Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Charles Collins (London, England)

In this page you will find images of instruments made by Charles Collins, found in their own trade catalogues, catalogues of other retailers, antique books, volumes of the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, and other sources.

 

Image

Source

Observations from the source

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Portable microscope, 1880 - 1890

JRMS 1885 (pp. 701)

Pocket Microscope

Collins

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

Collins (after 1865)

Hogg (1867; 1869; 1871)

Binocular microscope

Collins

Hogg (1867; 1869; 1871)

Student’s binocular microscope

Collins

Hogg (1883; 1886; 1890)

Binocular microscope

Collins

W Carpenter (1868; 1875; 1883)

Collin’s Harley binocular

Wythe (1877; 1880; 1883)

Harley binocular microscope

Collins

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Binocular microscope, 1860 - 1875

Hansen, J. L. et al. (1974) The Billings microscope collection. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA

Collins (c. 1865)

W Carpenter (1883)

Collins’s student’s microscope

Collins

Hogg (1883; 1886; 1890)

Histological or student’s microscope

Collins

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Histological microscope, 1881

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Microscope outfit, 1870 - 1890

Turner, G. E. (1981) Collecting Microscopes (Christie's South Kensington collectors series). Littlehampton Book Services Ltd

Clinical demonstration microscope

Collins (c. 1870)

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

King aquarium microscope, c. 1870

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

King aquarium microscope,  1870 - 1880

JRMS 1888 (pp. 103)

Aquarium Microscope

Collins

W Carpenter (1891)

Collins’s aquarium microscope

Collins

Hogg (1883; 1886; 1890)

Dissecting microscope

Collins

Turner GE (1989) The great age of the microscope (Catalogue of the RMS collection), Bristol

Collins (c. 1870)

Bracegirdle (2005) A catalogue of the microscopy collections at the science museum, London, Little Imp Publications (CD)

Lawson dissecting microscope, 1865 - 1870

Hogg (1867; 1869; 1871)

Lawson’s dissecting microscope

Collins

Giordano, R. V. (2007) Singular beauty: simple microscopes from the Giordano collection. MIT Museum

Collins/Lawson binocular dissecting microscope