Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

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Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Mechanical finger holder

 

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Live box, micrometer

 

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Filter holder

 

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Hemispherical illuminator

 

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Hemispherical illuminator

 

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Microspectroscope (A Hilger)

 

A close-up of a metal cylinder

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Sorby’s binocular spectroscope, 1870 - 1880

Beck

A close-up of a mechanical device

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Sorby microspectroscope, 1870 - 1885

Beck

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Sorby Browning microspectroscope, 1870 - 1890

Browning

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Microspectroscope, 1870 - 1900

Browning

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Diffraction spectroscope, 1870 - 1900

Beck

A close-up of a telescope

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Sorby Browning microspectroscope, 1888

Browning

A close-up of a telescope

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Abbe type microspectroscope, 1890 - 1910

Zeiss

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Diffraction spectroscope, 1900 - 1940

Beck

JRMS 1896 (pp. 263)

Holder for Slides and Cover-Glasses

Abel

JRMS 1886 (pp. 126)

Frencli Dissecting Microscope

Anonymous

JRMS 1908 (pp. 240)

Foucault's Heliostat

Anonymous

JRMS 1908 (pp. 241)

Wollaston's Goniometer

Anonymous

JRMS 1908 (pp. 241)

Wollaston's Goniometer

Anonymous

JRMS 1908 (pp. 245)

Compass reading

Anonymous

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Mechanical finger (Bailey)

Bailey

JRMS 1892 (pp. 424)

Portable Heliostat for Photomicrographic Work

Baker

JRMS 1881 (pp. 673)

Warm stage

Bartley

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1877)

Cover glass cutting instrument

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1882 (pp. 258)

Trichinoscope

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1885 (pp. 713)

Universal Accessory

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1887 (pp. 648)

Condenser

Bausch & Lomb

Spencer’s catalogue (1924)

Bull’s eye condenser No. 100

Spencer

JRMS 1889 (pp. 126)

Adjustable Hemispherical Illuminator

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1909 (pp. 242)

Compound Erecting Body

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1881 (pp. 943)

Glass Friction-stage

Beck

JRMS 1885 (pp. 121)

Sorby's Dichroiscope

Beck

JRMS 1885 (pp. 521)

Insect cage

Beck

         

JRMS 1885 (pp. 522)

Illuminator, Diaphragms

Beck

JRMS 1906 (pp. 99)

Large Bull's-Eye Condensing Lens and iris diaphram

Beck

JRMS 1907 (pp. 360)

Beck-Thorp Diffraction Spectroscopes

Beck

JRMS 1895 (pp. 236)

Drawing Desk

Bernhard

JRMS 1883 (pp. 112)

Air-pump Microscope

Boecker

JRMS 1880 (pp. 148)

Live Trough

Botterill

JRMS 1882 (pp. 413)

Heliostat

Browning

JRMS 1887 (pp. 309)

Hot plate

Burdon-Sanderson

JRMS 1887 (pp. 303)

Hot plate

Chevalier

JRMS 1879 (pp. 469)

Electrical Mounting Table

F. M. Rogers

JRMS 1889 (pp 277)

Rotating Object-holder

Falter

JRMS 1884 (pp. 796)

Microscope Callipers

Geneva co.

JRMS 1879 (pp. 775)

Universal Apertometer

Hamilton Smith

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Stephenson oblique illuminator (Handerson & Sons)

Handerson & Sons

JRMS 1882 (pp. 402)

Drawing Apparatus

Hartnack

JRMS 1889 (pp. 223)

Embryograph

Hartnack

JRMS 1887 (pp. 294)

Rotating Stage and Circular Slides for large Series of Sections

Haswell

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Illuminator, Reade prism (Higley)

Higley)

JRMS 1881 (pp. 674)

Frog plate

Hume

JRMS 1881 (pp. 524)

Illuminator or Oblique Immersion Condenser

Hyde

JRMS 1884 (pp. 116)

New Drawing Apparatus for Low Powers

Jung

JRMS 1903 (pp. 350)

Large Reflecting Mirror

Koristka

JRMS 1909 (pp. 398)

Illuminator for Opaque Objects

Koristka

JRMS 1911 (pp. 101)

Electric Heating Apparatus for Microscopical Observations

Leits

Baird & Tatlock’s catalogue (1914)

Neisser’s marking and counting apparatus for bacterial colonies (Leitz)

Leitz

JRMS 1908 (pp. 639)

Engel's Cross-stage with Automatic Adjustment

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1906; 1907)

Grande monture pour loupe a preparer d’Edinger

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1931)

Stand for light filters

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1931)

Stand with removable glass cell

Leitz

JRMS 1901 (pp. 718)

Combined Slide and Cover-glass Forceps

LN Boston

JRMS 1890 (pp. 101)

Small Glass Rod Illuminator

Maddox

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Monnier’s mounting apparatus

Monnier

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Variable light filter (RW Munro Ltd)

Munro

JRMS 1884 (pp. 961)

Diatomescope

Osborne

JRMS 1885 (pp. 702)

Microgoniometer

Pfaff

JRMS 1904 (pp. 577)

Notched Fine Adjustment for Optical Instruments

Pfeiffer

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Live boxes (Powell & Lealand)

Powell & Lealand

A close up of a metal object

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Livebox, 1850 - 1890

 

JRMS 1879 (pp. 44)

Heliostat

Prazmowski

Turner (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection)

Live box, micrometer (Pritchard)

Pritchard

JRMS 1887 (pp. 310)

Hot plate

Ranvier

JRMS 1911 (pp. 409)

Breath Screen

Reichert

JRMS 1913 (pp. 625)

New Comparison Eye-piece

Reichert

JRMS 1879 (pp. 951)

Mechanical finger

Rezner

JRMS 1897 (pp. 337)

Slide and Cover-Glass Holders

Robertson

JRMS 1886 (pp. 685)

Schroder's Differential-screw Fine Adjustment

Ross

JRMS 1893 (pp. 250)

Microscope-Shade

Schiefferdecker

JRMS 1882 (pp. 411)

Hot-water Stage

Schklarewski

JRMS 1885 (pp. 523)

Immersion Illuminator

Stephenson

JRMS 1907 (pp. 222)

Herbert Smith Refractometer

Steward

JRMS 1887 (pp. 306)

Hot plate

Stricker

J Swift & Son’s catalogue (1906)

Draper’s improved dichroiscope

Swift

JRMS 1884 (pp. 960)

Goniometer Stage

Swift

JRMS 1907 (pp. 100)

Stereoscopic Photo-micrographic Attachment for Monocular Microscopes

Swift

JRMS 1907 (pp. 220)

Draper’s improved dichroscope

Swift

JRMS 1902 (pp. 718)

Counting- Apparatus for Plate Cultures

Thiele

JRMS 1880 (pp. 887)

Improved Traverse-lens, Illuminating and Aperture-measuring Apparatus

Tolles

JRMS 1886 (pp. 521)

Malassez's Haemochromometer

Verick

JRMS 1885 (pp. 326)

Iris Illuminator

Ward

JRMS 1882 (pp. 106)

Sliding-box Nose-piece

Watson

JRMS 1904 (pp. 252)

Scop Bullseye Stand Condenser

Watson

JRMS 1904 (pp. 253)

Scop Bullseye with Mechanical Adjustments

Watson

JRMS 1904 (pp. 461)

Objective Changer

Watson

JRMS 1908 (pp. 94)

Vertical Illuminator

Watson

JRMS 1909 (pp. 396)

Porro-prism Erector for Dissecting Microscopes

Watson

Watson (c1930)

Precision mounting

Watson

JRMS 1879 (pp. 781)

Apertometer

Woodward

JRMS 1904 (pp. 107)

Leach's Oxy-hydrogen Lantern Microscope

Woolley

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1937)

Epi-stand AA

Zeiss

Carl Zeiss’s catalogue (1937)

Projection attachment

Zeiss

JRMS 1888 (pp. 111)

Iris Diaphragm

Zeiss

JRMS 1892 (pp. 878)

Comparator

Zeiss

JRMS 1902 (pp. 485)

Preparation Stand and Drawing Apparatus for Weak Magnifications

Zeiss

Olympus’s catalogue (41.4.5M S))

Transformer TC-6V, 5A

Olympus

Olympus’s catalogue (41.4.5M S))

Transformer TC-6V, 5A

Olympus

Olympus’s catalogue (41.4.5M S))

Transformer TD

Olympus

American Optical’s catalogue (1950s)

Polarising attachment for stereoscopic microscope

American Optical

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Dissecting instrument set

Beck

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Fused microscope cells

Beck

Beck’s catalogue (1962)

Stage forceps

Beck

Beck’s catalogue (1962)

Heated stage

Beck

Brown, O (1986) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Catalogue 7 – Microscopes

Candle holder, 19th century

 

Brown, O (1986) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Catalogue 7 – Microscopes

Candle holder, 19th century

 

Watson’s catalogue (1912; 1921)

Bullseye

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1912)

Bullseye

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1918; 1921; 1924)

Scop bullseye

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1906)

Scop bullseye stand condenser

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1906)

Scop bullseye with mechanical adjustments

Watson

Watson (c1930)

Scop condenser

Watson

Watson (c1930)

Scop condenser

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1924)

Scop with mechanical ajustments

Watson

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Microscopist’s fan, 1860 - 1900

 

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Microscopist’s fan, 1860 - 1900

 

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Light-shade, 1860 - 1900

Pillischer

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Mechanical finger, c. 1870

Zentmayer

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Botterill trough, 1880 - 1900

Thomson & Capper

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Botterill trough, 1900 - 1920

 

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Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Prism rotator, c. 1900

Zeiss

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Apertometer, 1875 - 1885

Beck

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Vacuum chamber microscope, 1875 - 1900

 

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Vacuum chamber microscope, 1875 - 1900

 

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

HIS embryograph, c. 1885

Hartnack

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Fleischl’s haemometer, 1885 - 1895

Reichert