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Microscope 194 (Gillett & Sibert; conference research microscope; 1970s)

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Gillett & Sibert was an English microscope manufacturer based at 417 Battersea Park Road, London (1961 – c. 1970) and at 50 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London during the 1970s. The company was more an assembler rather than a maker, and many of their component were made in Germany. The company practically ceased to operate by the early 1980s, but the name was later revived. Microscope 194 is a Conference Research microscope from Gillett & Sibert and can be dated to the 1970s (Figure 1). The instrument contains the serial number 8039. The microscope is painted black and stands on the housing for the components for illumination. The electrics and light source are set in a compartment at the rear of the microscope. A viewing head is also available for this instrument, with the serial number 9265, within its original wooden box.

 

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Figure 1. Conference Research microscope as pictured in a Gillett & Sibert’s 1968 catalogue

 

 

References

'Conference' Binocular Microscope, by Gillett & Sibert, London, c.1965 (https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/collections/imu-search-page/record-details/?thumbnails=on&irn=6067&TitInventoryNo=82961), last accessed on 07.07.2021

Conference Research projecting microscope (https://collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/item/conference-research-projecting-microscope/1013397),  last accessed on 07.07.2021

 

LAST EDITED: 31.08.2021