Microscope Collection

Rosalind Franklin
ROSALIND FRANKLIN Pioneer Molecular Biologist she made important contributions to understanding the structure of DNA

RAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago (1852-1934). Spanish

RAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago (1852-1934). Spanish doctor and histologist, Nobel Prize in 1906. Portrait in his laboratory

Fleming / Photo / Microscope
SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING - Scottish bacteriologist at his desk with his microscope

Under the Microscope / C18
Animacules : microscopic creatures as seen under a microscope; the last two rows are human sperm

Snail teeth

Lubbock / John / Graphic 84
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK 1st BARON AVEBURY Liberal MP and writer of popular science books

Plasmodium sp. malarial parasite
Scanning electron microscope image of a malarial protozoal parasite. The parasite requires the anopheles mosquito to complete its life cycle

Scyliorhinus canicula, dogfish
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the scales of a dogfish (x 40)

Manufacture of circuit boards
A complicated multi-component electronic device for manufacturing circuit boards

Microscope image of the Pasamonte eucrite
Microscopic image of the Pasamonte eucrite showing a basaltic texture. Field of view is 2.5mm across

Mayfly magnified, with various moths
Mayfly magnified through microscope 1, fanfooted or fan-foot moth, Herminia tarsipennalis 2, mayfly 3, scarce burnished brass, Diachrysia chryson 4, green carpet, Colostygia pectinataria 5

Interior structure of the broad bean, Vicia faba. Section through the stem between two leaves viewed under a microscope. Structure interieure d'un Pied de Feve

J Lancaster & Son, Colmore Row, Birmingham
J Lancaster & Son, Cameras, Photographic and Scientific Equipment, Colmore Row, Birmingham. circa 1900

Physiology Laboratory, London School of Medicine for Women, Hunter Street. Date: 1898

Scientists in a lab examining specimens in jars, through a microscope, with bloated animal and bird corpses on the floor. Copperplate engraving by Daniel Chodowiecki, Berlin, 1787

Cow tongue under the microscope: veal tongue showing different papillae 1, foliate papilla 2, filiform papillae 3, and fungiform papillae 4

The Solar Microscope. Date: 18th century

Nursing classroom
An empty classroom at the City & District Infirmary York probationer school founded in 1923. Table at centre with small microscope, and bed on left hand side with large doll. Date: circa 1923

Scientist Loves Cadburys
An archetypal scientist, with a flowing beard and surrounded by apparatus, studies a sample of Cadburys Cocoa; he of course concludes that it is the finest available. Date: circa 1890

WINKELS MICROSCOPE
Winkels microscope Date: late 19th century

MICROSCOPE LATE C19
Date: late 19th century

VARIOUS MICROSCOPES
A selection of microscopes Date: 1797

MICROSCOPE / ENC. BRIT
A selection of microscopes

ROBERT KOCH / IN KIMBERLEY
HEINRICH HERMANN ROBERT KOCH German physician and pioneer bacteriologist in search of the Rinderpest microbe at Kimberley Date: 1843 - 1910

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist, in his laboratory. Date: 1885

The anus of a bot fly
Scanning electron microscope image of the anus of a bot fly. Image on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Coccinella sp. black spotted ladybird
Scanning electron microscope image showing the head of a black spotted ladybird (x 9 on a standard 9 cm wide print). This image has been coloured artifically by computer

Dermatophagoides pteronyssius, dust mite
Scanning electron microscope image showing a dust mite (x 250 on standard 9cm wide print). This image has been artificially coloured by a computer

Zacharias Janssen / W Invt
ZACHARIAS JANSSEN or JANSEN or ZANSZ Dutch spectacle maker who invented the compound microscope

Advert for Lancaster & Sons bellows cameras 1890
Advertisement for 19th century bellows cameras, pocket combination aneroid barometers, selection of scientific equipment compound microscope, achromatic microscope

Atlanta Microscope. Hartnack Berlin, 1922. Deutches Technikmuseum. Berlin. Germany

Transmission electron microscope EM9. Signed: Carl Zeiss. 1964

LEEUWENHOEK, Antony van (1632-1723). Dutch naturalist and optician. First to observe bacteriae. He is commonly known as the Father of Microbiology, and considered to be the first microbiologist. Oil

WW1 - Austrian Scientists at work in Adana, Turkey
A pair of Austrian Scientists working in secrecy in Adana, Turkey during the First Work War

Aquatic microscope. Engraving from John Ellis, Essai sur l histoire naturelle des corallines, et d autres productions marines. Plate XXXIX. Date: 1756

Tyrophagus casei, cheese mite
Scanning electron microscope image of a cheese mite (x 170). These creatures are generally considered to be a pest, however they are added to Altenburger cheese to give it flavour

Ceratodon purpureus, ceratodon moss spore capsule
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a ceratodon moss spore capsule (x 650 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Schistosoma nasale, bloodfluke
Scanning electron microscope image of a parasitic bloodfluke or flatworm. Coloured artifically by computer

Dermestes lardarius, larder beetle
Scanning electron microscope image of a larder beetle (x22). These beetles are important for the damage they do, mainly through feeding on animal matter. Coloured artificially by computer

Boy Using Microscope
A schoolboy at Lingfield Secondary uses a microscope

ROBERT HOOKE 1635 - 1703
ROBERT HOOKE English scientist. Author of Micrographia (1665), in which he published results of his microscopic investigations

Robert Hooke / Microscope
Robert Hookes microscope

Campanis Microscope
Campanis microscope

Adams Universal Microscope - made by George Adams Snr. about 1755 for King George III, while he was still Prince of Wales

Binocular microscope large Best. London, around 1890
Binocular microscope large Best. Signed: R. & J. Beck Ltd London 19901. London, around 1890. The Large Best microscope was the top product of R. and J

Alexander Dickson
ALEXANDER DICKSON botanist, at work with his microscope : A primrose by the rivers brim, no simple primrose was to him, it was a good deal more. Date: 1836 - 1887

Scientific Conversazione
The Society of Apothecaries holds a Scientific conversazione at their council chamber, Apothecaries Hall, in Blackfriars, London. The evening focused on the use of the microscope. Date: 11 April 1855

Jean Rostand / Photo
JEAN ROSTAND French biologist and writer Date: 1894 - 1977

Lumiere / Louis / Ils Photo
LOUIS-JEAN LUMIERE French chemist, industrialist and pioneer (with his brother) of cinematography Date: 1864 - 1948

Water flea, Cyclops cyprinaceus.. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Threads of Dutch linen and gold under a microscope.. Threads of Dutch linen 1 and gold 2 magnified under a microscope

Crystals of silver solution and Dianas tree, camphor, and niter.. Crystals magnified under a microscope- silver solution and Dianas tree 1, camphor 2, and niter 3

Human finger, skin, blood, serum and salt crystals

Spermatazoa of rabbit, dog, goat and rooster

Crystals of verdigris, boric acid, common salt, and sal ammoniac.. Crystals of verdigris 1, boric acid 2, common salt 3, and sal ammoniac 4 under the microscope

Suffragette Flora Drummond Stanhope Toy
A Stanhope or optical toy, a device which allows the viewing of microphotographs without using a microscope. The stanhope was invented in 1857 by Rene Dagron, a French photographer

Boy with microscope
A boy in white overalls, sitting at a table examining something through a microscope. Date: 20th century

Plague scientist in China
Western doctor or scientist in China during the bubonic plague outbreak; died during research work. Date: 1911

Boys with Microscope
Two schoolboys with a microscope in a classroom laboratory. Date: early 1970s

Robert Hookes Microscope
Full-size copy of Robert Hookes Compound Microscope - held at the Science Museum, London

Papilio palinurus, emerald swallowtail
SEM image of an emerald swallowtails wing

Pieris rapae, small white
SEM image of the wing of a small white butterfly

Heliconius doris, doris longwing
SEM image of Heliconius doris wing

Papilio palinurus, emerald swallowtail
SEM image of an emerald swallowtails wing

Dinosaur eggshell
Scanning electron microscope image on display in the Darwin Centre

Ventral surface of a mite from the prostigmatic species
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Difflugia Corona
Freshwater Testate Amoebae. Magnification x 450

Volunteer working at the Natural History Museum, London
Volunteer using microscope to examine zoological specimen

Diplopoda sp. plate millipede
Scanning electron microscope image of a lateral view of the head of a plate millipede. Image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Trypanosomes
Scanning electron microscope image showing a trypanosoma blood smear. They have proved to be of great interest as they have evolved very differently to other better studied organisms

Taxonomic research in the fish section
Research on the fish collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Hydra sp
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the stinging tentacles and mouth of the coelenterate Hydra (x 36 on a standard 9cm wide print)

Atta cethalotes, leaf-cutter ant
Scanning electron microscope image of a leaf-cutter ant displayed in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Small fly, species unknown
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) of a fly head. Image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Amphitetras, diatom
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the diatom Amphitetras with its ornate silica shell (x5000 on a standard 9 cm wide print). Coloured artificially by computer

Leptoglossis ferreyraei
A pollen grain of Leptoglossis ferreyraei (polar view) from the family Solanaceae, the tomato family

Leptoglossis lomana
A pollen grain of the Leptoglossis lomana (polar view) from the family Solanacea, the tomato family

Gold in unspecified mineral
Scanning electron microscope image of an elemental map showing the distribution of gold (Au) in mineral samples

Goyazite
Scanning electron microscope image of the energy-dispersive X-ray spectrum of the mineral goyazite, obtained using Link AN10000 analysis system

Coccoliths
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of coccoliths, these are the limestone scales surrounding the marine phytoplankton coccolithophores

Velcro
A trademarked name for a fastening tape made up of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks, that fasten to another strip with a surface of uncut pile. A SEM image

Amblyomma sp. hard backed tick
Scanning electron microscope view of a hard backed tick from the family Ixodidae. Coloured artificially on computer

Copper in unspecified mineral
Scanning electron microscope image of an elemental map showing the distribution of copper (Cu) in mineral samples

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