The links below will take you to review articles and to webpages which are more than just a description of an instrument.

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1. Accessories: A Review of Accessories Supplied with Antique Microscopes.
2. History of the Development of the Achromatic-Aplanatic Microscope
3. Algensuschers:What is an Algensuscher?
4. APERTOMETERS: A brief history
5. APPRAISALS: What you need to know about the value of antique microscopes, including services I can provide to help.
6. ARRANGEMENTS: Microscopic Art created using diatoms and or scales of the wings of the butterflies.
7. Bausch & Lomb: Early Simple Microscopes by Bausch & Lomb including the American Agriculturist Microscopes
8. Bottles and Containers for Storing and Dispensing Immersion Oil
9. Some Corrections and Additions to BRACEGIRDLE's Notes on Modern Microscope Manufacturers
10. Bulloch: Evolution of Walter H. Bulloch Microscopes-a nearly comprehensive review of all known models which includes engravings and images of many examples
11. Bulloch Improvements: Improvements and Changes of Bulloch Microscopes over Time
12. Bulloch Serial numbers-a partial listing of known serial numbers and models of microscopes made by Walter Bulloch and successors
13. Bulloch Signatures: a review of the signatures on microscopes made by Walter Bulloch and successors
14. Bulloch Workplaces: A review of Walter Bulloch's known places of work and occupation
15. Bulloch References: References pertaining to the history of Walter Bulloch's Microscopes
16. CAMERA LUCIDAS-the types and their history
17. Collecting: My Advice on Collecting
18. Compass Microscopes: A Brief History of the Compass Microscope
19. Compound Microscopes: A Brief History of the Compound Microscope
20. Compressors (Compressoria): A review of the main types of compressor and how they work.
21. Cary-Gould: Evolution of the Cary-Gould Microscope as seen through Gould's Books
22. Correction collars: History and examples
23. Correction collars: Simple Method of Using
24. Coverglass Micrometers and their History
25. Coverings of the optical tubes of microscopes; Shagreen and other Coverings for the tubes of microscopes
26. Small Brass CYLINDER MICROSCOPES of the 2nd and 3rd Quarters of the 20th Century
27. Dalton and Tolles Microscopes: microscopes made by Robert Tolles, C. X. Dalton, and the Boston Optical Works
28. Dark Ground Illumination: History of the Development of DARK GROUND(aka Dark Field) Illumination
29. Some help on DATING scientific instruments
30. Diatoms-some examples of individual diatoms as seen under the microscope.
31. Diatoms and scales of butterfly wings-Microscopic Arrangements as Pictures as seen under the microscope.
32. Dick Microscopes: An example by Swift and the history of the Dick Petrographic microscopes including other examples
33. The DOUBLE IMAGE PRISM from an 1847 microscope, and experiments with a birefringent crystal
34. History of the MARTIN or DRUM type MICROSCOPES.
35. SMALLER TOYDRUM MICROSCOPES of the late 19th and 20th Centuries.
36. The Watson EDINBURGH microscopes and their evolution.
37. Fingerprint Magnifiers
38. EIKONOMETER: Determining the Magnification of any combination of an eyepiece and objective of a microscope using the Wright Eikonometer.
39. Episcopic Illumination and Vertical Illuminators
40. Folding Simple Microscope: 'Jones Type' of Folding 'Flower or Insect Microscopes'
41. FOLDING PORTABLE MICROSCOPES-History of the LIGHT-WEIGHT FOLDING PORTABLE Achromatic Microscope
42. Folding 'Botanical' Simple Magnifiers especially of Horn and Shell
43. FROG-PLATES AND FISHPLATES
44. A Glossary of Terms commonly used with antique and other microscopes
45. Gould: Evolution of the Cary-Gould Microscope as seen through Gould's Books
46. Gould's Improved Compound Pocket Microscope-details
47. Gould's Test Objects and the Gould Microscope-what is that test slide with these microscopes?
48. Griffith's Microscopes: History of the Griffith Club Microscope and the Griffith Microscope invented by Ezra Griffith
49. Grunow: The First Class Grunow Microscope of Dr Octavius White
50. History of Laban HEATH's Microscopes
51. Hot Stages and Warm Stages
52. The 'Household' Microscopes: A review of many models of the 'Household Universal' microscope invented by T.H. McAllister and copied by many makers in the U.S.A. and France.
53. ILLUMINATION: Proper Optimal Illumination with Antique Microscopes
54. ILLUMINATION SOURCES: An abbreviated History of Artificial Illumination Sources for the microscope.
55. Incubating Warm Stages and Hot Stages
56. The 'Insect or Seed' cylindrical microscopes
57. Microscope LAMPS AND CANDLE HOLDERS: An abbreviated History of Artificial Illumination Sources for the microscope.
58. Leuwenhoek: The Microscopes of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
59. Lever Stages of Cornelius Varley and Alfred White-give credit where credit is due!
60. 'Light Modifiers' and the 'Gifford Screen' filter for photomicrography, a history and review.
61. Linen Provers, Thread Counters and Related Microscopes and some other instruments, past and present
62. Liveboxes: A brief review of the main types of livebox and how they work.
63. MAGNIFICATION: Determining magnification of a compound microscope from focal length of the objective and eyepiece
64. MAGNIFICATION: Determining the Magnification of any combination of an eyepiece and objective of a microscope using the Wright Eikonometer.
65. MAGNIFICATION: Determining the magnification of an eyepiece.
66. 'MARTIN' or 'Drum' Microscopes-their history from the beginning.
67. Student or Toy 'Martin' 'Drum' Microscopes.
68. McArthur-type Microscopes, past and present
69. E.M. Nelson:-Microscopes designed by him.
70. The Nelson-Curties No. 1 microscope, an actual example and its history.
71. The Nelson No. 2 microscope, comparison of examples from about 1895 and 1899.
72. Evolution and History of MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVES
73. OBLIQUE ILLUMINATORS and the history of oblique illumination.
74. An unusual OBLIQUE ILLUMINATOR of POWELL & LEALAND.
75. PACKING: How to properly PACK an antique microscope for SHIPPING
76. Photographic Magnifiers of the late 19th and early 20th Century
77. PILLISCHER-a History of Pillischer Microscopes.
78. Pocket Microscopes: a Brief survey and history of some examples.
79. Hugh Powell: an early example of his microscopes and associated history
80. Powell & Lealand's No 1 Microscope: Its history and an example with many accessories
81. Powell & Lealand's Original 'New Microscope' of 1843, the prototype for the famous future line of Powell & Lealand microscopes.
82. A COMPARISON OF Powell & Lealand's Original 'New Microscope' of 1843 with the later P & L No 3.
83. Making a replacement RACK for an Antique Microscope by hand
84. Francois Raspail's Cylindrical Microscope for Travel-setting the record straight
85. Raspail's Microscopes-illustrated review of the microscopes of Francois Raspail
86. Restoring: My Advice about Restoring Instruments
87. Restoring: An Introduction on HOW to Restore Antique Microscopes
88. Restoration: An example of a nearly complete restoration project (a Zentmayer 'Grand American' Model)
89. Ringing or Slide-Ringing tables-see Turntables
90. Andrew ROSS-history of his microscopes.
91. SCREWBARREL Microscopes: A Brief History of the Screwbarrel Microscope
92. W.H, Darker's Stacked Rotating Selenites
93. SIMPLE Microscopes: A Brief History of the Simple Microscope
94. History of SHAGREEN and other Coverings for the tubes of microscopes
95. SHIPPING: How to properly PACK an antique microscope for SHIPPING
96. Slides: A Brief History of Microscope Slides
97. James SMITH's MICROSCOPE #22 of 1840: THE MICROSCOPE OF Dr. THOMAS HODGKIN
98. Smith and Beck-RETAILERS who bought their microscopes.
99. SOLAR Microscopes: History of the Solar Microscope
100. SOLEIL Microscopes: The uncommonly described microscopes by a famous French Instrument maker.
101. Spencer, Tolles, Dalton-Important Dates of these 3 famous makers
102. Swift Wale-limb Microscopes-A Brief history of their evolution
103. The Tami series of microscopes from Wetzar: The Tami, Metami and Protami microscopes.
104. Test Objects and the Gould Microscope-what is that test slide with these microscopes?
105. Tolles and Dalton Microscopes: microscopes made by Robert Tolles, C. X. Dalton, and the Boston Optical Works
106. Top Lighting: Episcopic Illumination and Vertical Illuminators
107. Tripod Surface Inspection Microscopes Also see the article about the Short Small Tripod Magnifiers of the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
108. Tubelength-a primer on tubelength as it relates to antique microscopes
109. TURNTABLES for slide-ringing, also known as Whirling tables or cell-making instruments.
110. History of Microscopes Used in URINALYSIS
111. VERTICAL ILLUMINATORS and their history: A review of the history of vertical and top illumination.
112. VARLEY: Cornelius Varley and his microscopes
113. VARLEY LEVER STAGE: Lever Stages of Cornelius Varley and Alfred White-give credit where credit is due!
114. Vertical Illuminators and Episcopic Illumination
115. Warm Stages and Hot Stages
116. The WATSON EDINBURGH microscopes and their evolution.
117. WATSON MICROSCOPE EVOLUTION: A tabular review of the changes in the Watson Edinburgh, Royal, and all the Van Heurck Models over the years with special attention to changing specifications and features.
118. Watson Objective Lenses: A Review of Objectives as Sold by W. Watson & Sons in the Late 19th to Early 20th Century.
119. Watson Royal: The 'Royal' Microscope: its history and how it Differs from the 'Van Heurk'.
120. Watson-Van Heurck: A review of the history of the Van Heurck Microscope and its relation to other Watson models, especially the Edinburgh.
121. White's Lever Stage and the stage of Cornelius Varley-give credit where credit is due!
122. Wollensak Microscopes of the 1920's and 1930's