Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

Hand crank centrifuge (first half of the 20th century)

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Hand crank centrifuge (first half of the 20th century). This type of centrifuges was sold by many retailers and are still manufactured today (Figure 1).

 

Figure 1. Manual centrifuges as engraved in the catalogues of several retailers during the first half of the 20th century: (A) FE Becker (1924); (B) Gallenkamp (c. 1939); (C) Prolabo (1932)

 

LAST EDITED: 02.10.2022