Origin and development of the microscope
Camera lucida
Inv. 3325
Nachet firm, Paris, after 1880
Chest type compound microscope
Inv. 3230
Peter Dollond, London, late 18th cent.
Compound and simple microscope
Inv. 2664, 3217
Andrew Pritchard, London, ca. 1835
Compound and simple microscope, chest type
Inv. 3210
James Ayscough, London, second half 18th cent.
Compound microscope
Inv. 1223
George Adams senior, London, ca. 1770
Compound microscope
Inv. 2649
Maker unknown, Italian, 1832-1862
Compound microscope
Inv. 2663
Maker unknown, Italian, 1832-1862
Compound microscope
Inv. 2661
Angiolo Poggiali [attr.], Italian, 1860-1880
Compound microscope
Inv. 2660
Maker unknown, Italian, 1845
Compound microscope
Inv. 3172
Maker unknown, French, late 19th cent.
Compound microscope
Inv. 3203
Giovanni Battista Amici, Modena, ca. 1827
Compound microscope
Inv. 3206
Pietro Patroni, Milan, 1726
Compound microscope
Inv. 3283
Nachet & Fils firm, Paris, ca. 1870
Compound microscope
Inv. 3268
Edmund Hartnack, Potsdam, ca. 1880
Compound microscope
Inv. 3267
Maker unknown, Italian, 1860-1880
Compound microscope
Inv. 3259
Smith, Beck & Beck firm, London, ca. 1858
Compound microscope
Inv. 3248
Pietro Patroni [attr.] or François de Baillou [attr.], Italian, early 18th cent.
Compound microscope
Inv. 3247
Maker unknown, Italian, late 17th cent.
Compound microscope
Inv. 3241
Maker unknown, Italian, ca. 1845
Compound microscope
Inv. 3238
Maker unknown, Italian, 1832-1862
Compound microscope
Inv. 2662 (scatola), 3223
Maker unknown, Italian, 1832-1862
Compound microscope
Inv. 480, 3219, 3221
George Adams junior, London, ca. 1790
Compound microscope
Inv. 3385
Maker unknown, Italian, 1832-1862
Compound microscope
Inv. 3327
G. & S. Merz firm, Munich, ca. 1870
Compound microscope
Inv. 3205
Georg Friedrich Brander, Augsburg, ca. 1765
Compound microscope
Inv. 3201
Giovanni Battista Amici, Modena, 1827-1831
Compound microscope, binocular
Inv. 2659
Maker unknown, Italian, ca. 1855
Compound microscope, binocular
Inv. 3258
R. & J. Beck firm, London, ca. 1865
Compound microscope, body-tube
Inv. 3797
Maker unknown, Italian, early 18th cent.
Compound microscope, demonstration
Inv. 2672
Maker unknown, German?, late 19th cent.
Compound microscope, demonstration
Inv. 3208
Nachet firm, Paris, 1880-1892
Compound microscope, dissecting
Inv. 2648
Nachet & Fils firm, Paris, ca. 1875
Compound microscope, Galilean
Inv. 3429
Giuseppe Campani [attr.], Italian, second half 17th cent.
Compound microscope, inverted
Inv. 2655 bis
Angiolo Poggiali, Italian, ca. 1868
Compound microscope, part of body-tube
Inv. 1309
Maker unknown, Italian, late 17th cent.
Duc de Chaulnes's microscope
Inv. 3202
Maker unknown, ca. 1770
Hot stage
Inv. 3307
Carl Reichert, Vienna, after 1885
Lucernal and compound microscope
Inv. 502, 1457, 3222 (scatola), 3243 (microscopio)
George Adams junior, English, ca. 1791
Microspectroscope
Inv. 3292
Maker unknown, German, ca. 1885
Nuremberg compound microscope
Inv. 3390
Maker unknown, German, first half 19th cent.
Optical compendium
Inv. 2681, 2682, 2683, 2684
Robert Banks, London, ca. 1811
Reflecting microscope
Inv. 3171
Giovanni Battista Amici, Modena, 1815-1825
Reflecting microscope
Inv. 3200
Giovanni Battista Amici, Modena, 1815-1825
Reflecting microscope
Inv. 3209
Giovanni Battista Amici [attr.], Italian, 1815-1825
Simple microscope, aquatic
Inv. 3098
Chapotot, Paris, ca. 1700
Simple microscope, aquatic
Inv. 3233
Maker unknown, Italian?, second half 18th cent.
Simple microscope, dissecting
Inv. 3212
Peter Dollond (microscope), John Cuff (micrometer), London, ca. 1760-1770
Simple microscope, dissecting
Inv. 3324
Carl Kellner, Wetzlar, 1855-1869
Simple microscope, pocket
Inv. 3239
Maker unknown, French or Dutch?, early 19th cent.
Solar microscope
Inv. 3229
Isidoro Gaspare Bazzanti, Italian, 1760
Solar microscope
Inv. 795
Peter Dollond, London, ca. 1800