Compound microscope made by J. Finlayson, Edinburgh, 1743, with an ebony stand with a divided drawer containing several accessories, in a mahogany case with a drawer containing mineral samples

Compound microscope, in wooden box, presented to Dr John Hutton Balfour by lady students who attended his first Popular Course of Lectures in botany, signed and made by Andrew Ross of London, 1843

'Cary type' compound microscope, in a fitted box, made in the first half of the nineteenth century and signed by Dollond of London

Compound microscope signed by John Marshall, London, c. 1715

Drum microscope in brass with the original box which also contains six single lens objectives, glass stage plate, stage condenser and forceps, unsigned but thought to have been made in England, 1800 - 1850

'Adams Universal' compound microscope in brass, with ten single lens objectivesand accessories in a case, signed by Dollond of London, 1820 - 1835

'Improved Compound Microscope' in brass, with 1 single lens objective, signed by P. Carpenter of London, 1827 - 1837

'Jewel lens' compound microscope, brass with two single lenses in mounts, two Coddington lenses, Wollaston doublet, garnet lens, in a case, signed and made by Adie and Son of Edinburgh, 1835 - 1840

Iron-stand compound microscope, with separate bull's eye condenser on stand and other accessories in wooden carrying case, plus 1869-1872 sketchbook and 1852-1877 notebook with two boxes of slides belonging to Charles W. Peach (1800 - 1886), microscope made by Powell and Lealland of London, c. 1840

Iron-stand compound microscope, with separate bull's eye condenser on stand, microscope made by Powell and Lealand of London, c. 1840