Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

     

       

 

 

 

Boston Optical Works (Boston, USA)

Listed below are most microscopes, mechanical stages, lamps and/or other items pictured in the catalogues of this maker or retailer (for which I have a copy), including the information about the year each image appeared and a brief description.

 

Image

Catalogue’s publication year

Observations from the catalogue

Boston Optical Works (1870)

Student microscope

Boston Optical Works’s catalogue (1883)

Tolles’s student’s microscope (15 inches high)

Boston Optical Works’s catalogue (1883)

Tolles’s large microscope (18 inches high)

Boston Optical Works’s catalogue (1883)

Tolles’ new mechanical stage No. 1