Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

     

       

 

 

 

B. Pike (New York, 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

B. Pike (c1890)

Improved self-centering turntable

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856; c1890)

Solar microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Culpepper microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Achromatic microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Stanhope lens

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Double lens hand microscope, or doublet

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Flower microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Insect microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Linen and cloth prover

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Linen and cloth prover

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Slide head linen prover

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Foldin linen prover

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Compound microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Large improved compound microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Universal single pocket microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Improved compound and single pocket microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Gould’s improved pocket compound microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Single or compound microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Improved achromatic microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1848; 1856)

Solar microscope for opaque and transparent objects

B. Pike’s catalogue (1856)

Ross compound achromatic microscope No. 2

B. Pike’s catalogue (1856)

Ross compound microscope No. 1

B. Pike’s catalogue (1856)

Compound microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (1856)

Nachet’s achromatic microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Microscope on three legs

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Coddington lens

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Coddington lens

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Coddington lens

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Microscope, with glass cage for seeds and live insects

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Linen prover

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Beginner’s microscope (six inches in high)

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Excelsior pocket and dissecting microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

First class library binocular microscope stand

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Physician’s binocular microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Physician’s microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Large first class binocular microscope stand

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Grand international binocular microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Popular binocular microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Professional microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Educational microscope

B. Pike’s catalogue (c1890)

Model dissecting microscope