ANTIQUE MICROSCOPES and ACCESSORIES for sale
VINTAGE
BAKER INTERFERENCE
MICROSCOPE - A
20th
century
Interference Microscope with petrological and dark ground
facilities. The instrument has both binocular and monocular
eye sets,
quickly exchangeable single
and triple
nosepieces, three, interference objective/sub stage condenser
pairs (X10, X40 & X100) and a darkfield objective/sub stage
condenser (X100) pair. There is a plano-concave mirror plugged
into the limb beneath the sub-stage. The sub-stage has built-in
lever operated iris, filter holder and separate lever operated
polariser. Focussing the sub-stage is by rack & pinion
thumbwheel and the sub-stage has the quick change facility for
condensers. The centering/rotating stage is graduated 0 –
360 degrees and course & fine focus is by racking the whole
stage assembly. Above the nosepiece is a lever for mon/bi use by
sliding a small correcting lens into or out of the light path, a
slider with a quarter waveplate, a rotating polarising disc
graduated 0 – 240 degrees with a magnifier to help read the
scale. The whole body tube assembly is removable and clamped in
place with a small lever on the right side of the body tube. The
binocular eye set rotates and inter-ocular separation is swinging
out the eyepieces. The binocular set is replaced by a monocular
set by un-screwing the ring at the top of the eyetube. As well as
all the built-in features, this microscope comes with a separate
goniometer
eyepiece set
comprising 0-360
degree graduated base with lever operated iris, above which is a
sliding 6 order quartz wedge with micrometer scale and a sliding
eyepiece filter pair, with magnifier. There are also two pairs of
eyepieces (X5 & X10) for the binocular set and two monocular
eyepieces (X7.5 micrometer & a telescoping variable power).The
microscope was made by "C.BAKER,
London",
and comes in a fitted case
along with
another case of accessories.
- £2500
A
top quality Victorian burr walnut stereo viewer. The instrument
folds
down
to
11 x 7 x 4 inches and stands
some
17 inches high
in
use. It is in excellent working order and comes with one stereo
card of the moon and a set of Victorian romantic “life”
cards. -
£295
A selection of small pocket or field microscopes, are available. Prices range from £25 each.
MICROSCOPE SLIDES AND ACCESSORIES
A
very comprehensive set of antique microscope slides in a fitted
case.
This set was compiled by Theadore Stephanides (doctor, author and
naturalist but probably best known as mentor to Gerald Durrell)
for his godson but sadly, he was not interested in microscopy so
converted them into cash which of more use to his family. The
collection comprises 100 slides covering a wide range of
microscopic subjects including arranged diatoms, pollens,
botanical, foraminifera, marine, insects, crystals &
microphotographs. It includes slides by the very best preparers of
the day such as Dancer, Topping, Moller, Ward, Norman, Cole,
Clarke & Page, Doherty, Wheeler and Suter (for a complete list
of the slides please click here).
Each slide is listed against it's slot in the case and all the
slides are in good condition with the exception of some ageing of
the balsam on a few slides by lesser-known preparers. - £500
A
very rare antique (pre 1877) cased
microscopist's oil lamp by Swift. This lamp has the
unusual brown ceramic chimney embossed
on the front in gold JAMES
SWIFT marking it as top of the
range. The lamp
stands some 15 inches high when in
use, and has all original finishes. It comes complete in its
original case and is in perfect working
order. - £550
Slides and accessories such as microscope nosepieces, camera lucidas, stage aids, objectives, sub-stage accessories, eyepieces, etc.
BOOKS
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE BECK MICROSCOPE by R & J BECK LTD. A 24 page hard back booklet on how to use the Beck microscope. - £15
Photomicrography, in theory & practice - Schillaber, 1949 - £25
Modern Microscopy by Cross & Cole, 1922- £25
The Microscope - A Simple Handbook by Conrad beck (R & J Beck) 1923 - £15
Practical Microscopy by L.C.Martin and B.K.Johnson, 1931 - £10
Microscopes and microscopic life by Peter Healey, 1969 - £15
The Microscope - A Practical Handbook, by A.H.Drew & L. Wright, 1922 - £15
Common Objects of the microscope - J G Wood, 2nd ed. - £15
LINKS
MMS or Manchester Microscopical & Natural History Soc.
Interested in microphotographs, then this book on stanhopes book is a must.
