, Paris (after 1841)

Bertrand

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

Brunner (c. 1860)

Brunner

G Fontaine’s catalogue (1891)

Microscope de dissection (22 cm de long x 9 cm de large x 5 cm d’epaisseur)

Fontaine

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

Griffith Club Microscope (1881)

Griffith

Beale (1865) How to Work with the Microscope

Portable microscope (by Samuel Highley)

Highley

JRMS 1907 (pp. 475)

Portable Microscope

Leitz

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1905; 1906; 1907)

Reise trichinenmikroskop

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1913)

Entomologisches mikroskop

Leitz

Voigtlander & Sohn’s catalogue (1906)

Zusammenlegbares reisestativ VIa

Voigtlander

Hall (1912)

Naturalist’s microscope

Watson

Watson

JRMS 1910 (pp. 224)

Microscope

Watson

Watson

JRMS 1913 (pp. 318)

Philatelic Microscope

watson

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1912)

Naturalist’s microscope

Watson

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

Utzschneider, Reichenback and Fraunhofer (c. 1820)

Utzschneider, Reichenback and Fraunhofer

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

G Merz & Son (c. 1850)

Merz

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

Portable microscope, 1870 - 1880

Nachet

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

Chest microscope, c. 1820

UTZSCHNEIDER & FRAUNHOFER

 

Microscope de poche

Nachet

Nachet

JRMS 1885 (pp. 700)

Pocket Microscope

Nachet

Nachet

JRMS 1895 (pp. 359)

Portable Microscope

Nachet

Nachet

J Pelletan (1876) Le Microscope son employ et ses applications

Microscope de poche

Nachet

Nachet’s catalogue (1863; 1872)

Microscope de poche

Nachet

Nageli & Schwendener (1867)

Microscope

Nachet

Nachet

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

Nachet (1856 – 1872)

Nachet

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

Nachet (1863 – 1872)

Nachet

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

Nachet (1863 – 1872)

Nachet

Turner, G. E. (1981) Collecting Microscopes (Christie's South Kensington collectors series). Littlehampton Book Services Ltd

Nachet (1856 – 1872)

Nachet

JRMS 1914 (pp. 76)

Pocket Refractometer for Mineralogists and Jewellers

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1895 (pp. 26)

Portable Microscope

Zentmayer

Zentmayer

Nageli & Schwendener (1867)

Microscope

Nachet

 Nachet

https://stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl/en/microscopen/compound-achromatic-microscope-on-box-sm-241/

1950 - 1960

Bleeker