Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

                            

Index of images of microscopes and other items in historical books

 

John PHIN (1877, 1881)

Practical hints on the selection and use of the microscope

 

John PHIN (1882, 1890)

How to use the microscope being practical hints on the selection and use of that instrument

 

Listed below are most microscopes and other items pictured in these historical books, including the information about the year each image appeared and a brief description.

 

Image

Book and publication year

Observations from the book

Maker

A picture containing text, old, gear

Description automatically generated

Phin (1877; 1881; 1882; 1890)

French vertical microscope

 

A picture containing text, ground, old, table

Description automatically generated

Phin (1877; 1881; 1882; 1890)

Turntable

 

A picture containing text, ground, outdoor, furniture

Description automatically generated

Phin (1877; 1881; 1882; 1890)

Cox turntable

 

A picture containing text, table

Description automatically generated

Phin (1881; 1882; 1890)

Linen prover

 

A picture containing text, outdoor, old

Description automatically generated

Phin (1877; 1881; 1882; 1890)

Excelsior microscope

Bausch and Lomb

Phin (1877; 1881; 1882)

Jackson model

Bausch and Lomb

Phin (1881; 1882; 1890)

Compact dissecting and mounting microscope

Bausch and Lomb

Phin (1881; 1882; 1890)

Investigator microscope

Bausch and Lomb

A picture containing weapon

Description automatically generated

Phin (1890)

Concentric stand

Bausch and Lomb

A close-up of a machine

Description automatically generated with low confidence

Phin (1890)

Inverted microscrope

Bausch and Lomb

A picture containing weapon

Description automatically generated

Phin (1881; 1882; 1890)

New biological stand

Bulloch

A picture containing old, black, vintage

Description automatically generated

Phin (1881; 1882; 1890)

Holmes’ class microscope

James Queen

Phin (1890)

ACME No. 4

Queen

Phin (1877; 1881; 1882; 1890)

Ross model

Ross

A picture containing text, old

Description automatically generated

Phin (1881; 1882)

ACME binocular microscope

Sidle

A picture containing weapon

Description automatically generated

Phin (1877)

Continental microscope

Wale

A picture containing weapon

Description automatically generated

Phin (1881; 1882; 1890)

Histological microscope

Zentmayer

A picture containing text, old

Description automatically generated

Phin (1890)

Army hospital binocular stand

Zentmayer