Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

The Ultra Lens from ‘The Ultra Lens Company’ (mid-20th century)

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This instrument was patented in the mid-1930s in England and many other countries and appeared in many magazine adverts until the 1950s (Figure 1). The instrument came with the original instructions and box.

 

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Figure 1. Advert from ‘The Ultra Lens Company’ published in 1944 in the magazine ‘Practical Mechanics’.

 

 

LAST EDITED: 25.07.2021