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Scientific Medical & Mechanical Antiques - Complete articles are posted from the journal, American Artifacts, on early microscope makers, hand corn shellers, early surveying instruments, a variety of quack medical devices, as well as information on early patents.

Antique Brass Microscopes Wanted - I buy antique brass microscopes and all kinds of microscope accessories including: microscope oil lamps, prepared slides, and slide cabinets. Old microscope related books and trade catalogs. Other types of old medical and scientific instruments also wanted.

Osborne's Antiques - Manufacturers and suppliers of barometer parts mercury tubes and thermometers for the repair and restoration of antique and modern barometers.

The Gemmary - Dedicated to serving the serious antique scientific instrument collector. Handles a full range of scientific instruments, Specializing Orreries and planetaria, Mineralogical apparatus, Microscopes and accessories, calculating apparatus, and Physics demonstration apparatus.

Scientific and Medical Antique Collecting Guide - Contains evaluations of books, periodicals, shops, businesses, and other entities.

The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices - Devious Displays of Quackery, Fraud, Deceit and Deception, collection of medical chicanery.

History of Science, Technology and Medicine - WWW Virtual Library for the history of science, technology and medicine. Source for collectors research information.

Ed Welch's Antiques - Offers medical and dental antiques for sale.

Medical Antiques Online - Collection includes images and descriptions of stethoscopes and other medical items.

Moody Medical Library - Online exhibit of historical microscopes with images and descriptions of over 40 microscopes, ranging from the 1760s through the 1920s.

Museum of Microscopy - Site contains a museum of classical microscopes ranging from the first European microscopes built in the sixteenth century to modern microscopes from around the world.

History of the Light Microscope - Overview of microscope styles and history.

EBL Historical Collection - Images of medicine-makers advertising cards.

History of Pharmacy Museum - Museum include collection of pharmacy related items. Site also includes a gift shop.

Scales and Weights - A collection of all types of historical scales and weights from different periods of the past 3000 years.

Here Today, Here Tomorrow - Online exhibit of varieties of Medical Ephemera.

ars machina.com - Buys and sells antique brass microscopes and telescopes. Credit Cards accepted.

Scientific Instrument Collectors Database - A Windows database template for the serious collector of scientific instruments, tools, etc. Provides a powerful research and insurance documentation tool cross-referencing instruments, makers, publications, resources, images and signatures.

Simon Weber-Unger. - Austrian dealer of antique medical and scientific instruments including globes.

Antique Spectacles Page - Provides information on antique spectacles, eyeglasses, monocles, pince nez and lorgnettes. Also includes a virtual spectacles museum.

M&R Gordon - Dealers in antique medical and dental instruments and related material for collectors.

American Pre-1870 & Civil War Surgical Amputation Sets. - Extensive information and photos of American made surgical and amputation sets made between 1800 and 1870. Detailed data on Civil War surgical sets as well as advice on how to collect and price medical antiques.

Scientific Instrument Collection - Collector selling collection of antique and nearly antique scientific instruments.

Gilai Collectibles - The unconventional collector's paradise. Rare WWI surgical sets, unique scientific instruments, antique tools, elegant inkwells, and equipment.

Medical Surgical and Bloodletting Antiques Collector Resource - Educational site for collectors and those interested in Antique Medical, Surgical, and Bloodletting Instruments. We help match people help with item possessing these antiques with people who desire them! We identification also.

I Buy Antique Microscopes - I buy antique brass microscopes and all kinds of microscope accessories including: lenses, parts, microscope oil lamps, prepared slides, slide preparation equipment, and slide cabinets. Also needed are old microscope related books and trade catalogs. Other types of old medical and scientific instruments are also wanted.

Alex Peck Antique Scientifica - A resource site of antique medical, surgical, dental, and Civil War medical related artifacts (Medical, Surgeon, Bloodletting, Stethoscope, etc. Fine examples are pictured with authoritative descriptions in an archive.

Antique Historical Scientific Instruments - A Private Collection - Containing historic Surveying Levels, Sundials Astrolabes, Microscopes, Globes, Chronometers, Sextants, Telescopes, Theodolites and Graphometers.

Some Early Microscopes from the Optical Institute in Wetzlar - Carl Kellner founded what was named the Optical Institute in Wetzlar Germany in 1849. By 1851 he employed twelve workmen and was producing his first microscopes.

Dersu Coleccionismo - Antique and collectible medical and scientific instruments, mechanical leech, stetoscopes, tonometers, and scarificators.

Antique spectacles,ophthalmic items,ophthalmoscopes and rare books about eyes - Eye antiques displays items from our ophthalmic past. Some are for sale. See the glasses,spectacles,ophthalmoscopes, microscopes and eye exam items.

International Society of Antique Scale Collectors - The International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (ISASC) was founded in 1976 so that people who collect antique scales could form friendships, correspond, meet with each other, and enhance the pleasures of collecting. ISASC members are located in the U.S., Canada, and a number of other countries around the world.

Pre-1870 American Surgical Sets - Dr. Michael Echols presents extensive information on Civil War surgical sets with photos of a large collection of American made surgical sets. Identification, pricing, and comparison of various sets.

Brass Telescopes shown for sale - NYSPYGLASS.com if full of beautiful brass instruments inspired by the Victorian era.

Quicksilver Barometers - Sale, Repair & Renovation - English seller and repairer at a high quality and consistent with the original specifications of the device.

Medical Antiques Collector - This website is to illustrate the fine craftsmanship of the past and to put this great talent in perspective of the traditions of the times - the contrast is often dramatic as you will see.

MD ANTIQUES - Online Collector of Medical Antiques

Artifice - Antique Scientific Instruments - Retails antique brass microscopes, telescopes, surveying equipment, calculating devices and other apparatus.

Historical Microscopes. - Brass microscopes, optical and other scientific instruments, books about microscopes and microscopy.

The Barometer Shop - Buying, selling, repair, and restoration of antique mercurial and aneroid barometers, clocks and watches. Also restore other types of antiques. Includes examples of stock. Located in Leominster, England.

Health Physics Instrumentation Collection - Photos and descriptions of radiation-related items from the past, including dosimeters, electroscopes, ionization chambers, radioactive sources, safety posters, quack cures, geiger-mueller counters, fluoroscopes used to fit shoes, and x-ray apparatus.

Scientific Instrument Society - Bringing together people with a specialist interest in scientific instruments, ranging from precious antiques to electronic devices only recently out of production.

Canadian Historical Microscopical Society - Mission is to bring together private (and institutional) collectors of antique (and modern) optical instruments with particular emphasis on microscopes.

Antique Telescope Society - International organization of colleagues interested in antique astronomical telescopes, books, binoculars and related materials.

Eric Marcotte, a Slide Rule Collector - A personal compilation of information on slide rules with much information on his own collection.

David Crate's Slide Rules - Assorted slide rules for sale as well as some historical information.

Slide Rule Instructions and Prices. - Instructions on use of slide rules, and a guide to the price of slide rules.

Slide Rule Universe - Extensive on line archive of slide rule information, plus a catalog of available rules.

The International Slide Rule Group at Yahoo! - A community of slide rule enthusiasts. Several hundred posts a month.

Sphere Research's Slide Rule Universe - Online sales and swap meet. Private individuals only.

House of Slide Rules - Large categorised collection with photos and notes.

SlideRule Trading Group - Private trading for members of the group.

Dennis Farr's Slide Rule Collection - List of collected sliderules.

Slide Rules and Calculators - Images grouped by type.

Slide Rule Page - Archives of photos of large personal collection.

The Oughtred Society - Membership group dedicated to the history and collection of slide rules.

IM2001 - 7th International Meeting for Slide Rule and Calculating Machine Collectors - Munich, Germany, September 14 - 16, 2001.

Slide Rule Collection - Todd Tolhurst describes his collection, some with pictures.

Discovering Slide Rules - Relates a story about how one person found a giant cache of new-in-box slide rules.

Slide Rules - A Dutch collector shares his thoughts.

Peter Holland's Slide Rules - In German and English. Items for trade with descriptions of condition.

The Slide Rule Guy - Site for Jay Francis, a collector of slide rules and antique mechanical calculators. Items for sale or trade, and many related links.

Mechanical Calculating Equipment - Collection of Wolf-G. Blümich. Berlin, since July 1998 periodically updated. Bilingual [mostly German, but some English].

Antiques of Science & Technology - Pictures and descriptions of a number of slide rules.

Chris Osburn's Slide Rule Collection - Explanation of slide rule scales, FAQ about buying and selling rules, and a description of his collection.

Sphere Research's Learning about Slide Rules Site - Repository for information, pictures, history and links to sellers, other sites and experts, and an online store.

Peter Owen, Collector of Slide Rules - Texts and photographs.

Slide Rule Emporium - Pickett Slide rules forsale. New in the box and many models available from the pocket size to 4 foot teaching rules.

The Sphere Research Slide Rule Archives - Slide rule model information, pictures, and history from all over the world.

Model Aircraft Performance Slide Rule Calculator - Custom slide rule for sale. Online calculations which cover the same functions available on the site. Manual included with the slide rule.

Japanese Slide Rules - Essentially the story of Hemmi Keisanjaku (Hemmi Slide Rule) and the products they made. Although the firm is out of the slide rule business, Hemmi Slide Rule still exists.

Space Race Slide Rules - Features some slide rules used in early American and Soviet space programs.

Kung's OnLine Slide Rule Bookmarks - Comprehensive annotated collection of links.

Ted Hume, Slide Rule Trader - Slide rules bought, sold and traded.

Slide Rules from German Manufacturers - A collection of slide rules, with descriptions and pictures. Also, some links to other slide rule sites.

The Slide Rules - A hyperlinked history of slide rules, details of the author's personal collection, and contact information.

Otis King's Patent Calculator - Probably the most complete collection of Otis King's Patent Calculator (cylindrical slide rule) information on-line.

The Death of the Slide Rule - Hyperlinked essay with citations by James Redin covering the rise of the portable calculator and the demise of its predecessor.

Chris Sangwin's Slide Rule Page (With Other Mathematical Instruments) - Hyperlinked essays about slide rules and related tools, and some copyrighted downloadable files for making one's own slide rules.

Slide Rules - Dedicated to one man's collection of slide rules (and includes a photo gallery), plus a few links for those who want to find out more about them or where to buy one.

HP Museum - Early Calculators - Some non-HP calculators that were introduced anywhere from centuries ago to the late 60's.

Napier's Bones and the Genaille-Lucas Rulers - Presents Napier's Bones and the Genaille Lucas rulers in ready to print forms: Postcript and PDF.

Slide Rules in Thailand - Front and back mages of some slide rules for sale.

Slide Rule Trade Offer - An offer to trade kite aerial photographs for slide rules.

Slide Rule Store - Slide rules, manuals and books for sale. Also has a section of annotated links to related sites.

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