APPROXIMATE DATE |
NAME |
IMAGE |
TYPE |
c. 1834 or earlier. | PURKINJE COMPRESSORIUM | | SCREW TYPE |
c. 1836-onwards or earlier | SCHIECK COMPRESSOR |
| LEVER PRESSURE TYPE |
c. 1841 or earlier, through the 1890's. | LISTER COMPRESSOR | | LISTER SCREW TYPE |
c. 1842 | YEATES COMPRESSOR | | PARALLEL PILAR There are three upright pillars around the rings. The top glass was held in place by the clips at the top. The top ring can swivel to remain parallel to the bottom. |
c. 1855-? | BROOKE-TYPE GRAVITY COMPRESSORIUM | | GRAVITY COMPRESSOR |
c. 1855- | BECK PARALLEL PLATE COMPRESSORIUM | | PARALLEL PLATE COMPRESSOR |
c. 1862- | HIGHLEY COMPRESSORIUM | | LEVER COMPRESSOR USING A STANDARD SLIDE AS THE BOTTOM SURFACE |
c. 1862-72 | ROSS COMPRESSORIUM STAGE | | COMPRESSORIUM STAGE WITH SWING OUT COMPRESSOR |
c. 1868 | PIPER REVERSIBLE COMPRESSORIUM | | ROTATING REVERSIBLE TYPE REVERSIBLE WITHOUT REMOVING FROM STAGE WITH ADDITIONAL DISK REVOLVER ON OPPOSITE END OF STEM |
c. 1869-? | ROSS REVERSIBLE COMPRESSORIUM | | PARALLEL PLATE TYPE |
c. 1869-? | ROSS IMPROVED REVERSIBLE COMPRESSORIUM | | PARALLEL PLATE TYPE |
after 1870 | HIGH PRESSURE TRICHINOSCOPE COMPRESSORIUM | | PARALLEL GLASS PLATE TYPE |
c. 1870'S?- | WENHAM COMPRESSORIUM | | SIMPLE SPRUNG TYPE |
c. 1880- | FOL COMPRESSORIUM | | A PILLAR SCREW TYPE, SIMILAR TO ROUSSELET'S BUT WITH THE TOP PLATE ADJUSTIBLE WITHIN ITS RING |
c. 1880- | FOREST COMPRESSORIUM | | A SIMPLE SPRUNG COMPRESSOR, SIMPLY THE OPPOSITE OF THE WENHAM |
c. 1880- | GRAHAM COMPRESSORIUM | | PRECURSOR OF THE ROUSSELET TYPE |
c. 1880- | HOLMAN COMPRESSORIUM | | SIMILAR TO THE GRAHAM, EXCEPT THE BOTTOM PLATE IS MOVEABLE AND THE TOP PLATE FIXED |
c. 1882- | HARDY COMPRESSORIUM | | A HINGED COMPRESSOR WITH PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT ON TWO SIDES WHICH ALSO ALLOWS ADJUSTMENT FOR PARALLELISM |
c. 1880's- | BULLOCH COMPRESSORIUM | | FEATURES OF BOTH THE WENHAM AND HARDY COMPRESSORS |
c. 1883 | BAUSCH & LOMB TRICHINOSCOPE COMPRESSOR | | A HINGED TRICHINOSCOPE COMPRESSOR WITH INTEGRATED SIMPLE LENS FOR FIELD USE |
c. 1883 | BAUSCH & LOMB COMPRESSOR | | A SPRUNG COMPRESSOR WITH TWO PINS TO KEEP THE PLATES PARALLEL |
c. 1884 | VIGIEUR COMPRESSOR | | A SIDE PILLAR COMPRESSOR WHICH ACTS ON AN ORDINARY SLIDE AND COVER SLIP |
c. 1886 | JUNG'S STAGE-MOUNTED COMPRESSOR | | A LEVER COMPRESSOR WHICH ACTS ON AN ORDINARY SLIDE AND COVER SLIP |
c. 1886 | DELAGE REVERSIBLE COMPRESSOR | | SIMILAR TO THE LEVER TYPE BUT WITH SCREW ACTING AGAINST A WEDGE; MADE BY NACHET |
c. 1886 | FRENCH VERSION OF SCHEIK REVERSIBLE COMPRESSOR | | THIS ONE USES THREE LEGS INSTEAD OF FOUR AS IN THE ORIGINAL SCHEIK MODEL; MADE BY NACHET(Image kindly provided by Dr Brian Stevenson) |
c. 1886 | G. WATSON REVERSIBLE COMPRESSOR | | A ROTATING COMPRESSOR WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PIPER MODEL OF 18 YEARS EARLIER, BUT WITH LARGER PLATES AROUND THE COVER SLIPS. |
c. 1889 | SCHULZE'S STAGE-MOUNTED COMPRESSOR | | A LEVER COMPRESSOR WHICH ACTS ON AN ORDINARY SLIDE AND COVER SLIP; IT CLAMPS TO THE STAGE WITH A 'C' CLAMP. |
c. 1889 | DIAMOND TOP GRAVITY COMPRESSOR | | A GRAVITY COMPRESSOR OF SIMPLE DESIGN |
c. 1890 | ROUSSELET COMPRESSOR | | ROUSSELET TYPE |
c. 1891 | ROWLAND COMPRESSOR | | PIPER TYPE |
c. after 1895 | IMPROVED ROUSSELET COMPRESSOR | | MODIFIED ROUSSELET TYPE |
c. 1899 | DAVIS EBONITE COMPRESSOR | | DIRECT SCREWING PRESSURE TYPE (similar to Lister type without the springs) |
c. 1925 | BARNARD COMPRESSOR | | FOR USE WITH HIGH POWERS
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c. 1988 | TAYLOR COMPRESSOR | | ROUSSELET TYPE |