Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Ross & Co. (London, England)

In this page you will find images of instruments made by Ross, 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

Ross’s catalogue (1875)

Bockett’s microscope lamp

Ross’s catalogue (1875)

Fiddian’s microscope lamp

Ross’s catalogue (1875)

Fiddian’s portable lamp

Ross’s catalogue (1875)

Paraffin lamp

Ross’s catalogue (1875)

Paraffin lamp

JRMS 1901 (pp. 205)

Arc Lamp "A"

JRMS 1904 (pp. 236)

Mechanical stage

JRMS 1908 (pp. 760)

New Micrometric Mechanical Stage

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

Compressor, lever (Ross)

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

Coverslip gauge

A close-up of a camera lens

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

Substage oblique illuminator, 1860 - 1890

JRMS 1886 (pp. 685)

Schroder's Differential-screw Fine Adjustment