This private collection connects instruments to makers, catalog numbers, period sources, and the development of microscopy. Then it introduces ‘monkey microscopes’—ornate Victorian novelty instruments with working optics. The useful part is the index: a researcher can move from a strange object to the people and technology behind it.
Original microscope museum: https://www.antiquemicroscopes.co.uk/
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Original microscope museum: https://www.antiquemicroscopes.co.uk/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-antique-microscopes-are-art-and-science/
#ancientweb #microscopy #sciencehistory #collecting
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