Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Microscope 603 (Olympus; CK2 inverted microscope; 1980s)

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Olympus was founded in Japan, in 1919, by Takeshi Yamashita and Shintaro Terada. The name of the company at that time was Takachiho Seisakusho. The trademark Olympus was registered in 1921. In 1942, the company was renamed Takachiho Optical Co. Ltd. After the World War II, in 1949, the company became Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. In 2003, they were again renamed to Olympus Corporation. Microscope 603 is an Olympus inverted microscope, model CK2. The stand has the serial number J12603 059. This instrument should be dated to the 1980s (Figure 1).

 

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Figure 1. Olympus’s CK2 inverted microscopes as featured in a 1985 brochure of the firm.

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