Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

    

This page allows the search of information by microscope type (instruments are simply grouped together by function and/or similarity). Please click on the images to access more information and images about each instrument.

 

Worker or medical type microscope

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43 (J Parkes and Son; medical microscope; c. 1880)

54 (J Parkes & Son, retailed by Burgoyne, Burbidges & Co; Medical microscope; c. 1890)

16 (J Parkes & Son; worker model; c. 1900)

47 (J Parkes & Son, retailed by P Harris & Co; Worker model; mid 1910s)

84 (J Parkes & Son; worker model; c. 1900)

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98 (assigned to J Parkes & Son; worker model; c. 1900)

126 (James Parkes & Son; early 20th century)

 

 

 

 

 

Other microscopes

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94 (Smith, Beck & Beck; Universal Microscope, c. 1860)

134 (Smith & Beck; Educational microscope; c. 1856)

149 (unassigned maker; 1880s)

509 (Ross; Student’s microscope; 1880s)

517 (Charles Baker; travelling microscope; c. 1870)

 

 

Lister-limb type microscopes

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123 (Horne and Thornthwaite; c. 1860)

121 (John B Dancer; Wenham-type ‘Large Best’ or ‘No. 1’ binocular microscope; c. 1870)

198 (Pillischer; student microscope, c. 1852)

211 (Townson and Mercer; microscope ref. 1023; late 19th century)

235 (William Ladd; student microscope; c. 1860)

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278 (WJ Salmon; student microscope; c. 1860)

264 (assigned to J Parkes & Son; compound microscope; c. 1860)

518 (Henry Crouch; compound microscope, c. 1870)

320 (unassigned maker; binocular microscope; c. 1890)

523 (Henry Crouch; Student binocular microscope, c. 1875)

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532 (H & W Crouch; Student’s binocular microscope, c. 1865)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trichinoscopes

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8 (Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar; meat inspector’s travelling microscope; late 1920s)

30 (F.W. Schieck; trichinen mikroskop; c. 1900)

33 (Paul Waechter; trichinoscope; c. 1960)

82 (Paul Waechter; trichinoscope; 1920s)

201 (Paul Waechter; trichinoscope, stand Va; c. 1900)

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527 (Paul Waechter; microscope – trichinoscope - stand Va; c. 1905)

464 (Paul Waechter; microscope stand IX; c. 1885)

210 (assigned to Paul Waechter; stand IV (V) microscope c. 1900)

 

 

 

 

Culpeper-type compound microscopes and others

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95 (Burke & Jones; Culpeper-type microscope reproduction made in the 1970s)

307 (unknown maker; early 19th century)

 

 

 

 

 

Cary/Gould-type and boxed microscopes

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90 (assigned to Carpenter & Westley; Cary/Gould type microscope; early 19th century)

111 (unassigned maker; Cary/Gould type microscope; early 19th century)

45 (assigned to R Field & Son; school microscope; c. 1860)

321 (L Casella; Garden or seed microscope; c. 1870)

465 (unknown maker; boxed type microscope; late 19th century)

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501 (Unassigned maker; Cary/Gould type microscope; early 19th century)

522 (Unknown maker; Gould-type chest microscope; 1st half of 19th century)

277 (R. Field & Son; school microscope; c. 1860)

322 (unassigned maker; aquatic or botanical microscope; early 19th century)

97 (R Field & Son; school microscope; c. 1860)

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175 (unassigned maker; botanical microscope; first half of the 19th century)

487 (unassigned maker; botanical microscope; first half of the 19th century)

334 (unassigned maker; botanical microscope; first half of the 19th century)

 

 

 

 

Tripod-type foot and similar microscopes

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137 (R & J Beck; ‘British Students’ microscope No. 55; c. 1903)

258 (R & J Beck; ‘British Students’ microscope; c. 1897)

286 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; Edinburgh stand H microscope; 1920s)

81 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; Edinburgh stand H model; 1920s)

116 (W. Watson & Son; Edinburgh stand F model; c. 1900)

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133 (W. Watson & Sons; FRAM stand microscope; early 1910s)

283 (W. Watson & Son; FRAM microscope; c. 1896)

150 (J Swift & Son; Histological and physiological microscope; c. 1900)

7 (J Swift & Son; discovery model; c. 1901)

158 (J Swift & Son; four-legged microscope; c. 1895)

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308 (unknown maker; 1930s)

332 (W. Watson & Sons; polarising microscope; 1910s)

528 (Ross; Ross-Zentmayer student’s microscope; c. 1880)

 

 

 

 

Simple dissecting microscopes

 

 

 

 

 

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217 (Flatters & Garnett; dissecting microscope; first half of the 20th century)

218 (Flatters & Garnett; dissecting microscope; first half of the 20th century)

155 (Flatters & Garnett; dissecting microscope; first half of the 20th century)

243 (Victor Morlot-Maury; dissecting microscope; late 19th century to the early 20th century)

295 (Bausch and Lomb; dissecting microscope model T; 1910s)

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333 (R & J Beck; Cornex dissecting microscope; 1950s)

257 (unassigned maker; dissecting microscope; late 19th century)

319 (Ernst Leitz; simple dissecting microscope; early 20th century)

128 (Ernst Leitz; simple dissecting microscope; early 20th century)

71 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; Simplex dissection microscope, c. 1940)

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268 (W Watson & Sons; dissecting microscope Simplex; c. 1940)

213 (Otto Himmler; Dissecting microscope; early 20th century)

289 (Charles Baker; dissecting microscope; 1930s)

132 (Spencer, Buffalo, USA; Dissecting microscope No. 82; 1930s)

74 (R&J Beck Ltd; Crescent dissecting microscope; c. 1935)

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338 (W Watson & Sons; Universal dissecting microscope; c. 1930)

460 (E. Leitz; dissecting simple microscope; c. 1900)

504 (Flatters & Garnett; small dissecting microscope; 1920s)

454 (assigned to Prior; simple dissecting microscope; 1960s)*

432 (unassigned maker; dissecting microscope; mid-20th century)*

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475 (Prior; simple dissecting microscope; 1940s)

382 (assigned to Robert Field; Teasdale's Field Naturalist's Microscope; c. 1880)*

461 (assigned to Townson & Mercer; dissecting simple microscope; c. 1900)

477 (J. Zentmayer; dissecting microscope; c. 1890)

512 (Charles Baker; Simple dissecting microscope; c. 1870)

 

 

Binocular stereoscopic microscopes

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400 (Ernst Leitz; stereo binocular microscope; 1930s)*

373 (R & J Beck; Stereoscopic microscope Binomax; 1930s)*

409 (R & J Beck; Stereoscopic microscope Binomax; 1930s)*

441 (R & J Beck; Greenough’s binocular microscope; 1950s)*

374 (R & J Beck; Stereoscopic microscope Greenough; 1940s – 1960s)*

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375 (Bausch & Lomb; Stereoscopic Greenough microscope; 1930s)*

427 (W. Watson & Sons; Greenough’s binocular microscope, pattern 2; c. 1935)*

412 (Carl Zeiss and J Swift; Zeiss’s Greenough microscope on a Swift’s foot; mid-1930s)*

414 (Carl Zeiss; Greenough binocular microscope stand XA; c. 1930)*

437 (Spencer; convertible binocular microscope No. 58; 1920s)*

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453 (Bausch & Lomb; stereoscopic microscope with drum nosepiece; c. 1927)*

60 (Charles Perry; 1950s)

438 (Carl Zeiss; Greenough’s binocular microscope, stand X; late 1930s)*

451 (R & J Beck; stereoscopic microscope; 1960s)*

439 (R & J Beck; Greenough’s binocular microscope; 1950s)*

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99 (R & J Beck Ltd; Greenough binocular dissecting microscope; 1930s)

259 (R & J Beck Ltd; Greenough binocular dissecting microscope; 1930s)

177 (W. Watson & Son; Greenough microscope; 1949)

274 (W Watson & Sons; low-power binocular microscope; c. 1932)

368 (W Watson & Sons; low-power stereo dissecting microscope; c. 1937)*

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354 (W. Watson & Sons; low-power binocular dissecting microscope; c. 1932)*

386 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope, model S.B.F.; 1950s)*

401 (Ernst Leitz; stereoscopic binocular microscope; c. 1960)*

417 (Leitz; stereoscopic binocular microscope Greenough; c. 1935)*

288 (W. Watson & Sons; dissecting microscope; mid-1950s)

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290 (W. Watson & Sons; dissecting microscope; early 1950s)

14 (MHR Microscopes Limited; 1980s)

 

418 (Vickers Instruments; Steros II microscope; c. 1966)*

424 (Olympus; stereoscopic microscope, model VA-II; c. 1970)*

433 (W. Watson & Sons; stereoscopic microscope on the “Nine Fifty” stand; mid-20th century)*

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435 (American Optical; stereoscopic microscope series 25; 1960s)*

443 (R & J Beck; stereoscopic microscope Greenough; 1960s)*

450 (W. Watson & Sons; Greenough stereoscopic microscope; 1966)*

405 (Prior; Stereomaster microscope; 1980s)*

407 (Charles Baker; Sterimag stereoscopic microscope; early 1960s)*

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446 (Carl Zeiss; binocular stand XB; c. 1912)*

408 (Ernst Leitz; stereoscopic binocular microscope; late 1930s)*

73 (R&J Beck Ltd; Binomax model; early 1930s)

406 (R & J Beck; Binomax; 1930s)*

448 (Ernst Leitz; stereoscopic binocular microscope; c. 1958)*

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455 (Bausch & Lomb; stereoscopic microscope, model BKT; 1943)*

419 (Nachet; stereo microscope; 1940s)*

426 (Carl Zeiss; Greenough’s binocular microscope, stand Xa; c. 1900)*

387 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope; 1940s)*

415 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope; 1940s)*

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378 (Spencer; stereoscopic microscope; c. 1920)*

389 (Charles Perry; Stereoscopic microscope, model Classic Nº. 2; 1920s)*

456 (R & J Beck; stereoscopic microscope Greenough; 1960s)*

402 (Charles Baker; stereo microscope; 1930s – 1940s)*

431 (Charles Baker; Greenough binocular microscope; c. 1940)*

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434 (W. Watson & Sons; Greenhough stereoscopic microscope; 1959)*

449 (W. Watson & Sons; Greenough binocular dissecting microscope; 1947)*

452 (Charles Perry; stereoscopic microscope; 1940s)*

355 (Carl Reichert; stereoscopic microscope MAK; 1950s)*

367 (CTS; stereo microscope; 1960s)*

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370 (Charles Perry; stereo microscope, model Prefect; 1960s)*

371 (KOMZ; stereo microscope; 1980s)*

372 (Carl Zeiss; stereo microscope SM XX; 1970s)*

388 (Charles Perry; Stereoscopic microscope; 1960s)*

394 (Meopta; stereoscopic microscope; early 1950s)*

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397 (Vision Engineering Ltd; 4/200 stereo microscope; 1960s)*

416 (Charles Perry; stereo microscope, model Prefect; 1960s)*

377 (American Optical; stereoscopic shop microscope; c. 1948)*

425 (unassigned maker; stereoscopic microscope; mid-20th century)*

422 (Carl Zeiss; binocular stand magnifier XII F; c. 1940)*

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420 (E. Leitz; stereo microscope; c. 1960)*

379 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope; 1950s)*

376 (Prior; Stereoscopic microscope; 1950s)*

442 (Prior; stereoscopic microscope; 1950s)*

391 (Watson Barnet; stereoscopic microscope; c. 1959)*

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369 (Bausch & Lomb; StereoZoom 4 microscope; 1960s)*

360 (Phillip Harris; small stereoscopic microscope; 1990s)*

396 (Bausch & Lomb; stereo microscope, model SSM15; 1960s)*

403 (Watson Barnet; binocular dissecting microscope; c. 1966)*

404 (Carl Zeiss; stereo microscope Technival; c. 1977)*

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344 (Carton Optical Co; toy stereo microscope; 1970s – 1980s)*

476 (Wild Heerbrugg; stereoscopic microscope M5; 1960s)

385 (Negretti & Zambra; binocroscope; early 20th century)*

380 (Negretti & Zambra; binocroscope; early 20th century)*

393 (Charles Baker; metallurgical microscope; 1950s)*

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395 (R & J Beck; stereo microscope; 1940s)*

356 (UKO B & L; handheld stereoscopic microscope; mid-20th century)*

351 (Ernst Leitz; stereo binocular head; 1940s - 1950s)*

363 (R & J Beck; Binomax binocular head; 1930s)*

364 (Theodore Hamblin; stereo binocular head; mid-20th century)*

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365 (CTS; stereo binocular head; mid-20th century)*

366 (unknown maker; stereo binocular head; 1960s – 1980s)*

357 (Meiji Labax Co. Ltd.; stereo head EMT series; 1990s)*

358 (American Optical; Stereo Star Zoom head; 1960s – 1980s)*

359 (Kyowa; Stereo body head, model SDZ; 1970s - 1980s)*

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381 (Ernst Leitz; stereo binocular head; mid-20th century)*

498 (Olympus; stereoscopic microscope, model JM; c. 1970)

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop metallurgical microscopes

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178 (J Swift & Son; Stead workshop microscope; c. 1915)

181 (W. Watson & Sons Ltd; Vulcan metallurgical microscope; c. 1934)

541 (W. Watson & Sons; Vulcan metallurgical inspection microscope; c. 1922)

430 (Fuess; metallurgical microscope; c. 1930)*

 

 

 

 

Vintage-type black lacquered and brass microscopes

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35 (R & J Beck; model 22; early 1920s)

44A (R & J Beck; model 22; early 1920s)

44B (R & J Beck; model 22; early 1920s)

204 (R & J Beck; model 22; early 1920s)

28 (C Reichert Wien; 1912)

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102 (C Reichert, Wien; 1910s)

31 (R & J Beck; model 29; c. 1930)

108 (Bausch and Lomb; 1911)

79 (Ernst Leitz; c. 1912)

212 (F Koristka; c. 1920)

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6 (W & J George Ltd; 1930s)

9 (C. Baker; 1920s)

 

49 (Charles Perry; 1930)

55 (WR Prior; 1951)

59 (WR Prior; 1936)

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61 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; KIMA model; c. 1921)

56 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; KIMA model; c. 1930)

77 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; KIMA model; 1942)

131 (W. Watson & Sons; Service model; c. 1928)

296 (W. Watson & Sons; Service microscope; 1937)

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352 (W Watson & Sons; KIMA microscope; c. 1932)*

383 (W Watson & Sons; Service microscope; c. 1934)*

413 (Spencer; microscope Nº. 44; c. 1919)*

428 (Prior; compound microscope; 1939)*

22 (Carl Zeiss; stand E SA; 1926)

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282 (Carl Schütz & Co; 1910s)

75 (Ernst Leitz; Stativ GH model; c. 1925)

147 (C Reichert; microscope stand D, combination Dafne; 1920s)

151 (C Reichert; microscope stand D, combination Dafne; c. 1925)

225 (unassigned maker; student microscope; 1930s)

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169 (Bausch & Lomb; model HA; 1943)

125 (C Reichert, Wien; c. 1935)

127 (F Koristka; microscope ‘Regio Esercito Sanita Militare’; 1930s)

172 (Ernst Leitz; universal microscope stand A; c. 1912)

505 (Bausch and Lomb; microscope model FF; c. 1915)

 

 

Vintage-type black oy grey lacquered and silver microscopes

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436 (W. Watson & Sons; Service microscope; 1960)*

10 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; Service I model; c. 1952)

13 (Cooke, Troughton and Simms; M3000 series; late 1940s)

83 (Spencer; Buffalo, USA; 1942)

34A (R & J Beck; model 29; 1930s)

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34B (R & J Beck; model 29; 1930s)

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129 (Cooke, Troughton and Simms; microscope M102; 1930s)

164 (Hearson; microscope model MS.VI; c. 1940s)

11 (R & J Beck; model 47; late 1940s)

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76 (R & J Beck; model 47; late 1940s)

85 (R & J Beck; model 47; late 1940s)

353 (unassigned maker; microscope model XSC-04; 1960s)*

384 (W Watson & Sons; Service microscope; c. 1947)*

411 (J Swift; polarising microscope, model P; 1950s)*

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276 (LOMO; microscope мин-10; c. 1965)

162 (Steinforff & Co; c. 1960)

139 (R & J Beck; model 47; 1950s)

216 (R & J Beck; model 47; 1950s)

48 (R & J Beck; model 47; 1950s)

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399 (R & J Beck; microscope model 47L; 1950s – 1960s)*

63 (R & J Beck; model 47; 1950s)

440 (Prior; compound microscope; 1970s)*

 

 

 

 

Vintage-type black or grey lacquered binocular microscopes

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261 (W Watson & Sons Ltd; Service model, Binac head; c. 1963)

174 (Watson Barnet; Bactil microscope; c. 1955)

192 (R & J Beck; Binocular microscope, model 47; 1950s)

146 (C. Baker; Binocular microscope; 1940s)

209 (Charles Baker; Binocular microscope; 1950s)

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361 (Nikon; microscope series S; 1970s)*

362 (Nikon; microscope model L-Ke; 1970s)*

398 (Wild Heerbrugg; microscope M20; 1960s)*

194 (Gillett & Sibert; Conference microscope; 1970s)

410 (R & J Beck; Laboratory metallurgical microscope London model, No. 3228; 1950s)*

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534 (Carl Zeiss; binocular microscope stand LgOG; c. 1940)

551 (Ernst Leitz; SM medical microscope; c. 1969)***

 

 

 

 

 

McArthur-type microscope

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185 (Scientific Optics Ltd; McArthur Microscope, The Open University Model; early 1970s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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429 (Charles Baker; Biolux II electric microscope; 1950s)*

113 (C Baker; Biolux II electric microscope; 1950s)

148 (C. Baker; Biolux; 1950s)

161 (C Baker; Patholette microscope; 1960s)

444 (C. Baker; Patholette research microscope; 1960s)*

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445 (C. Baker; inverted Patholette microscope; 1960s)*

117 (Vickers; Patholette microscope; 1960s)

392 (Vickers; Patholette microscope; 1960s)*

230 (Vickers; Metalette microscope; c. 1970s)

447 (R & J Beck; Diamax microscope; 1960s)*

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291 (Charles Baker; electric microscope; 1950s)

390 (Charles Baker; Greenough binocular microscope; 1950s)*

247 (W Watson; microphotographic apparatus; 1950s)

1 (Frieseke & Hoepfner; c. 1950)

15 (Carl Zeiss Oberkochen; standard stand K; 1971)

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313 (Carl Zeiss; microscope invertoscope D; 1980s)

316 (Carl Zeiss; inverted microscope; 1960s)

260 (C Reichert; Neovar 2 microscope; late 1980s)

327 (Optical Instrument Services, inverted microscope; 1990s)

457 (Vickers; Patholux microscope; 1960s)**

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463 (Wild Heerbrugg; microscope M11; 1960s)

506 (WR Prior; inverted microscope; 1960s)

503 (Gillett & Sibert; Monolynx inverted metallurgy microscope, Open University model; 1970s)

539 (Olympus; CK inverted microscope; c. 1970)

540 (Carl Zeiss; inverted microscope; c. 1970)

 

* Instrument kindly donated by Dave Levell (Pembrokeshire, Wales) in May 2023

** Instrument kindly donated by David Harries (Pembrokeshire, Wales) in May 2023

** item kindly donated by Ian Maplesden (Brighton, England) in March 2025