Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

    

Microscope 164 (Charles Hearson; model MS. VI; 1940s)

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The Charles Hearson company was founded in the late 1880s and continued well into the 20th century until the 1960s, trading from 27 Mortimor Street, London. The company produced large catalogues including laboratory equipment, especially incubators, which they specialized in. They also sold microscopes, some of their own make, and many microscopes made by other companies. Microscope 164 is signed “Hearson, London” and has the serial number 803, being dated to the 1940s. The instrument is an example of the Hearson Microscope model MS.VI, as described in a firm’s catalogue from the 1930s (Figure 1). This microscope was primarily designed for the use by medical students, school and college laboratories, and industry.

 

Figure 1. Hearson Microscope model MS.VI, as pictured in a firm’s catalogue from the 1930s.

 

LAST EDITED: 26.01.2021