Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

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

 

Microscope 320 was probably made in England in the late 19th century. The maker is unknown, but the instrument looks identical to a binocular microscope engraved in a catalogue of the firm Townson & Mercer from 1894 (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Binocular microscope as engraved in an 1894 catalogue of the firm Townson & Mercer.