Antique Scientific Instruments on the Internet

Scientific Instruments (General)

ECHO Science & Technology Virtual Center

Cataloguing, Annotating, and Reviewing Sites on the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Historical Collections of Scientific Instruments

A comprehensive source list around the world

Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe

An electronic catalogue of early scientific instruments from four European museums

Scientific Instrument Commission (SIC)

International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS)

Scientific Instrument Society (SIS)

Rete

Email list for the history of scientific instruments

Rittenhouse: The Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise

Websters' Instrument Makers Database

Rod & Madge Webster's database of the signatures of scientific instrument makers

Public Museums with Scientific Instrument Collections

Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
Deutsches Museum, Munich
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence
Le Musee des arts et metiers, Paris
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney
Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
Museum of Scientific Instruments, University of Toronto
Science Museum, London
Smithsonian Institute: National Museum of American History
Steno Museum - Danish Museum for the History of Science & Medicine
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Whipple Museum for the History of Science, University of Cambridge

Microscopes and Microscopy

WWW Virtual Library: Microscopy
Microscopy & Imaging Resources on the WWW
Guide to Online Microscopy and Microanalysis Resources
The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)
The Billings Microscope Collection

The complete catalog of the collection is now available for down-load

Telescopes and Astronomy

Astronomiae Historia / History of Astronomy
The Virtual Museum of the History of the Telescope
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago
The Antique Telescope Society (ATS)
Yahoo! Groups: Oldscope

Email list for members of the Antique Telescope Society

Globes

The International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes
Odden's Bookmarks

A comprehensive reference site for the map collector

Sundials and Compasses

The North American Sundial Society (NASS)
The British Sundial Society
Yahoo! Groups: Sundial

Email list for sundials and gnomics

Sundial Links

A comprehensive list of links to sundial related pages

Pocket Compass Guide

Navigating

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia
Yahoo! Groups: Sextants

Email list for navigating and related instruments

Surveying and Mining

National Museum of American History (NMAH) - Surveying and Geodetic Instruments
Surveyor's Historical Society (SHS)
Surveying Instrument Collection, University of New South Wales
Virtual Museum of Surveying
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum
Mining History Network
Mining Artifacts
Colonialinstruments.com

Restoration services for antique surveying instruments (1700-1850)

Mineralogy & Gemology

Virtual Museum of the History of Mineralogy

Drawing Instruments

Yahoo! Groups: DrawingInstruments

Email list for drafting and drawing instruments

Planimeters

Slide Rules and Calculating Apparatus

The Oughtred Society

Dedicated to the history and collection of slide rules

Yahoo! Groups: SlideRule

Email list for slide rules

The Virtual Museum of Computing (VMoC)

Michel Bardel's list of Mechanical Calculators

A tentative list of all existing mechanical machines since 1820

Calculating Machines Mailing List

Email list for mechanical calculators

Arithmometre.org

The Arithmometers of Thomas de Colmar

Calculating Machines
The CURTA Calculator Page
The Museum of HP Calculators

Science Demonstration Apparatus

Center for History of Physics

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Instruments for Natural Philosophy

Pictures of about 1400 pieces, along with text and references

Museo del Dipartimento di Fisica Universit "La Sapienza" Roma
Museo di Fisica di Napoli, University of Naples
Physics Laboratory & Museum of Scientific Instruments, Urbano University
Physics Museum of the University of Coimbra
The Physics Museum at the University of Queensland
Electrostatic Machines
The Cathode Ray Tube Site

Radio, Telephone, and Telegraph

Antique Wireless Association
Antique Telephone Collectors Association
W1TP Telegraph & Scientific Instrument Museums

Scales, Weights, and Measures

International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (ISASC)
Scales and Weights
English Weights and Measures

Alcohol Related

The Sikes Hydrometer

Meteorology

Virtual Museum of Weather Instruments

Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical

History of the Health Sciences World Wide Web Links
Dittrick Medical History Center, Case Western Reserve University
National Museum of Health and Medicine
The Musuems at The Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry
History of Pharmacy Museum, University of Arizona
Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
Medical Antiques.com

Pre-1870 American Surgical Instruments & Amputation Sets

Medical Antiques & Civil War Surgery Sets

Medical Antiques Online

Dedicated to the History of the Stethoscope

Optical Toys

Laura Hayes and John Howard Wileman Exhibit of Optical Toys

Patent Models

United States Patent and Trademark Office Museum
The Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum
Homer and Jean Blair Collection of United States Patent Models

Websites of Fallbrook and Friends

Fallbrook.org

The Insider's Guide to the Friendly Village

Fallbrook WeatherCurrents.com

Current weather for Fallbrook, California

Gamini Ratnavira - Wildlife Artist

Hidden Forest Art Gallery

Pala International and The Collector

Gemstones, mineral specimens, and fine jewelry

David Friend Productions

Our fine professional photographer in San Diego