Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Turntables

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Maker (or retailer)

Townson & Mercer’s catalogue (1924)

Turntable

 

Frey (1880)

English turntable with Frey’s improvement

 

King (1859)

Turntable

 

Wythe (1877; 1880; 1883)

Shadboltp’s turntable

 

JRMS 1881 (pp. 851)

"Concentric" Turn-table

Aylward

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

Turntable (Aylward)

Aylward

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

Turntables (Aylward)

Aylward

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Cell making instrument (Shadbolt’s)

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1920s – 1930s; 1930)

Turntable

Beck

FE Becker’s catalogue (1924)

Turntable

Becker

Arthur Chevalier’s catalogue (1885)

Tournette

Chevalier

Charles Chevalier’s catalogue (1859)

Turntable

Chevalier

A. Clarkson & Co’s catalogue (1920)

Turntable

Clarkson

JRMS 1883 (pp. 308)

Turntable.

Creese

JRMS 1887 8pp. 854)

Eternod's Turntable

Eternod

Leitz’s catalogue (1899; 1901; 1903)

Turntable N0. 143

Leitz

C. Reichert’s catalogue (1908; 1919s)

Tournette

Reichert

Reynolds & Branson’s catalogue (1887)

Turntable (Shadbolt’s)

Reynolds & Branson

W Carpenter (1856; 1857; 1868; 1875; 1883; 1891)

Shadbolt’s turntable

Shabbolt

R. Beck (1865)

Cell machine (turntable)

Smith, Beck & Beck

Smith, Beck & Beck’s catalogue (1865)

Cell-machine (turntable)

Smith, Beck & Beck

Townson & Mercer’s catalogue (1894)

Turntable, 2578

Townson & Mercer

JRMS 1906 (pp. 737)

"Facile" Turntable with Ballbearing

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1896)

Turntable

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1906)

Turntable

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1912; 1918; 1921)

Turntable, ordinary pattern

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1912; 1921)

Facile ball-bearing turntable

Watson

Watson’s catalogue (1924; c1930)

Facile ball-bearing turntable

Watson

FE Becker’s catalogue (1924)

Improved ball-bearing turntable

Becker

Watson’s catalogue (1924)

Turntable, ordinary pattern

Watson

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

Slide ringing turntable, 1860 - 1900

 

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

Slide ringing turntable, 1860 - 1900

 

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

Slide ringing turntable, 1870 - 1900

 

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

Ringing turntable, 1870 - 1900

 

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

Slide ringing turntable, 1870 - 1900

 

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

Slide ringing turntable, 1880 - 1900

 

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

Slide ringing turntable, 1880 - 1900

Aylward

W McAllister’s catalogue (1867)

Shadbolt’s turntable

McAllister

J Swift & Son’s catalogue (1892)

Dunning’s turntable

Swift

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

Slide ringing turntable, 1960 - 1970

Beck

Beck’s catalogue (1963)

Turntable

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1951)

Turntable

Beck

Clark (1900)

Turntable

 

James (1887)

Turntable

 

Phin (1877; 1881; 1882; 1890)

Cox turntable

 

Phin (1877; 1881; 1882; 1890)

Turntable

 

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

Turntable, Cox

 

AS Aloe’s catalogue (1893)

Griffith’s self-centering turntable

Aloe

AS Aloe’s catalogue (1893)

Turntable, national centering

Aloe

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1877)

The standard self-centering turn table

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1892)

Turntable, ‘National’, centering

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1899)

Turntable, self-centering

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb’s catalogue (1911)

Turntable

Bausch & Lomb

JRMS 1882 (pp. 284)

Turntable

Bausch & Lomb

Standard Scientific’s catalogue (1921)

Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

Will Corporation’s catalogue (1920)

Turntable (Bausch & Lomb)

Bausch & Lomb

Gage (1908; 1911)

Turntable

Bausch and Lomb

Guyer (1906; 1917)

Turntable

Bausch and Lomb

James (1887)

Griffith’s turntable

Bausch and Lomb

Hogg (1883; 1886; 1890)

Walmsley’s cell making instrument; turntable

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Turntable, Beck’s ‘New Spring’

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1882)

Turntable, with Walmsley’s centering adjustment

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Cell making instrument

Beck

R & J Beck’s catalogue (1894)

Cell making instrument (Walmsley’s)

Beck

Central Scientific’s catalogue (1918; 1919)

Turntable

Central Scientific

JRMS 1886 (pp. 1100)

Turntable

Griffith

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

Turntable (Griffith)

Griffith

Gage (1896; 1899; 1901; 1904)

Turntable

James Queen

B. Kahn & Son (c. 1890)

Turntable, improved

Kahn

Baird & Tatlock’s catalogue (1914)

Turntable (Leitz)

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1905)

Drehscheibe

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1906; 1907; 1913; 1920

Tournette

Leitz

Leitz’s catalogue (1926)

Turntable

Leitz

B. Pike (c1890)

Improved self-centering turntable

Pike

J. Queen’s catalogue (1883; 1890)

Queen’s comfortable turntable

Queen

Reynolds & Branson’s catalogue (1887)

Turntable, Cox’s improved self-centering

Reynolds & Branson

Reynolds & Branson’s catalogue (1887)

Turntable, Walmsley’s, with centering adjustment

Reynolds & Branson

JRMS 1881 (pp. 959)

"Congress" Turntable

Sidle

Arthur Thomas’s catalogue (1914)

Turntable

Thomas

Truax, Greene & Co’s catalogue (1894)

Griffith’s turntable, self centering

Truax, Greene & Co

Truax, Greene & Co’s catalogue (1894)

Turntable

Truax, Greene & Co

JRMS 1881 (pp. 850)

Universal Turntable

T. Armstrong and Brother

JRMS 1885 (pp. 521)

Centering Stage

Tolles

J Behrens (1885)

Turntable

Zentmayer

JRMS 1884 (pp. 475)

New Centering Turn-table

Zentmayer

Carl Seiler (1881) Compendium of microscopical technology a guide to physicians and students in the use of the microscope

Turntable

 

Gallenkamp (1971, 1973)

Ringing table

 

Charles Chamberlain (1901) Methods in plant histology

Turntable

Bausch & Lomb

Charles Clark (1900) Practical methods in microscopy

Turntable

Bausch & Lomb

Chas Stowell & Louisa Stowell (1882) Microscopical diagnosis

Turntable

Beck

LE Knott (1916)

Turntable

 

Will Corporation (1957)

Turntable

 

Chas Lentz & Sons (1891)

Turntable national

 

E Leybolds Nachfolger (1905)

Tournette

 

Flatters & Garnett (1929)

Turntable

 

Flatters & Garnett (1929)

Turntable

 

John Grifffin & Sons (1920s)

Turntable

Leitz

Julius Wilhelm Behrens (1885) A guide for the microscopical investigation of vegetable substances

Turntable

Beck

Julius Wilhelm Behrens (1885) A guide for the microscopical investigation of vegetable substances

Turntable

 

R & J Beck (1878)

Turntable

Beck

R & J Beck (1878)

Turntable

Beck

W Watson (1945)

Turntable

Watson

W Watson (1945)

Turntable

Watson

Bausch & Lomb (1900)

Turntable

Bausch & Lomb

Carl Wendschuch (1910)

Turntable