Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

    

This page allows the search of information by microscope number. Please click on the photos to access more images and information about each instrument and their maker.

     

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1 (Frieseke & Hoepfner; c. 1950)

2 (assigned to Edouard Lutz; Modéle des ecoles primaires; c. 1890)

3 (assigned to A Franks; student microscope; late 19th century)

4 (assigned to Deyrolle; modèle E; late 19th century to early 20th century)

5 (assigned to Deyrolle; c. 1900)

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6 (W & J George Ltd; 1930s)

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

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

9 (C. Baker; 1920s)

 

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

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

12 (R & J Beck; model 29; 1930s)

 

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

14 (MHR Microscopes Limited; 1980s)

 

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

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

17 (Pillischer; student microscope, c. 1860)

18 (R & J Beck; new star microscope; c. 1890)

19 (assigned to Deyrolle; c. 1900)

20A (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

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20C (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

20D (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

20E (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

20F (unassigned maker; Large Improved Compound Microscope; mid 19th century)

20G (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

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20H (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

20I (unassigned maker; drum microscope; mid 19th century)

20J (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

21 (unassigned maker; improved household microscope; c. 1900)

22 (Carl Zeiss; stand E SA; 1926)

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23 (unassigned maker; late 19th century to early 20th century)

24A (assigned to Deyrolle; late 19th century to early 20th century)

24B (assigned to Deyrolle; late 19th century to early 20th century)

25 (assigned to Deyrolle; modèle E; late 19th century to early 20th century)

26 (E. Wheeler; new educational microscope; c. 1870)

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27 (J Swift & Son; bacteriological model; c. 1901)

28 (C Reichert Wien; 1912)

29 (R Field & Son; student microscope; c. 1860)

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

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

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32 (unassigned maker; household microscope; c. 1900)

33 (Paul Waechter; trichinoscope; c. 1960)

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

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

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

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36A (R & J Beck; star microscope; c. 1885)

36B (R & J Beck; star microscope; c. 1885)

37 (unassigned maker; mid 19th century)

38A (R & J Beck; continental microscope; c. 1900)

38B (R & J Beck; continental microscope; c. 1900)

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38C (R & J Beck; continental microscope; c. 1900)

39 (unassigned maker; mid 19th century)

40 (C Reichert Wien; stand VII microscope; 1898)

41 (Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar; stand III microscope; late 1910s)

42 (C Collins; student microscope; c. 1880)

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

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

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

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

46 (unassigned maker; late 19th century to early 20th century)

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

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

49 (Charles Perry; 1930)

50 (assigned to Radiguet; late 19th century)

51 (Negretti & Zambra; c. 1860)

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52 (Banks Bros; late 19th century)

53 (FW Sturt; c. 1860)

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

55 (WR Prior; 1951)

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

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57 (EG Wood; c. 1865)

58 (unassigned maker; mid 19th century)

59 (WR Prior; 1936)

60 (Charles Perry; 1950s)

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

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62 (Henry Crouch; c. 1880)

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

64 (unassigned maker; late 19th century)

65 (J Swift & Son; Army Bacteriological Microscope; c. 1900)

66 (J Swift & Son; Army Bacteriological Microscope; c. 1900)

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67 (assigned to J Parkes & Son; c. 1860)

68 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

69 (Henry Crouch; histological model, c. 1880)

70 (J Swift & Son; c. 1900)

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

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72 (unassigned maker; c. 1880)

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

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

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

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

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

78 (C Collins; student microscope; c. 1880)

79 (Ernst Leitz; c. 1912)

80 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

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

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82 (Paul Waechter; trichinoscope; 1920s)

83 (Spencer; Buffalo, USA; 1942)

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

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

86 (unknown maker; c. 1860)

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87 (R & J Beck Ltd; ‘London’ handle model; c. 1913)

88 (C Collins; student microscope; c. 1865)

89 (unassigned maker; mid 19th century)

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

91 (assigned to A Franks; student microscope; late 19th century)

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92 (C Reichert, Wien; 1899)

93 (unknown maker; c1940s)

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

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

96 (Ernst Leitz; Stativ V model; 1891)

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

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

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

100 (assigned to J Parkes & Son; c. 1860)