Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

This page allows the search of information by microscope number. Please click on the photos to access more images and information about each instrument and their maker.

     

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301 (Unassigned maker; double pillar compound microscope; c. 1900)

302 (J Casartelli & Son; cloth counting glass; c. 1910)

303 (unassigned maker; late 19th century to early 20th century)

304 (R & J Beck; student’s microscope; c. 1873)

305 (Carl Reichert; c. 1905)

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306 (W & H Seibert, student microscope, 1910s)

307 (unknown maker; early 19th century)

308 (unknown maker; 1930s)

309 (unknown maker; Stanhope magnifier; late 19th century to early 20th century)

310A (unknown maker; unassigned maker; folding linen tester; mid to late 20th century)

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310B (unknown maker; unassigned maker; folding linen tester; mid to late 20th century)

310C (unknown maker; unassigned maker; folding linen tester; mid to late 20th century)

311 (Gowllands; folding linen tester; mid-20th century)

312 (unknown maker; simple inclinable microscope; c. 1890)

313 (Carl Zeiss; microscope invertoscope D; 1980s)

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314 (Hartnack & Prazmowski; microscope stand III; c. 1880)

315 (unassigned maker; Coddington magnifier; late 19th century to early 20th century)

316 (Carl Zeiss; inverted microscope; 1960s)

317 (W. Watson & Sons; Wand’s microscope; c. 1932)

318 (unassigned maker; simple inclinable compound microscope; late 19th century)

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319 (Ernst Leitz; simple dissecting microscope; early 20th century)

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

321 (L Casella; Garden or seed microscope; c. 1870)

322 (unassigned maker; aquatic or botanical microscope; early 19th century)

323 (assigned to Deyrolle; simple compound microscope; c. 1900)

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324 (W. Watson & Son; Praxis microscope; c. 1916)

325 (assigned to J Parkes & Son; child’s portable compound microscope; c. 1870)

326 (unassigned maker; compound linen proving microscope; early 20th century)

327 (Optical Instrument Services, inverted microscope; 1990s)

328 (R & J Beck; ‘London’ handle model; c. 1913)

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329 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; mid 19th century)

330 (R & J Beck; Economic microscope; c. 1878)

331 (unknown maker; inclinable simple compound microscope; c.1890)

332 (W. Watson & Sons; polarising microscope; 1910s)

333 (R & J Beck; Cornex dissecting microscope; 1950s)

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334 (unassigned maker; botanical microscope; first half of the 19th century)

335 (Baird & Tatlock; scaleometer; 1950s)

336 (unassigned maker; portable microscope; 1960s)

337 (PA Permuta Plastics Ltd; pocket folding microscope; 1950s)

338 (W Watson & Sons; Universal dissecting microscope; c. 1930)

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339 (unknown maker; student microscope, second half 19th century)

340 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)*

341 (unassigned maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)*

342 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)*

343 ((assigned to Charles Baker; improved nature microscope; second quarter of the 20th century)*

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344 (Carton Optical Co; toy stereo microscope; 1970s – 1980s)*

345 (C & D; The Field microscope; 1950s)*

346 (Britex; Minor microscope; mid-20th century)*

347 (unknown maker; Octopus microscope; 1960s)*

348 (WRP; simple microscope; 1960s)*

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349 (Lumex; toy microscope; 1960s)*

350 (Charles Baker; hardness tester microscope; mid-20th century)*

351 (Ernst Leitz; stereo binocular head; 1940s - 1950s)*

352 (W Watson & Sons; KIMA microscope; c. 1932)*

353 (unassigned maker; microscope model XSC-04; 1960s)*

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354 (W. Watson & Sons; low-power binocular dissecting microscope; c. 1932)*

355 (Carl Reichert; stereoscopic microscope MAK; 1950s)*

356 (UKO B & L; handheld stereoscopic microscope; mid-20th century)*

357 (Meiji Labax Co. Ltd.; stereo head EMT series; 1990s)*

358 (American Optical; Stereo Star Zoom head; 1960s – 1980s)*

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359 (Kyowa; Stereo body head, model SDZ; 1970s - 1980s)*

360 (Phillip Harris; small stereoscopic microscope; 1990s)*

361 (Nikon; microscope series S; 1970s)*

362 (Nikon; microscope model L-Ke; 1970s)*

363 (R & J Beck; Binomax binocular head; 1930s)*

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364 (Theodore Hamblin; stereo binocular head; mid-20th century)*

365 (CTS; stereo binocular head; mid-20th century)*

366 (unknown maker; stereo binocular head; 1960s – 1980s)*

367 (CTS; stereo microscope; 1960s)*

368 (W Watson & Sons; low-power stereo dissecting microscope; c. 1937)*

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369 (Bausch & Lomb; StereoZoom 4 microscope; 1960s)*

370 (Charles Perry; stereo microscope, model Prefect; 1960s)*

371 (KOMZ; stereo microscope; 1980s)*

372 (Carl Zeiss; stereo microscope SM XX; 1970s)*

373 (R & J Beck; Stereoscopic microscope Binomax; 1930s)*

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374 (R & J Beck; Stereoscopic microscope Greenough; 1940s – 1960s)*

375 (Bausch & Lomb; Stereoscopic Greenough microscope; 1930s)*

376 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope; 1950s)*

377 (American Optical; stereoscopic shop microscope; c. 1948)*

378 (Spencer; stereoscopic microscope; c. 1920)*

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379 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope; 1950s)*

380 (Negretti & Zambra; binocroscope; early 20th century)*

381 (Ernst Leitz; stereo binocular head; mid-20th century)*

382 (assigned to Robert Field; Teasdale's Field Naturalist's Microscope; c. 1880)*

383 (W Watson & Sons; Service microscope; c. 1934)*

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384 (W Watson & Sons; Service microscope; c. 1947)*

385 (Negretti & Zambra; binocroscope; early 20th century)*

386 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope, model S.B.F.; 1950s)*

387 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope; 1940s)*

388 (Charles Perry; Stereoscopic microscope; 1960s)*

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389 (Charles Perry; Stereoscopic microscope, model Classic Nº. 2; 1920s)*

390 (Charles Baker; Greenough binocular microscope; 1950s)*

391 (Watson Barnet; stereoscopic microscope; c. 1959)*

392 (Vickers; Patholette microscope; 1960s)*

393 (Charles Baker; metallurgical microscope; 1950s)*

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394 (Meopta; stereoscopic microscope; early 1950s)*

395 (R & J Beck; stereo microscope; 1940s)*

396 (Bausch & Lomb; stereo microscope, model SSM15; 1960s)*

397 (Vision Engineering Ltd; 4/200 stereo microscope; 1960s)*

398 (Wild Heerbrugg; microscope M20; 1960s)*

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399 (R & J Beck; microscope model 47L; 1950s – 1960s)*

400 (Ernst Leitz; stereo binocular microscope; 1930s)*

 

 

 

 

 

* Instrument kindly donated by Dave Levell (Pembrokeshire, Wales) in May 2023