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Kew Photoheliograph

Kew Photoheliograph

1857
Binocular microscope

Binocular microscope

1857-1869
Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

1854
Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses

Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses

1851-1900
Compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross

Compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross

1840
Microscope made by Ross

Microscope made by Ross

1850-1859
Ross-type camera lucida

Ross-type camera lucida

Microscope by A. Ross. With this are 6 objectives

Microscope by A. Ross. With this are 6 objectives

1831-1859
Early Achromatic microscope by James Smith

Early Achromatic microscope by James Smith

Wollaston camera lucida with Ross modification

Wollaston camera lucida with Ross modification

Camera lucida of Wollaston type

Camera lucida of Wollaston type

1801-1830
Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

1801-1837
Microscope stand by A. Ross in case with body tube by Andrew Ross and Charles Chevalier

Microscope stand by A. Ross in case with body tube by Andrew Ross and Charles Chevalier

1840-1850
Simple microscope, by Ross, in case

Simple microscope, by Ross, in case

Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

1843-1850
Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

1860-1875
Microscope with 'Continental' fine adjustment

Microscope with 'Continental' fine adjustment

Aquarium microscope by Andrew Ross

Aquarium microscope by Andrew Ross

1839-1843
1/12 inch objective lens;Ross;English; mid 19th century

1/12 inch objective lens;Ross;English; mid 19th century

1831-1870
Compound microscope no.650 by A. Ross of London

Compound microscope no.650 by A. Ross of London

1850-1859
Ivory protractor by Ross, London

Ivory protractor by Ross, London

1830-1859
Wooden case and accessories for binocular microscope

Wooden case and accessories for binocular microscope

1840-1859
Cabinet of accessories to a number of stands

Cabinet of accessories to a number of stands

1839-1843
Binocular Microscope, English, 1857-1864

Binocular Microscope, English, 1857-1864

1857-1864
Wollaston-type camera lucida with Ross lenses, by Adie & Son

Wollaston-type camera lucida with Ross lenses, by Adie & Son

1835-1880
Simple landscape lens

Simple landscape lens

circa 1860
Calotype camera with lens and metal focussing cover, (mahogany), c 1839-1842. Camera owned and used by William Henry Fox Talbot; made by Andrew Ross. During 1838 and 1840 Talbot purchased a number of cameras to make photogenic drawings from the London instrument maker, Andrew Ross. Equipped with simple lens there is also an inspection hole in the lens panel above the lens that was use to check that the image was centrally located on the sensitive paper and correctly focused.

Calotype camera used by William Henry Fox Talbot, c 1841

1839-1842
Drawing camera lucida of Wollaston-Ross pattern, signed by Dollond, English, mid 19th century

Drawing camera lucida of Wollaston-Ross pattern

1831-1870
Weather station comprising mercury barometer with sliding comparison tables, printed table, hygrometer and reservoir indicator, Andrew Ross, 2, and 21 Featherstone Buildings High Holborn, London, England, 1843-1859

Weather station comprising mercury barometer and hygrometer, 1843-1859

1843-1859
Monocular microscope with binocular tube also, serial no. 1721, by Andrew Ross, London, and Sands and Hunter, 20 Cranbourn Street, London, WC, England, 1850-1875.

Monocular microscope with binocular tube also

1850-1875
Binocular microscope in wooden case with accessories, by Ross, London, serial no. 4966, mid 19th century, owned by Dallinger, later the first microscope purchased for the Zoology Dept. of the British Museum (Natural History)

Binocular microscope, in wooden case with accessories

1840-1859
Two damaged capstan head brass bolts and torn part of cardboard dark slide sheet for Kew photoheliograph designed by Warren De la Rue for the Royal Society, London, in 1857 and made by Ross, London.

Kew Photoheliograph

1857
Binocular microscope in glazed case, by Henry Crouch, serial no. 1150, English, 1850-1870

Binocular microscope in glazed case

1850-1870
Aquatic microscope with large glass tank plate in case (no key), probably by Smith, or Ross, with accessories

Aquatic microscope with large glass tank plate in case

Compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross, about 1840, mahogany case (flat) 11" x 7" x 3", lock and key (with accessories)

Compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross

1840
Achromatic objective, 1/4 inch, in brass case, presented to F.C.S. Roper, made by Ross, London, 1840-1855

Achromatic objective

1840-1855
Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses, in fishskin case, English, early 19th century

Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses

Stand for Wollaston type camera lucida English, early 19th century

Stand for Wollaston type camera lucida

Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lens English, early 19th century

Wollaston Type Camera Lucida with Ross Lens

mahogany case for compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross, about 1840, (flat) 11" x 7" x 3", lock and key (with accessories)

mahogany case for compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross

1840
Triangular case for Wollaston type camera lucida, English, early 19th century

Case for Wollaston Type Camera Lucida

Objective, 1/2 inch, cuckoo, in cannister

Objective, 1/2 inch