Microscope Collection (page 2)

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. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany

Threads of Dutch linen and gold under a microscope.. Threads of Dutch linen 1 and gold 2 magnified under a microscope. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

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.. Human finger 1, magnified 2, epidermis 3, magnified 4, scales 5, magnified skin 6, and human blood 7, serum 8

Spermatazoa of rabbit, dog, goat and rooster.. Handcolored engraving on steel by Annedouche after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richards New Edition of the Complete Works of Comte de Buffon

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

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

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. Hooke, an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635-1703) - author of Micrographia (1665)

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

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

Fractured pollen grain
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fractured pollen grain

Bellis perenis, daisy petal
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a daisy petal. Published in Close-Up (2004) by Chris Jones and Alex Ball (inside cover)

Aphis fabae, black bean aphid
Scanning electron microscope image showing a frontal view of a black bean aphid on leaf (x100). Aphids or plant lice are small, plant-sucking insects

Florisphaera profunda
A coccolithophore with highly modified, plate-like coccoliths. This is a very common deep dwelleing species, typically living at about 100-150m depth in the water column

Ophiaster formosus
A coccolithophore with long appendages formed of strings of highly modified coccoliths. Collected from the West Pacific. Specimen diameter 50m. False-coloured SEM image

Pontosphaera japonica. A coccolithophore with relatively large, flat, coccoliths. Collected from off Hawaii. Specimen diameter 22m. False-coloured SEM image

Dr James Scott Bowerbank (1797-1877)
Portrait of Dr James Scott Bowerbank, an English naturalist and palaeontologist. Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, Photographers. Ca 1854

Pelargonium crispum, lemon geranium

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