Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

    

Microscope 176 (unassigned maker; c. 1900)

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Microscope 176 was probably made in France in c. 1900. The maker is unknown. This instrument is featured in the 1929 catalogue of the firm E. Vion (Figure 1), where it was named ‘Microscope bascule’.

 

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Figure 1. ‘Microscope bascule’ as engraved in the E. Vion’s 1929 catalogue

 

LAST EDITED: 05.05.2021