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Microscopes : A Century of Progress

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• Microscope
• EH10698
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• One of the earliest microscopes in the EHMHF collection, this monocular drum style brass microscope includes a wooden box and was made in France in the early 19th century. This was typically a small pocket / travel sized microscope included in a doc... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• eh101732
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• Commonly called a "furnace" drum microscope, this small brass microscope was manufactured in France by Bertrand of Paris in approximately 1839. These very small drum microscopes were made between 1830 and 1850. Included is a small ivory slide with... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH101326-1
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• Brass monocular microscope with wooden case made by R & J Beck in 1856. Accessories include metal tweezers, extra lenses and glass slide Manufactured in London by R & J Beck Co. and imported by William Brown & Earle of Philadelphia, a prominant 19... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH10915
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• This brass monocular microscope was made by J. Zentmayer of Philadelphia in the late 19th century. Zentmayer, who emigrated from Germany to the United States, was known for skills in optics and instrument making. He started his own business in Philad... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH101323-1
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• This brass, monocular microscope was designed by John W. Sidle in 1878 in Lancaster, PA with the help of Mr. Poalk. It was one of the first inexpensive scopes made for medical students, and was referred to as the "Acme Microscope". Later versions inc... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH101134
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• This brass, monocular microscope was patented and made by Bausch and Lomb Optical Company of Rodchester, NY. The patent date reads Dec 1, 1908. This patent invented by Edward Bausch, was the creation of a rotating nosepiece for microscopes which allo... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH101126
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• Spencer triple objective, monocular microscope with changeable lens in wooden box. Microscope parts include a triple turret with interchangeable 10x, 44x, 95x objective lenses, a mechanical stage, plano-concave mirror, and coarse and fine focus contr... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH10421
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• This brass and black lacquer microscope was patented in 1915 and created by Bausch and Lomb Optical Co. out of Rodchester, NY. The patent was created by William L. Patterson of Rodchester in order to improve fine adjustment tuners and assigned to Bau... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• eh101710
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• This brass and black lacquered monocular compound microscope was patented in 1915 and created by Bausch and Lomb Optical Co. of Rodchester, NY. The patent created by William L. Patterson was designed to improve fine adjustment on microscope. This new... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH101127
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• Spencer ocular microscope with lens & objectives in a wooden box Made of brass and black-lacquered metal. There are three objectives on a revolving nosepiece: 10x, 44x, and 95 x Shipped sometime between August 6, 1925 and 1932 This instrument wa... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH10792
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• This brass and black-lacquered microscope was made by Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, Germany in 1931. It was bought that same year by Mary Ellen Smith, M.D. while she was a freshman at The Women's Medical College of Penna. The microscope is in a wooden box... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• EH101135
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• This rhodium plated and black lacquered microscope was produced by Spencer Lens Co in Buffalo, NY. This microscope was part of the Spencer Series 33 maketed and produced in 1937. This microscope is equipped with a micrometer fine adjustment, dual con... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• eh101711
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• Carl Zeiss, Jena brass and black-lacquered microscope in wooden case. Nr. 79633 - manufactured in the early 1940s. Development and production of Zeiss microscopes in the 20th century was heavily affected by World War II and the following division o... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• eh101712
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• This black laquered, Metallic Ore Polarizing (MOP) microscope was produced by the Optic Institute of Ernest Leitz in Wetlzar, Germany. This model, used popularly in the 1940s and 50s, had many geographical uses. These special polarizing microscopes a... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• eh101741
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• This brass and black lacquer microscope was patented in 1940 and created by Bausch and Lomb Optical Co. out of Rodchester, NY. The patent was created by George B. Gallasch of Rodchester in order to create an adjustable and convient microscope for all... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• eh101911
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• This rhodium plated and black laquered microscope was produced in 1951 by American Optic Co which bought Spencer Lens Co in 1935, but did not start manufacturing there until 1945. Because this was produced recently after the switch, both companies' l... View Full Record
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• Microscope
• eh101939
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• German made Carl Zeiss black enamel finished binocular microscope with several Carl Zeiss oculars in wooden case. It is the Standard model which became one of the most successful models in the history of Carl Zeiss. There is also a German made Zeiss-... View Full Record
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• Monocular Microscope
• EH102215
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• Spencer triple objective, monocular microscope with changeable lens in wooden box. Microscope parts include a triple turret with interchangeable 10x, 44x, 95x objective lenses, a mechanical stage, plano-concave mirror, and coarse and fine focus contr... View Full Record

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