Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

          

Mechanical stages

Please click on the photos below to access more images and information about each instrument and their maker.

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(12) Slide holder from Bausch and Lomb (1910s)

(3) Slide holder from Ernst Leitz (c. 1900)

(15) Mechanical stage from Charles Baker, London (late 19th - early 20th century)

(17) Mechanical stage from Ernst Leitz (c. 1920)

(18) Mechanical stage from A. Clarkson & Cº Ltd (c. 1920)

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(20) Slide holder from Vickers (1950s)

(40) Mechanical stage from Ernst Leitz (c. 1909)

(41) Mechanical stage from Otto Himmler (1930s)

(42) Mechanical stage from R&J Beck (1940s)

(43) Mechanical stage from Vickers (1950s)

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(45) Mechanical stage from Charles Baker (early 20th century)

(68) Watson mechanical stage

(94) Mechanical stage by W Watson & Sons*

(100) Mechanical stage by Prior Ltd (1930s)*

(101) Mechanical stage by Prior Ltd (1970s)*

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(103) Mechanical stage by W Watson & Sons

(121) Mechanical stage by Prior (1950s)

(122) Mechanical stage by Swift (Japan) (1970s)

(126) Mechanical stage by Carl Zeiss (1970s)

 

 

 

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