Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Robert Field (Birmingham, England)

In this page you will find images of instruments made by Robert Field, found in their own trade catalogues, catalogues of other retailers, antique books, volumes of the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, and other sources.

 

Image

Source

Observations from the source

Brown, O (1986) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Catalogue 7 – Microscopes

Aquatic microscope, c. 1855, R. Field

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Chest microscope, 1844 - 1863

Turner, G. E. (1981) Collecting Microscopes (Christie's South Kensington collectors series). Littlehampton Book Services Ltd

Society of Arts prize simple microscope by G Field (c. 1856)

W Carpenter (1856; 1857; 1868)

Field’s simple microscope

Field

Nuttall, R. H. (1979) Microscopes from the Frank collection, 1800-1860. A. Frank, Jersey, Channel Islands

School microscope

Field & Son (1860 – 1865)

Brown, O (1986) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Catalogue 7 – Microscopes

Compound microscope, R Field & Son, c. 1860

W Carpenter (1856; 1857; 1868)

Field’s simple microscope

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

R Field & Son (c. 1855)

Nuttall, R. H. (1979) Microscopes from the Frank collection, 1800-1860. A. Frank, Jersey, Channel Islands

Field & Son (1855 – 1856)

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Three guinea microscope, 1859

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Compound microscope, 1845 - 1863

W Carpenter (1875; 1883)

Field’s dissecting and mounting microscope

Thanhoffer L (1880) Das mikroskop und seine anwendung

Field’sche Excursions-Mikroskop

Lentz, T. L. (2017) Lentz Microscopy and Histology Collection. Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University

Dissecting Microscope, R. Field, c1855

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Dissecting microscope, 4/5 19th C.

 

JRMS 1882 (pp. 549)

Teasdale's Field Naturalist's Microscope

Field

W Carpenter (1875; 1883)

Field’s dissecting and mounting microscope

Field

Thanhoffer L (1880) Das mikroskop und seine anwendung

Field’sche Excursions-Mikroskop

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

Field & Co. (c. 1870)

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Marshall dissecting and mounting microscope, 1870 - 1880