Horace Darwin (1851-1928)
The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company was founded in 1881 by Horace Darwin, son of Charles Darwin, and his former fellow student, Alberts George Dew-Smith (1848-1903). Horace Darwin had first been apprenticed to an engineering firm in Kent, and returned to Cambridge in 1875. Dew-Smith was, by then, an engineer and instrument maker. The rocking microtome, designed in 1885, was one of their most successful designs and continued to be manufactured until the 1970s.
Rocking microtome
CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS COMPANY
1880-1900
Microscope lamp
CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS COMPANY
ca. 1960
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Visseringlaan 25
2288 ER Rijswijk
The Netherlands
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IBAN: NL53INGB0007728414
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