Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

 

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Maker (or retailer)

Bradbury, S (1967) The evolution of the microscope, Oxford

Large continental stand (late 19th century)

 

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

Maker unknown (after 1890)

 

Whethered (1892)

New student microscope

Baker

Baker

Chas Lentz & Son’s catalogue (1899)

Grand model microscope DDS (made by Bausch & Lomb)

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1899)

Continental microscope DD

Bausch & Lomb

W Carpenter (1901)

Bausch and Lomb’s grand model (1897)

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Gage (1904)

Microscope DD

Bausch and Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1889 (pp. 331)

Continental (Grand Model) Microscope

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb's :Grand Model" (sometimes called Model "DD") Continental Microscope (c . 1897)

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb (after 1900)

Bausch & Lomb

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

Bausch & Lomb (1906)

Bausch & Lomb

Spitta (1907; 1920)

London microscope, iris model

Beck

Beck

JRMS 1907 (pp. 730)

London Microscope, Iris model

Beck

Beck

Bézu, Hausser & Co.’s catalogue (1892)

 

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Journal de Micrographie (1885)

Microscope minéralogique grand modéle

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Journal de Micrographie (1885)

Microscope grand modele de Hartnack et Prazmowski

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Journal de Micrographie (1885)

Microscope second modèle de Hartnack et Prazmowski

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser & Co.’s catalogue (1892)

Modèle Nº. VII

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser & Co.’s catalogue (1892)

Modèle Nº. VIIA

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

Bézu, Hausser & Co.’s catalogue (1892)

Grand microscope minéralogique de M. Em. Bertrand

Bézu, Hausser et Cie

S Maw’s catalogue (1913)

The ‘Tropical’ model microscope (Crouch)

Crouch

J. Queen’s catalogue (1870; 1872)

New large model microscope (Hartnack)

Hartnack

Wythe (1877; 1880; 1883)

Small model microscope

Hartnack

Hartnack

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Large microscope model

Harnack

Hartnack

JRMS 1891 (pp. 648)

Advanced Student’s Microscope

Johnson & Son

Johnson & Son

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897; 1903)

Stativo IVa

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1905; 1908)

Stativo IVa

Koristka

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

Stativo modelo grande I

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897)

Stativo modello grande Ia

Koristka

F. Koristka (1903; 1905)

Stativo modello grande Ia

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897; 1903)

Stativo modelo grande Ia a tavolino traslatore

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1905)

Stativo modelo grande Ia a tavolino traslatore

Koristka

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

Stativo modelo grande II

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1903; 1905)

Stativo modello grande IIa

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1908)

Stativo modello grande IIb

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1905)

Stativo modello grande IIb a tubo larghissimo per la microfotografia

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1908; 1912)

Stativo modello grande IIc

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897; 1903)

Stativo modelo grande III

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1903)

Stativo modelo grande IV

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1908; 1912)

Stativo modelo grande IV

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897; 1903)

Stativo modelo grande IVa

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1905)

Stativo modelo grande IVa

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1908; 1912)

Stativo modelo grande IVa

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1905)

Stativo modelo grande IVb

Koristka

JRMS 1898 (pp. 348)

Brugnatelli’s Large-size Mineralogical and Petrological Microscope

Koristka

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897)

Stativo per mineralogia modello A

Koristka

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

Stativo per mineralogia modello A (nuovo modello Brugnatelli)

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897)

Stativo per mineralogia modello B

Koristka

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

Stativo per mineralogia modello C

Koristka

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

Stativo per microfotografia, modello grande Ia

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1905)

Stativo modello grande Ib per microfotografia

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1897; 1903)

Stativo III com tubo speciale per la microfotografia

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1912)

Stativo modello grande IIb

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1914)

Stativo IIMa

Koristka

F Koristka’s catalogue (1914)

Stativo IVMa

Koristka

Van Heurck (1893)

Medium petrological stand

Koristka

Koristka

Van Heurck (1893)

Model No. III

Koristka

Koristka

JRMS 1894 (pp. 616)

Microscope large model I a

Koristka

Koristka

JRMS 1905 (pp. 101)

Large model Microscope, IV. a

Koristka

Koristka

JRMS 1905 (pp. 101)

Large model Microscope, IV. a

Koristka

Koristka

JRMS 1905 (pp. 495)

Large Model Mineralogical Microscope

Koristka

Koristka

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

Koristka (1892)

Koristka

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

Koristka (1896)

Koristka

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

Koristka (c. 1895)

Koristka

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

Koristka (c. 1895)

Koristka

Baird & Tatlock’s catalogue (1914)

Microscope stand IVb (Zeiss)

Leitz

Baird & Tatlock’s catalogue (1914)

Microscope stand IVf (Zeiss)

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1885)

Stativ Ia

Leitz

Francotte (1886)

Microscope

Reichert

Reichert

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Largest model microscope

Reichert

Reichert

JRMS 1885 (pp. 858)

Mineralogical-Geological Microscope

Reichert

Reichert

JRMS 1886 (pp. 307)

Microscope Stand with New Stage and Iris Diaphragm

Reichert

Reichert

JRMS 1889 (pp. 113)

Petrological Microscope

Reichert

Reichert

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

Reichert (c. 1900)

Reichert

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

Ross (1904)

Ross

Down Bros’s catalogue (1906)

Ross No. 2 standard microscope

Ross

Hogg (1898)

New industrial microscope

Ross

Ross

JRMS 1902 (pp. 231)

Microscope

Ross

Ross

JRMS 1902 (pp. 231)

Microscope

Ross

Ross

JRMS 1904 (pp. 236)

Improved No. 2 "Standard" Microscope

Ross

Ross

JRMS 1889 (pp. 328)

New Model Medical School and Educational Microscope

Ross

Ross

P Rousseau’s catalogue (1888)

Microscope achromatique

Rousseau

P Rousseau’s catalogue (1888)

Microscope achromatique

Rousseau

P Rousseau’s catalogue (1888)

Grand microscope mineralogique de Bertrand

Rousseau

SOM’S CATALOGUE (1930)

Monture A Ma

SOM

Henry Heil’s catalogue (1903)

Stand No. 1

Paul Waechter

Waechter

Watson’s catalogue (1912)

Zeiss stand IV

Watson

E Adnet’s catalogue (1910)

Zeiss stativ IV

Zeiss

JRMS 1891 (pp. 516)

Petrological Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1891 (pp. 516)

Petrological Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

P Altmann’s catalogue (1900)

Mikroskop (Zeiss)

Zeiss

P Altmann’s catalogue (1900)

Mikroskop (Zeiss)

Zeiss

Exposition allemande’s catalogue (1900)

Monture Ia (Carl Zeiss)

Zeiss

HN Geissler’s catalogue (1904)

Stativ Ia (Zeiss)

Zeiss

HN Geissler’s catalogue (1904)

Stativ IIa (Zeiss)

Zeiss

HN Geissler’s catalogue (1904)

Stativ IVa (Zeiss)

Zeiss

HN Geissler’s catalogue (1904)

Stativ VIa (Zeiss)

Zeiss

Charles Baker’s catalogue (1911)

Medium size, stand IV (made by Carl Zeiss)

Zeiss

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1898)

Stand Ia (Zeiss)

Zeiss

Illustrated annual of microscopy (1898)

Stand VIa (Zeiss)

Zeiss

JRMS 1895 (pp. 100)

Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1895 (pp. 224)

Microscope stand VIa

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1895 (pp. 681)

Microscope stand IVa

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1895 (pp. 688)

Photomicrographic Stand

Zeiss

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Stand I

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1889; 1891)

Stand I

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Stand Ia

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1889; 1891)

Stand Ia

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1899)

Stand I

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1899)

Stand Ia

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1899)

Stand for photomicrography

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1898)

Stand Ia

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1898)

Stand Ia

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1889; 1891)

Stand for photo-micrography

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1898)

Photo-micrographic stand

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1889; 1899; 1891)

Stand IIa

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1898; 1902)

Stand IIa

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Stand IV

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1889; 1891; 1899)

Stand IVa

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1898; 1902)

Stand IVa

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1906)

Stand IVa

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1906; 1913)

Stand IV C

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1898; 1902)

Stand VIa

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1902)

Stand VIb with polarizing apparatus

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1913)

Stand VI

Zeiss

W Carpenter (1891)

Zeiss microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

W Carpenter (1901)

Zeiss photomicrographic model (1895)

Zeiss

Zeiss

W Carpenter (1901)

Zeiss’s large and complete stand (1895)

Zeiss

Zeiss

W Carpenter (1901)

Zeiss’s stand VIa (1898)

Zeiss

Zeiss

Francotte (1886)

Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

Gage (1904; 1908; 1911)

Continental microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

Gage (1896; 1899; 1901)

Microscope Ia

Zeiss

Zeiss

Hanausek (1907)

Stand IV C

Zeiss

Zeiss

Hogg (1898)

Medium small stand

Zeiss

Zeiss

Spitta (1907)

Stand III

Zeiss

Zeiss

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Stand for photomicrography

Zeiss

Zeiss

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Stand Ia

Zeiss

Zeiss

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Stand IIa

Zeiss

Zeiss

Van Heurck (1891; 1893)

Stand IVa

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1883 (pp. 900)

Mineralogical Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1884 (pp. 438)

Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1888 (pp. 637)

Babuchin's Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1888 (pp. 637)

Microscope IIa

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1889 (pp. 278)

Microscope

Zeiss

Zeiss

JRMS 1902 (pp. 610)

Small Model Polarising Microscope stand VIb

Zeiss

Zeiss

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

Zeiss Continental Monocular Microscope, c1892

Zeiss

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

Zeiss (1891)

Zeiss

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

Zeiss (1907)

Zeiss

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

Zeiss (c. 1878)

Zeiss

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

Zeiss (1891)

Zeiss

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

Zeiss (c. 1892)

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1891; 1902)

Large mineralogical stand

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1891)

Medium mineralogical stand

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1898)

Mineralogical stand

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1885)

Mineralogical stand No. 19

Zeiss

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

Apochromatic outfit, 1888

Zeiss

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

Photomicrographic stand, c. 1895

Zeiss

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Continental microscope DD

Bausch & Lomb

Carl Zeiss (1913)

Stativ IV C

Zeiss

Hermann Katsch (1906)

Stativ IV

Zeiss

James Queen (1870)

New large model microscope

Hartnack

Krauss (1906)

Microscope pour etudes bacteriologiques, combinaison dite Pasteur-Koch, stand DDS III

 

S Maw & Sons (1905)

Army, medical and tropical service microscope, pattern D

Henry Crouch

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. I, model 1883

Reichert

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

No. VII A, model 1883

Hartnack

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Nº. VII, model 1883

Hartnack

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ I

Klonne & Muller

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ I, model 1883

Zeiss

Bachmann (1883) Unsere Modernen Mikroskope

Stativ IV, modell 1883

Zeiss

Eugene Trutat (1883) Traite elementaire du microscope

Microscope achromatique, nouveau grand modele

Prazmowski

Eugene Trutat (1883) Traite elementaire du microscope

Microscope achromatique, petit modele

Prazmowski

Eugene Trutat (1883) Traite elementaire du microscope

Microscope goniometrique pour recherches mineralogiques

Verick

Eugene Trutat (1883) Traite elementaire du microscope

Verick

Verick

Franz Hugershoff’s catalogue (1911)

Stativ VIa

Zeiss

George Davis (1889) Practical Microscopy

Best stand

Zeiss

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

Grand modele

Hartnack & Prazmowski

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

Grand modele Nº. Ib

Zeiss

Wilhelm Kaiser (1906) Die Technik des modernen mikroskopes

P. Waechter

P. Waechter