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Microscope Museum Collection of antique microscopes and other
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Microscope
111 (unknown
maker; Cary/Gould type microscope; early 19th century)
Microscope 111 is known
as a Cary/Gould type microscope and can be dated to the first half of the
19th century. The instrument looks to be complete
and it is not signed. The design of these types of microscopes, which were
common during the first half of the 19th Century, is attributed to Charles
Gould, a workman who was employed by the Cary company. Cary/Gould type
microscopes were first developed in the 1820's. As time passed, different
versions of the Cary/Gould microscope were produced, by different makers
(Figure 1).
Figure 1. Cary/Gould
type microscopes as engraved in the catalogues of different makers or
retailers: (A, B, C) Buron (1844); (D) Negretti and Zambra (1859); (E,
F, G) Palmer (1840); (H, I) B. Pike (1848, 1856) |
