Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

  

 

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BAIRD & Tatlock Ltd (London, England)

 

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Baird & Tatlock (1912)

Physical apparatus

Baird & Tatlock (1914)

Chemical and bacteriological apparatus

Baird and Tatlock (London) (1910s)

Catalogue 7th edition, section XXIV, Bacteriology and protozoology

Baird and Tatlock (London) (1910s)

Catalogue section I, Laboratory fittings

 

 

 

 

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Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Introduction to standard catalogue (16th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section I - Laboratory fittings (16th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section II - General equipment (16th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section III - General chemical apparatus (16th edition)

 

 

 

 

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Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section IV - Temperature and humidity measurements (3rd edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section IX - Organic chemistry, cotton dyeing, explosives, brewing, sugar, drugs (3rd edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section V - Pyrometers (6th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section VI - Physical chemistry (2nd edition)

 

 

 

 

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Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section VII – Refractometers, spectroscopes and polariscopes (4th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section VIII – Assay, metallurgy, iron, steel and cement (4th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section X - Gas analysis (4th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section XI – Leather, paint and varnish, paper, rubber, textiles (3rd edition)

 

 

 

 

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Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section XII – Oil and tar testing (10th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section XIII – Coal and coke testing (4th edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section XV - Meteorological apparatus (2nd edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section XXX - Technical books

 

 

 

 

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Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section XXXI - Pure chemicals (22nd edition)

Baird & Tatlock (1938)

Section XXXII - Index to sections I to XV

 

 

 

 

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Charles Baker (1858)

Achromatic microscopes

*Charles Baker (1911)

Microscopes and accessories

Charles Baker (1920s)

Microscopes and accessories (excerpt)

Charles Baker (1930)

B.L.M. Microscopes

 

 

 

 

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Charles Baker (1935)

Microscopes (excerpt)

Charles Baker (1938)***

Second hand scientific instruments

Charles Baker (1955)

 Interference microscope

Charles Baker (1960s)

 Second-hand scientific instruments

 

 

 

V Balbreck (Paris, France)

 

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V Balbreck (1913)***

iIstruments de precision

 

 

 

A Barbier (Paris, France)

 

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A Barbier (1930)

Instruments de chirurgie

 

 

 

Bardou & Son (Paris, France)

 

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Bardou & Son (1911)

Telescopes

 

 

 

Par A Baserga (Paris, France)

 

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Par A Baserga (1866)

Instruments de precision

 

 

 

Bassett & Gowin (Saltdean, England)

 

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Bassett and Gowin (1960s)

Telescopes and accessories

 

 

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*Bausch & Lomb (1877)

Microscopes

Bausch & Lomb (1892)

Microscopes and accessories

Bausch and Lomb (1894)

Photographic lenses

Bausch and Lomb (1898)

Photographic objectives and accessories

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1899)

Microscopes and accessories (Catalogue A)

Bausch and Lomb (1899)

 Chemical apparatus

 

Bausch and Lomb (1900)

Laboratory apparatus

Bausch and Lomb (1900)

Microscope and accessories

 

 

 

 

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Bausch and Lomb (1904)

Apparatus for chemical and biological laboratories

Bausch & Lomb (1911)

Microscopes and accessories

Bausch & Lomb (1917)

 Projection apparatus

Bausch and Lomb (1924)

Balopticons

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1927)

Balopticons and accessories

Bausch & Lomb (1930)

Photomicrographic equipment and accessories

Bausch & Lomb (1930)

To explore the unknown, research microscope DDE

Bausch & Lomb (1930s)

Abbe refractometer

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1933)

Simplify-speed up your work with scopometry

Bausch & Lomb (1934)

New Fitz micromanipulator

Bausch & Lomb (1934)

Photomicrographic equipment and accessories

Bausch & Lomb (1935)

Electroplaters microscope

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1935)

Instruments in glass control

Bausch & Lomb (1935)

To measure the opacity of paper

Bausch & Lomb (1935)

Shop microscope for surface inspection

Bausch & Lomb (1935)

Type H laboratory microscopes

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1936)

Binocular microscopes Greenough type

Bausch & Lomb (1936)

Gem microscope advert

Bausch & Lomb (1940)

Medical microscopes

Bausch & Lomb (1941)

B Micro Projector, directions for use

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1942)

Poser slit lamp, reference manual

Bausch & Lomb (1945)

Stereoscopic wide field microscopes

Bausch & Lomb (1946)

Type K photomicrographic camera, reference manual

Bausch & Lomb (1948)

Type FL student microscope, directions for use

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1950)

Spherical illuminator, directions for use

Bausch & Lomb (1950)

Type FL student microscope, reference manual

Bausch & Lomb (1951)

Chemical microscope model MA, reference manual

Bausch & Lomb (1950s)

Balphot metallograph, reference manual

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1950s)

Dynazoom laboratory microscopes, reference manual

Bausch & Lomb (1950s)

Stereo camera for 3D photography

Bausch & Lomb (1950s)

New comparison eyepiece

Bausch and Lomb (1950s)

 Stereozoom overhaul manual

 

 

 

 

 

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Bausch and Lomb (1955)

Photogrammetric Equipment

Bausch & Lomb (1956)

Opti-Lume microscope illuminator, reference manual

Bausch & Lomb (1958)

Microscope accessories

Bausch & Lomb (1958)

Microscope illuminators

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1959)

Dynoptic laboratory microscopes

Bausch & Lomb (1960)

Nicholas illuminator, instructions

Bausch & Lomb (1960)

Reflex attachment with polaroid land camera back, reference manual

Bausch & Lomb (1960s)

Dynazom bench metallograph, instructions

 

 

 

 

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Bausch and Lomb (1960s)

Stereozoom Instruction Manual

Bausch & Lomb (1960s)

Stereozoom microscopes

Bausch & Lomb (1960s)

Integrated camera system II, instructions

Bausch & Lomb (1960s)

Nicholas illuminator, instruction manual

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1960s)

Nicholas illuminator

Bausch & Lomb (1962)

Stereozoom microscopes, reference manual

Bausch & Lomb (1964)

Science microscopes manual

Bausch & Lomb (1965)

Abbe 3L refractometer, instructions

 

 

 

 

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Bausch & Lomb (1967)

Standard teaching microscopes, monocular ST vertical IST inclined series, instructions

Bausch & Lomb (1968)

Laboratory microscopes, featuring the Dynazoom optical system

Bausch & Lomb (1970s)

Balplan microscope, instruction manual

Bausch & Lomb (1976)

Balplan microscope

 

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BBT Krauss (1954)

 Grand microscope universel U

 

 

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Smith Beck and Beck (1865)

A treatise on the construction, proper use, and capabilities of the achromatic microscopes

R & J Beck (1878)

Microscope and other scientific instruments

R&J Beck (1882)

Microscopes, microscopic apparatus and other optical instruments

*R&J Beck (1885)

Microscopes and apparatus specially adapted for physiological and pathological research

 

 

 

 

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R&J Beck (1888)

Microscopes and accessories

R&J Beck (1894)

Microscopes, object glasses and apparatus

*R&J Beck (1910s)

Microscopes Star, British students, London, Pathological, Imperial, Object glasses, Eyepieces, Condensers

R&J Beck (1910s)

Metallurgical microscopes

 

 

 

 

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R&J Beck (1920s)

Scientific instruments

R&J Beck (1924)

Microscopes and apparatus

R&J Beck (1920s-1930s)

Microscopes

R&J Beck (1930)

Microscopes

 

 

 

 

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R&J Beck (1939)

Microscopes (excerpt)

R & J Beck (1950s)

 Phase Contrast

R&J Beck (1951)

Microscopes

R & J Beck (1955)

 Microscopes

 

 

 

 

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R & J Beck (1956)

 Microscope Model 50

R&J Beck (1961)

Spectroscopes

R&J Beck (1962)

Photomicrographic and projection apparatus, section F

R&J Beck (1962)

Stereoscopic microscopes, section J

 

 

 

 

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R&J Beck (1962)

Microscope accessories and illuminants, section E

R&J Beck (1962)

Biological microscopes, section A

R&J Beck (1962)

Diamax

R&J Beck (1962)

Measuring microscopes and accessories, section D

 

 

 

 

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R&J Beck (1962)

Metallurgical microscopes and accessories, section B

R&J Beck (1963)

Price list

R&J Beck (1963)

Magnifiers and microbiological accessories, section G

 

 

 

 

Beck Kassel CBS (Kassel, Germany)

 

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Beck Kassel CBS (1960s)

 Beck mikroskope

 

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FE Becker (1924)***

Chemical apparatus

 

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HL Becker Fils (1909)

Balances and Weights for Essay

 

 

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JH Becker (1965)

Scales

 

 

Becker Sons (Brummen, The Netherlands)

 

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Becker Sons (1913)

Balances et Poids de Precision

Becker Sons (1919)

Fabrieken en Hoofdkantoor

Becker Sons (1929) Balances

Becker Sons (1950s)

Scales

 

 

 

 

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Becker Sons (1951)

Scales

 

 

 

 

 

 

BENDER & Hobein (Munich, Germany)

 

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Bender & Hobein (1894)

Microscopie

 

 

 

H Bernadot (Paris, France)

 

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H Bernadot (1913)***

Instruments de precision

 

 

 

Macalastar Bicknell (USA)

 

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MaCalastar Bicknell (1955)

Microscopes

 

 

Gebruder Bing (Germany)

 

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Gebruder Bing (1902)

 Instructive mechanical optical and electrical toys

 

 

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Bland & Long (1854)

 Philosophical apparatus

 

 

Boericke & Tafel (Philadelphia, USA)

 

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Boericke and Tafel (1880)

Surgical instruments

 

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Boston Optical Works (1870)

Microscopes and telescopes

Boston Optical Works (1883)

 Microscopes

 

 

 

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N Boubee (1938)

Instruments pour les sciences naturelles et la dissection

 

 

 

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Boucart (c. 1890)

Instruments de precision

 

 

 

G Boulitte