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The list of microscopes presented below is organized with respect to the country of origin and further with respect to the instrument maker.

In dating the instruments presented on this website, use was made of all available information. This information consists of dates on the microscopes or documents that accompany the microscopes, lists of serial numbers vs. dates of manufacture, or copies of original delivery books (where available). In addition, use was made of journal articles, manufacturer's catalogs, and books that are contemporary with the instruments as well as more modern reference books and catalogs of established museum collections. In some cases, the dates are accurate to within the actual year of manufacture, while for others, the dates are only extrapolations or approximations based on the style of the microscope or other information.

American microscopes

• Anonymous (unsigned and unattributed):
• Unsigned monocular microscope on a double pillar. Likely American-made c. 1880

• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co, Rochester New York :
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.,The Universal model microscope fitted with binocular tubes
• Monocular microscope: Bausch & Lomb Optical. Co., Rochester NY, #768, Educational model, c. 1879
• Bausch& Lomb Optical Co. Pat'd Oct. 8, 1876 and Oct. 13, 1885. The Professional model microscope with full mechanical stage.
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. "The Model" microscope
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. #4541, The Williams petrological microscope.c. 1888
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY #1078, The Physician's model microscope, c. 1879
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY #2188, The Physician's model microscope, c. 1883
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY, #1364. A rare transitional model, c. 1880
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., patent Jan. 21, 1879, #4819. Student model microscope with Wale limb.
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.,the Investigator model microscope, No. 3634, c. 1885
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.,the Investigator model microscope, No. 6818, c. 1890
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. No. 6454, the Universal model monocular microscope, c. 1889
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY, Pat. Oct. 3, 1876, No. 76, The Professional Model, c. 1876
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY, Pat. Oct. 3, 1876, The Professional Model with binocular and petrological tubes, c. 1885
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rochester NY, #27818. "The Grand" Continental Model Microscope DDS. c. 1898
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY. Pat. Oct. 3, 1876, #559. The Student's Model Microscope, c. 1878
• Chas. Lentz & Sons, Philadelphia, Pat. Oct. 3, 1876 and Oct 13, 1885. Manufactured by the Bausch & Lomb Opt. Co., Rochester, NY
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Pat. Oct. 3, 1876, Serial number 3340, The Universal model microscope with a nickel plated surface finish, c. 1885
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rochester NY, 40018. The CCDS Continental Model Microscope, c. 1903
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester N.Y. U.S.A., #162120. The No. 40 Model Pocket Microscope. c. 1923.
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY. An early version of the Investigator model microscope, c. 1880.
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. N.Y., Serial number 36575. Bausch & Lomb Petrographical Microscope. Stand LC, c. 1902
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. serial number 5508. The Harvard Model Microscope, c. 1888
• Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY, Pat. Oct. 3, 1876, No. 279. Made by Ernst Gundlach. The "Laboratory" model microscope, c. 1877

• Walter H. Bulloch, Chicago :
• W. H. Bulloch, Chicago, Pat. 1879, #260. The No. 1 Professional Binocular Microscope. c.1883

• Jno Ehrmann :
• Jno Ehrmann, Maker, 1905

• George L. Gowlland, Cambridge Massachusetts :
• George L. Gowlland, Cambridge Mass. (attributed). Monocular Microscope, c. 1890

• Ezra H. Griffith, Fairport NY :
• The Improved Griffith Club Microscope: E. H. Griffith, Pat. Dec. 14, 86, Fairport, N.Y. #840. c. 1887

• J. & W. Grunow, New Haven or New York :
• J. Grunow, New York, Small microscope with spiral tube focusing
• J. Grunow, New York, No. 950, c. 1890
• J. & W. Grunow, New York No.499. Binocular microscope with Varley Stage, c. 1870
• J. & W. Grunow No. 594 Large binocular microscope c. 1874
• J. & W. Grunow, New Haven Ct. No. 196. The Student's Larger Microscope, c. 1855
• J. Grunow, New York, Roosevelt Memorial c. 1890
• J. Grunow, New York, No. 676, c. 1880. A microscope from the laboratory of Thomas Edward Satterthwaite MD
• J. Grunow, New York, No. 780
• J & W Grunow, New York No. 267. Small microscope on a wood and iron base c. 1864

• Ernst Gundlach and the Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester New York :
• Ernst Gundlach, monocular microscope, c. 1879
• Two versions of the Nonpareil model microscope. Signed by Ernst Gundlach and Yawman & Erbe, c. 1884
• Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y. Continental style microscope, c. 1895

• The Gundlach Manhattan Optical Co., Rochester New York :
• The Gundlach Manhattan Optical Co. The Simplex Model case-mounted microscope, c. 1910.

• G. Langguth, Chicago (Samuel Murset, Philadelphia) :
• G. Langguth Jr.,Optician, Chicago (retailer) c. 1865 (likely made by Samuel Murset, Philadelphia)

• Charles Lentz & Sons, Philadelphia :
• Chas. Lentz & Sons, Philadelphia, Pat. Oct. 3, 1876 and Oct 13, 1885. Manufactured by the Bausch & Lomb Opt. Co., Rochester, NY

• T. H. McAllister, New York :
• T. H. McAllister N.Y. The Popular Model microscope, c.1872
• T. H. McAllister, N.Y. The Student's Microscope, c. 1876
• T. H. McAllister, N. Y. The Professional Model Microscope c. 1878

• Lyman D. McIntosh and the McIntosh Battery & Optical Co., Chicago :
• McIntosh Battery & Optical Co., Chicago # 397. The New Clinical Microscope No. 2, c. 1880
• Lyman D. McIntosh, Chicago (unsigned). Pat. March 13, 1883. Microscope for a Solar and Stereopticon Combination, c. 1885
• McIntosh Battery and Optical Co., Chicago, # 458. The Scientific Microscope No. 2, c.1890

• Miller Brothers, New York :
• Miller Bros., New York (unsigned). The Student Model Microscope, c. 1879

• Samuel Murset, Philadelphia :
• Microscope made by Samuel Murset, Philadelphia retailed by G. Langguth Jr., Optician, Chicago.  c. 1865

• Pike, New York :
• Benj. Pike's Son & Co., 930 Broadway NY. The Professional model microscope, c. 1878
• Pike Maker, 930 Broadway New York, No. 1181. Fusee chain focusing microscope, c. 1880
• Pike Maker, 518 Broadway New York, No. 120. Large microscope with Lister-limb made by Daniel Pike, c. 1871

• James W. Queen, Philadelphia :
• Portable microscope: James W. Queen & Co., Phila. The Tourist model, c. 1883
• James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia. Two versions of the Universal Household Microscope. c.1885
• James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia and New York. The Educational Model Microscope, c. 1870
• James W. Queen & Co., Phila., # 788, The Acme No. 3 Model Microscope. c. 1890
• James W. Queen & Co., Phila., no serial No., The Acme No. 3 Model Microscope. c. 1890
• James W. Queen & Co. #1476. The Acme No. 4 model microscope. c. 1887. The microscope of Dr. Edward E. Maxey, MD (1867-1934)
• Queen & Co # 2215. The Acme No. 5 model microscope. c. 1893
• James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia and New York. The Student Model Microscope, c. 1880
• James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia and New York. The Student Model Microscope, c. 1874
• James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia and New York. The Student Model Microscope, c. 1871
• A set of microscope specimen preparation tools sold by James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia, c.1885

• Leopold Schrauer, New York :
• L. Schrauer, Maker, 42 Nassau St., New York. Microscope on a double pillar. c.1880
• Schrauer, Maker, New York. Monocular microscope with draw-tube focusing
• L. Schrauer, Maker, New York. Continental style monocular microscope
• L. Schrauer, New York. Schrauer's Wale-Limb Microscope, c. 1880
• L. Schrauer, Maker, New York. Schrauer's "Physicians Model" Microscope, c. 1880
• L. Schrauer, Maker, New York. First prize microscope awarded to Frank Caudkins Bunn by the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital,1889
• L. Schrauer, Maker, New York. Second prize microscope awarded to Frederick Hills Cole by the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, 1894
• L. Schrauer, Maker, New York and marked on one leg of the base: W. M. Keene, B. Sc. M. D. Continental style microscope, c.1890
• L. Schrauer, Maker, N. Y., Second prize microscope awarded to Joseph E. McKenzie by the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, 1892
• L. Schrauer, Maker, New York. Large continental style microscope, c. 1880

• Sidle and Poalk, Philadelphia :
• Sidle and Poalk, Philadelphia. "The ACME" No. 17, c. 1879

• Charles and Herbert Spencer, Canastota New York :
• Charles A. Spencer's Trunnion Model Microscope c. 1855
• Monocular microscope made by Charles A. Spencer. Pritchard type c. 1860

• E.H. & F.H. Tighe, Detroit Michigan :
• E.H. & F.H. Tighe, Detroit Mich., Small monocular microscope, c. 1890

• Robert B. Tolles (Boston Optical Works) :
• Boston Optical Works, Tolles No. 15. The B Model Microscope. c. 1870
• Boston Optical Works, Tolles, #159, Student microscope with rack and pinion focusing, c. 1870
• Tolles, Boston #290. Student microscope with two fine adjustment mechanisms, c. 1874

• George Wale, New York :
• Geo. Wale, Pat. App. for. The New Working MIcroscope, c. 1880
• Geo. Wale, Patent June 6, 1876. Fusee chain focusing microscope with reversible base

• Yawman & Erbe, Rochester New York :
• Yawman & Erbe, monocular microscope c. 1880
• Two versions of the Nonpareil model microscope. Signed by Ernst Gundlach and Yawman & Erbe, c. 1884

• Joseph Zentmayer, Philadelphia :
• J. Zentmayer, Maker, Philadelphia, pat. 1876, #1343. The American Centennial Model binocular microscope
• J. Zentmayer, Philadelphia. Four examples of the United States Army Hospital Model Microscope
• J. Zentmayer, Philadelphia, The United States Army Hospital Model microscope, monocular, No. 975, pre-1876
• J. Zentmayer, Philadelphia, The United States Army Hospital Model microscope, binocular, No. 723, pre-1876
• J. Zentmayer, Philadelphia, The United States Army Hospital Model microscope, monocular, No. 1867, post-1876
• J. Zentmayer, Philadelphia, The United States Army Hospital Model microscope, binocular, No. 3773, post-1876
• J. Zentmayer, Phila., Dissecting Microscope. c. 1890
• E. B. Meyrowitz, New York. J. Zentmayer, Phila. Pat'd Aug. 14, 76. The American Columbian Stand
• Made by Jos. Zentmayer, Philad, serial No. 14. The "Grand American" monocular model, c. 1860
• J. Zentmayer Philadelphia, serial No. 330 The "Grand American" binocular model,c. 1867

Imported microscopes sold in America

• French Horizontal microscope: Made for Widdifield and Co., Boston. c. 1845
• Charles G. Ewing San Francisco c. 1870, English Wenham binocular microscope
• French bar-limb microscope with Varley stage. Trade label of John C. Sack, San Francisco. c. 1870
• Imported smaller case-mounted French microscope. marked "Made for McAllister & Co., Philadelphia", c.1844 (attributed to Buron)
• Imported larger case-mounted French microscope. marked "Made for McAllister & Co., Philadelphia", c.1844 (attributed to Buron)
• Made expressely for C. Duhamel, Optician, new-Orleans. Massive French drum microscope, c. 1850
• French Drum Microscope, c. 1865. Trade Label of James Foster Jr., Mathematical & Philosophical Instrument Maker, Cincinnati

English microscopes

• Anonymous (unsigned and unattributed):
• An Improved model microscope with early Canadian history, c. 1835
• An Ellis aquatic type microscope, c.1775
• Small Culpeper style microscope with rack and pinion focusing, c. 1800
• Botanical microscope mounted on a sharkskin case. c. 1800
• Botanical-Entomological Microscope, "The School Microscope", c.1880
• Large Brass Culpeper style microscope with rack and pinion, c.1800
• Charles G. Ewing San Francisco (retailer) c. 1870, English Wenham binocular microscope
• Cary-Gould Pocket Microscope (unsigned), c. 1830
• Inclining Cary Type Microscope, c. 1840
• English Drum Microscope, "Large Improved Compound Microscope", Martin type, c. 1850
• Cary-Gould type microscope, "New Improved Pocket Compound Microscope", c. 1830
• Unsigned English microscope with round base, c. 1865
• Solar microscope with screw barrel, c. 1750
• Case-mounted English botanical microscope, c. 1840
• Case-mounted folding botanical microscope, c.1830
• A Most Improved type microscope with advanced features. An early achromatic (and non-achromatic) transitional microscope, c. 1830

• Abraham Abraham, Liverpool :
• Abraham, Liverpool, monocular microscope, c. 1840

• Adams, London :
• Adams, London, Small Culpeper style microscope. c. 1790

• Robert Brettell Bate, London :
• Bate London, large Jones Most Improved type microscope, c. 1825
• Bate London, smaller Jones Most Improved type microscope, c. 1825
• Bate London, Jones Improved type microscope, c. 1820

• Charles Baker, London :
• Baker, 224 High Holborn London,. The No. 2 Nelson model microscope, c. 1895
• C. Baker, 244 High Holborn London #6389, The R.M.S. 1.27 model microscope. c.1911

• R. & J. Beck, London : (see James Smith)

• John Browning, London :
• Portable (pocket) microscope: John Browning London #419, c. 1875

• Philip Carpenter, London :
• The New Improved Compound Microscope for Opake and Transparent Objects, c. 1830 (attributed)

• William Cary, London :
• Cary, London. Gould's Improved Pocket Compound Microscope, c. 1835. The microscope of Alexander Boyden (1791-1881)

• Charles Collins, London :
• Collins London, The Harley binocular microscope, c. 1883

• Thomas Cooke, York :
• T. Cooke, York, c.1860. Monocular microscope

• Henry (& William) Crouch, London :
• Large binocular microscope: H.&W. Crouch 64a Bishopsgate Street, London. serial no. 306, c. 1865
• H. Crouch, 51 London Wall, London, No 574, Student Binocular Microscope, c. 1871
• Henry Crouch, London, #942. Student's Binocular Microscope. c. 1875

• John Benjamin Dancer, Manschester :
• J.. B. Dancer Optician No. 371, Manchester, binocular microscope

• J. Davis, Derby :
• J. Davis, Derby, c. 1860. Early bar-limb design

• Dollond, London :
• Dollond London, botanical microscope, c.1830
• Dollond London, Cuff's New Constructed Double Microscope, c. 1770
• Dollond London. Gould type chest microscope, c.1830

• Gilbert & Sons, London :
• Gilbert & Sons, London, Jones Most Improved type microscope, c. 1820

• Samuel Highley, London :
• Highley's "Educational Microscope" with chain drive focus, c. 1865
• Highley, London, case mounted aquarium microscope, c. 1865

• Horne Thornthwaite & Wood, London :
• Horne Thornthwaite & Wood, 123 Newgate St. London. Stage-focusing microscope, c.1850
• Horne Thornthwaite & Wood 123 Newgate Street London, achromatic monocular microscope, c.1848

• William Ladd, London :
• Monocular microscope: W. Ladd Beak St. Regent St. W. c. 1864

• Alexander Mackenzie, London :
• Mackenzie 15 Cheapside London. New Improved Pocket Compound Microscope, Cary-Gould type microscope, c. 1830

• W. Matthews, London :
• W. Matthews Camden Rd., London. Case-mounted portable microscope, c. 1858

• M. Pillischer, London :
• Invented by M. Pillischer Optician, 398 Oxford St., London. N. 32. The Lenticular Microscope. c. 1850

• Powell & Lealand, London :
• Powell &Lealand, Elmsdale, Greenham Road, Muswell Hill N., Late of 170 Eustan Road N. W. The monocular No.1 microscope, 1908
• Powell & Lealand, 170 Euston Road, London, dated 1892. The binocular No. 1 model
• Powell and Lealand, London. Student microscope with Varley stage
• Early bar-limb microscope: signed on the base Ross, London No. 88 and on the stage Powell & Lealand, London. c. 1843
• Powell & Lealand, 4 Seymour Place,  Euston Square, London. Monocular microscope dated 1850. Model No. 3

• Porter and Hunt, London :
• Porter and Hunt, London, case mounted microscope, c.1830

• Andrew Pritchard, London :
• Andrew Pritchard, 162 Fleet Street, London. Monocular microscope, c.1845

• Ross, London :
• Ross, London #5008. Small Ross-Zentmayer model microscope
• Ross, London, #3224, monocular microscope, c 1870
• Ross No. 2 Larger binocular stand. c. 1870
• Ross, London, #4001, binocular Jackson Model 1A, c.1875
• A. Ross London, #443 , dissecting microscope c.1851
• Ross Diatom-finder or Field Hand Microscope, c. 1875
• Early bar-limb microscope: signed on the base Ross, London No. 88 and on the stage Powell & Lealand, London. c. 1843
• A. Ross, London #599. Large Bar-limb Microscope by Andrew Ross, c. 1855

• Thomas Rubergall, London :
• Thos. Rubergall 27 Coventry St., London, Cary type microscope, c. 1830

• James Smith, Smith Beck & Beck, and R. & J. Beck, London :
• Jas. Smith , London #109. The Microscope of Robley Dunglison, MD (1798-1869), c. 1845
• Smith Beck & Beck, London #3114. The Universal Model Binocular Microscope c. 1862
• Smith Beck & Beck, London #3008. The Universal Model Monocular Microscope c. 1862
• Smith, Beck & Beck, 31 Cornhill, London, #4375. The "Large Best" binocular microscope, c. 1866
• R, & J. Beck, London & Philadelphia, #8147. The Holmes Class microscope c.1878
• R. & J. Beck, London and Philadelphia, #8900. The "New National" Model Microscope, c. 1880
• R. & J. Beck, London, # 6283. The Popular Model Binocular Microscope. c. 1872
• R. &J. Beck Ltd, London, #29446. The London-Handle Model Microscope, c. 1910
• R. & J. Beck, 31 Cornhill, London, #5703. The Large Best model binocular microscope. c.1871

• James Swift (& Son), London :
• Portable binocular microscope: J. Swift & Son, 43 University St., London W.C., c.1879
• J. Swift & Son, No. 260, Portable Clinical and Field Binocular Microscope
• J. Swift & Son, No. 438, Miliitary Portable monocular microscope, Agents Hughes Owens Co
• The Swift-Brown Pocket Microscope. c. 1880
• Swift & Son 81 Tottenham Court Rd London W.C.. The "Challenge" binocular microscope
• J. Swift and Son London W. patent 24960. Portable Histological microscope
• J. Swift, Optician, 128 City Road, London E. C. Binocular microscope for conventional and polarized light microscopy, c. 1870
• J. Swift & Son, London, #14790. The Advanced Student's Petrological Microscope, c. 1908

• Watson and Son(s), London :
• Early Watson Microscope (unsigned)
• W. Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, #3925, c. 1897. The Royal model with binocular and monocular tubes and continental base
• W. Watson & Sons Ltd, 313 High Holborn, London #11787. The Edinburgh Student model
• W. Watson & Sons Ltd, 313 High Holborn London #10844. The Van Heurck No.1 model microscope, c. 1910
• Watson & Son 313 High Holborn London #912, Wenham binocular microscope: The Jackson No. 2 Model, c. 1880
• W. Watson & Sons 313 High Holborn London #10251. The Van Heurck No.1 model microscope. c. 1908
• W. Watson & Sons Ltd., 313 High Holborn, 10951, Portable microscope, c. 1906

• F. L. West, London :
• F. L. West, 39 Southampton St., Strand, #12, c.1855, Early bar-limb design

French and continental European microscopes

• Anonymous (unsigned and unattributed):
• A group of French microscopes c.1860. Unsigned, but each apparently made by the same manufacturer
• Small French microscope with lever stage mechanism
• Continental microscope with 3 scroll supports on a tripod base, c. 1840
• French bar-limb microscope with Varley stage. Trade label of John C. Sack, San Francisco. c. 1870
• Made expressely for C. Duhamel, Optician, new-Orleans. Massive French drum microscope, c. 1850
• Double pillar French microscope c. 1875
• Botanical compass microscope c. 1850. "The Flower Microscope"
• Inclining drum Microscope, French c.1870
• French Drum Microscope, c. 1865. Trade Label of James Foster Jr., Mathematical & Instrument Maker, Cincinnati
• French Drum Microscope with stage fine focus, c. 1850
• Microscope Universel à Grossissement Variable. French Pocket microscope with variable magnification, c. 1925
• French drum microscope, c.1850. The microscope of the Scottish naturalist, geologist, and archaeologist George Tate (1805-1871)
• Miniature French Pocket microscope in a Coffin-shaped Case, c. 1870

• Bertrand, Paris :
• Bertrand "Furnace" Microscope. Pocket-sized drum microscope (attributed)

• Jean Brunner, Paris :
• Brunner à Paris, 34 Rue des Bernardins. Gruby Type Pocket Microscope, c. 1844

• Buron, Paris :
• Horizontal microscope: Made for Widdifield and Co., Boston. c. 1845 (attributed)
• Imported smaller case-mounted French microscope. marked "Made for McAllister & Co., Philadelphia", c.1844 (attributed to Buron)
• Imported larger case-mounted French microscope. marked "Made for McAllister & Co., Philadelphia", c.1844 (attributed to Buron)

• Charles Chevalier, Paris :
• Microscope made by Charles Chevalier, c. 1855 (attributed)
• Charles Chevalier, Ingenieur Opticien, Breveté, Palais Royal 163, Paris. Case-mounted drum microscope, c.1845
• Perfectionné par Charles Chevalier Ingénieur Opticien Breveté, Palais Royal 163 à Paris. Solar Microscope, c. 1840

• Authur Chevalier, Paris :
• Franz Poeller, München (probably made by A. Chevalier, Paris)

• Louis Joseph Deleuil, Paris :
• Deleuil. Chemical microscope designed by François-Vincent Raspail, c. 1835

• E. Hartnack, sucr. G. Oberhaeuser and E. Hartnack and A. Prazmowski, Paris :
• E. Hartnack and A. Prazmowski, #13936, c. 1875 . Continental style microscope.
• E. Hartnack, sucr. de G. Oberhaeuser, Place Dauphene 21, Paris, #4684. Small drum microscope, c. 1863
• E. Hartnack, sucr. de G. Oberhaeuser, Place Dauphene 21, Paris, #5024. Middle model drum microscope, c. 1865
• E. Hartnack sucr. de G. Oberhaeuser. Place Dauphine 21, Paris, #3886. Case-mounted drum microscope, c. 1861

• Noel Lerebours, Paris :
• Lerebours à Paris. Drum Microscope, c. 1844

• J. Molteni and J. & A. Molteni, Paris :
• J. & A. Molteni, 44 rue du Chateau d'eau, Paris. Drum microscope, c.1860
• J. Molteni à Paris, Horizontal microscope, c. 1850

• Nachet, Paris :
• Nachet Opticien, rue Serpente 16, Paris, Pocket microscope (microscope de poche), c. 1853
• Nachet Opticien, rue des Grands Augustins, Paris. Drum Microscope, c.1846
• Nachet Opticien, rue Serpente 16, Paris. Drum Microscope, c.1850
• Nachet Opticien, rue Serpente 16, Paris. Small model, c.1853
• Portable travelling microscope (Microscope portatif de voyage), Nachet, 17 rue St. Severin, Paris. c. 1880
• Nachet, 17 rue St. Severin, Paris. The Nachet-Smith Inverted Chemical Microscope, c. 1885

• Georges Oberhaeuser, Paris :
• G.Oberhaeuser, Place Dauphine, Paris. #1812. Small Drum microscope, c. 1850

• Marc Secretan, Paris :
• Secretan à Paris. Solar microscope, c. 1865

• C. Verick, Paris :
• C. Verick, élève spécial de E. Hartnack, rue de la Parcheminerie, 2, Paris, No. 3571. Continental pattern microscope, c. 1880
• C. Verick, élève spécial de E. Hartnack, rue de la Parcheminerie, 2, Paris, No. 3275. Microscope on a double pillar, c. 1880
• C. Verick, rue de la Parcheminerie, 2, Paris, No. 3036. Verick-Malassez Travelling or Pocket Microscope, c. 1880

Italian microscopes

• Fratelli Koristka, Milano:
• F. Koristka, Milano #6827. Large Continental Microscope, c. 1900

German and Austrian microscopes

• F. R. Belthle and Belthle and Rexroth, C. Kellner's nachfolger, Wetzlar :
• C. Kellner in Wetzlar, Belthle and Rexroth, No. 280, c. 1858. Middle Model IIa (Mittleres Mikroskop). The microscope of Louis Bauer, MD (1814-1898).
• C. Kellner in Wetzlar, Belthle and Rexroth, No. 451, c. 1861. Large Model I (Grosses Mikroskop)
• C. Kellner's nachfolger, FR. Belthle in Wetzlar, No. 945, c. 1866. Small Model 3 (Kleines Mikroskop)
• C. Kellner's nachfolger, FR. Belthle in Wetzlar, No. 829, c. 1866. Model 3a (Kleines Mikroskop)

• Rudolf Fuess, Berlin :
• R. Fuess Berlin #131. The Rosenbusch model petrological microscope, c.1878
• R. Fuess Steglitz-Berlin, # 1414. Smaller petrological microscope model Va, c.1908

• Edmund Hartnack, Potsdam :
• Hartnack's Drawing Apparatus. (attributed). The Embryograph of Wilhelm His, c. 1881

• Hensoldt, Wetzlar :
• Hensoldt Wetzlar #11721. Tami Portable or Travelling Microscope
• Hensoldt Wetzlar #1201. Metami Portable or Travelling Microscope
• Hensoldt Wetzlar #13270. Protami Portable or Travelling Microscope (improved model)
• Hensoldt Wetzlar #3127. Protami Field or Travelling Microscope (early model)

• A. Krüss, Hamburg :
• A. Krüss, Hamburg, No. 260. Drum microscope, c. 1860

• Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar :
• E. Leitz in Wetzlar # 1751. Large microscope with polarizing attachments. c. 1874
• E. Leitz, New York. Serial # 53059. Leitz Travelling Microscope c. 1900
• E. Leitz Wetslar, No. 6260 Stativ IV, c. 1883
• E. Leitz Wetzlar No.25280; Mineralogical Stand I, c. 1892
• Ernst Leitz Wetzlar No.221090, CM model Petrological microscope, c. 1923
• E. Leitz, Wetzlar, No. 6097, Stativ Nr. 1b. Monocular microscope with polarizing attachments, c.1884
• E. Leitz, Wetzlar. Large preparation (dissecting) microscope with erecting prism. Model W, c. 1925
• E. Leitz Wetzlar, No. 8750. Mittleres mikroskop - Stativ III, c. 1886
• Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar; serial # 196553. Leitz Large Travelling Microscope "DT", c. 1920

• IM, Nuremberg :
• Nuremberg Culpeper style microscope. c. 1800 signed IM. Made of wood and decorated cardboard

• G. and S. Merz, München :
• G. and S. Merz München N:866. Large microscope Nr. 1, c. 1867
• G. and S. Merz München N:726. Middel model microscope, c. 1865

• Gebr Mittelstrafs, Magdeburg :
• Gebr Mittelstrafs, Magdeburg. Possibly a French import

• Pistor & Martins, Berlin :
• Pistor & Martins, Berlin, No. 667. Monocular microscope, c.1860

• Georg Simon Plössl, Wien:
• Plössl in Wien. Non-inclining Large Microscope, c. 1845

• Franz Poeller, München :
• Franz Poeller, München (probably made by A. Chevalier, Paris)

• F. W. Schieck (Schiek), Berlin :
• F. W. Schieck, Berlin S.W., No. 7982. Continental microscope. c.1884
• F. W. Schieck, Berlin S.W., No. 7903, c.1884
• Schiek in Berlin, No. 965, Small drum microscope, c. 1859. The microscope of Professor Wilhelm Heinrich von Wittich (1821-1884)
• Schiek in Berlin, No. 137, Small drum microscope, c. 1842. The microscope of Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849)

• Franz Schmidt & Haensch, Berlin :
• Franz Schmidt & Haensch, Berlin, No. 256. Middle model No. 4, c. 1870.

• Seibert, Wetzlar :
• Seibert #5257. The No. 4 model, c.1887
• Seibert in Wetzlar No. 8984. Petrological (Polarizing) Microscope, c. 1898

• Spindler & Hoyer, Göttingen :
• Field or Pocket Microscope marked "Junior" and "Germany", c. 1925.

• C. A. Steinheil Sohne, Muenchen :
• C. A. Steinheil Sohne, Muenchen. Set of aplanatic loupes with handle and loupe stand

• Paul Waechter, Berlin :
• Paul Waechter, Berlin #12416 model No. 1b for bacteriological investigations, c. 1888. The microscope of Dr. Julius Townsend Rose MD (1869-1950)
• Waechter's (or Engell's) Class or Demonstrating Microscope, c. 1885 (attributed)

• Carl Zeiss, Jena :
• Microscope with polarizing attachments: Stativ I, Carl Zeiss, Jena, 1351 / 2259, c. 1874
• Carl Zeiss, Jena. No. 28495. The IVa model microscope, c. 1897
• Zeiss Jena, 555/1243, c. 1867
• Carl Zeiss, Jena No. 47238. The "Jug Handle"- Stand I model microscope. c. 1906
• Carl Zeiss, Jena, No. 30156, Continental Microscope Stand Ia, c. 1898
• Carl Zeiss, Jena #9546. Stativ VII, c. 1885
• Carl Zeiss Jena, No. 8223. The Ia model c. 1885
• Carl Zeiss, Jena No. 51081. The Model IIIE microscope with large mechanical stage, c. 1910

Accessories and Slides

• Carl Zeiss, Jena, No. 338, Abbe Microspectroscope
• John Browning, London. Sorby-Browning Microspectroscope
• R. & J. Beck, 31 Cornhill London, No. 56. The Beck-Sorby Microspectroscope
• A set of injected preparations by the Austrian anatomist Josef Hyrtl. c. 1850
• Smith Beck & Beck, London. A set of disks with a disk revolver for mounting opaque objects
• Some of the accessories supplied with the H. & W. Crouch binocular microscope No. 306
• Nachet & Fils, 17 rue St. Severin, Paris. Hayem-Nachet Hemocytometer, c. 1890
• Carl Zeiss, Jena. Abbe's drawing camera (camera lucida), c. 1895
• Bronze portrait of the Romanian microscopist Jean Cantacuzino (1863-1934). Signed: A. Lavrillier, Jassy 1918
• A set of microscope specimen preparation tools sold by James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia, c.1885
• Carl Zeiss Jena, #3646. Binocular eyepiece "Bitumi" for stereoscopic observation of microscopic objects with a single objective c. 1925
• J. Swift, 43 University St., London W.C., Registered. Portable microscope lamp, c. 1874

Chemistry Related Optical Instruments

• Chemistry Related Antique Optical Instruments
  • John Browning, 63 Strand, London. Multi-prism Automatic Laboratory Spectroscope c. 1875
  • Carl Zeiss, Jena Nr. 39881. Comparison Spectroscope c. 1930
  • Franz Schmidt & Haensch, Berlin, S. Direct Vision Spectroscope after Hoffmann, c. 1890
  • John Browning, London. Direct Vision Hand Spectroscope c. 1885
  • Carl Zeiss, Jena, No. 338, Abbe Microspectroscope
  • John Browning, London. Sorby-Browning Microspectroscope
  • R.. & J. Beck, 31 Cornhill London, No. 56. The Beck-Sorby Microspectroscope
  • Carl Zeiss, Jena Nr. 11794. Pulfrich Refractometer c. 1920
  • Laurent Type Polarimeter c. 1900
  • Nachet, 17 rue St. Severin, Paris. The Nachet-Smith Inverted Chemical Microscope, c. 1885
  • Deleuil, Raspail Simple Chemical Microscope. c. 1835
  • Eimer & Amend, New York. Reagents for Chemical Microscopy, Shillaber Model Set No. 2, c. 1930

Articles and related information

• The Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.s Professional Model Microscopes. 1876-1896
• Antique American Microscopes Wanted
• Index of Microscopes and Accessories for the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 1878-1907 (sorted by maker)
• Index of Microscopes and Accessories for the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 1878-1907 (sorted by apparatus)
• Some Early Microscopes from the Optical Institute in Wetzlar
• The Prize Microscopes Awarded by the New York Homeopathic Medical College. 1874-1916
• Recipients of the Prize Microscopes Awarded by the New York Homeopathic Medical College (and Hospital) 1874-1916
• Microscope-Related United States Patents: 1853-1915 (text only version)
• Microscope-Related United States Patents: 1853-1915 (with patent drawings)
• A Victorian Lady and Her Microscope
• Some links to other antique microscope collections and related sites
• I Buy Antique Microscopes (page 2 of photographs)
• Antique Brass Microscopes Wanted (page 1 of photographs, Home Page)
• Do I sell microscopes from this collection?

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