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Microscope Museum Collection of antique microscopes and other
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Serial
numbers of antique microscope makers Serial numbers engraved on antique and
vintage microscopes may allow to date the instruments to a good level of
accuracy, although some makers used serial numbers in a somewhat inconsistent
way. From this page, you can access several plots that may help dating
microscopes of some important makers (please click on the links above to
access these plots for each microscope maker). Many associations between the
dates and serial numbers were based on the excellent book by Brian
Bracegirdle ‘Notes on modern microscope manufacturers’, published by
the Quekett Microscopical Club in 1996. Many other
associations between serial numbers and years or manufacture (or years of delivery,
which may slightly differ from the manufacture date) were retrieved from the production
books of some companies (e.g., for R & J Beck and Carl Zeiss microscopes),
and others from amazing websites dedicated to microscopes and microscopy such
as www.microscopist.net, www.antique-microscopes.com,
www.microscope-antiques.com, www.musoptin.com, and several other sources.
Please note that, for many microscope makers, the years of manufacture may be
approximate only. |
