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.
Medical Antiques Online Collection includes images and descriptions of stethoscopes and other medical items.
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.
Scales and Weights A collection of all types of historical scales and weights from different periods of the past 3000 years.
Ars Machina Buys and sells antique brass microscopes and telescopes. Credit Cards accepted.
Simon Weber-Unger. Austrian dealer of antique medical and scientific instruments including globes.
Antique Spectacles 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.
MedicalAntiques Educational site for collectors and those interested in antique medical, surgical, and bloodletting instruments.
Alex Peck Antique Scientifica Sells antique medical, surgical, dental, and Civil War medical related artifacts. Online illustrated catalogue and archive of sold items.
Eye Antiques and Collectibles Eye antiques display items from the ophthalmic past including 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 Antiques Dr. Michael Echols presents extensive information on Civil War surgical sets with numberous photos of a large collection of American made surgical sets. Identification, pricing, and set evaluations provided at no charge.
Quicksilver Barometers English seller and repairer 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.
Artifice 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.
American & Civil War Surgical Amputation Sets 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.
The Gemmary Sells a full range of scientific instruments, including globes and planetaria, mineralogical apparatus, microscopes and accessories, calculating apparatus, and physics demonstration apparatus.
Health Physics Historical 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.
Sheffield Museum of Anaesthesia This site shows an extensive selection of old anaesthetic equipment which offers an insight into the evolution of the specialty of anaesthesia over the past century.
Antiques of Science and Technology Historical instruments of science and technology, for sale, repaired, and bought, for collectors, museums, awards for scientific achievements, replications for historical research and scienctific movie props.
Wunderkammer Scientific Curiosities, Artefacts and Ephemera Both a retail store and scientific and natural history museum specialising in medical and scientific instruments, natural history specimens and models. The website posts a news page every month.
Weights of an Apothecary A resource site for the antique weights formerly used by Apothecaries, Chemists, Druggists and Pharmacists. Most British weights of the 19th & 20th Centuries illustrated and described. A forum for exchange of information and discussion
Antique Spectacles and Other Visual Aids A comprehensive site devoted to antique spectacles and visual aids. Historical and educational links augmented with good pictures.
Cathode Ray Tube Site A collection of Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) electronic glassware, with information about the history of old physics equipment and links to other sites with shared interests.
Phisick Presents a collection of medical antiques grouped by specialty, with photographs and descriptions of each item.
Duncan Robert Antiques A Canadian specialist in antique scientific and medical instruments since 1984.
Medical and Scientific Antique Collection Curious Science is a specialist dealer in medical, scientific and curiosity antiques from around the world. The shop is located in Fulham, London, UK.
Antique Brass Microscopes Allan Wissner buys antique brass microscopes and accessories including: oil lamps, prepared slides, and slide cabinets. Other old medical and scientific instruments also wanted. Site includes articles on early microscopes.
Medical and Scientific Instruments A collection of medical instruments used in anesthesia and gynecology with a section on medical electricity. (In Italian, French and English)
Cabinboy Instruments A site for buying, selling and repair of scientific instruments including barometers, barographs, ship clocks, compasses and meteorology books.
Apothecary Collectables This site sells antique bottles, old chemist and pharmacy supplies, labels, prints and oddments from the bygone apothecary.