Accession No

1761

Brief Description

Brass planispheric astrolabe, Persian, after Ali ibn Sadiq, 18th or 19th century, a possible forgery / fake

Origin

Persia (Islamic) [Iran?]

Maker

[copy of] Ali ibn Sadiq

Accession No

3308

Brief Description

ivory rule, 19th C

Origin

Maker

Accession No

4382

Brief Description

photograph of Cambridge Instrument Company Representatives Conference, including Robert Stewart Whipple and Cecil Mason, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., England, c. 1930

Origin

England

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

3966

Brief Description

portrait, 1900 (c)

Origin

Maker

Accession No

3973

Brief Description

engraving, portrait of J. H. Wollaston, by W. Holl after J. Jackson, English, early 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Holl, W. [engraver] Jackson, J. [original artist] William S. Orr and Company [publisher]

Accession No

4973

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing fruit of Ficus, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Accession No

6339

Brief Description

zoological wall chart with diagrams depicting the muscles of an arm, probably a bird’s

Origin

Department of Zoology; University of Cambridge; UK

Maker

unknown

Accession No

3981

Brief Description

exposure meter, by The Imperial Dry Plate Company, English, 1901 (c)

Origin

England; London; Cricklewood

Maker

Imperial Dry Plate Company Ltd.

Accession No

0227

Brief Description

unfinished single-plate astrological astrolabe / lunar calendar, with alidade, French, 3/4 16th century

Origin

France

Maker

Accession No

2875

Brief Description

azimuth mirror, by Kelvin and Hughes Ltd., English, 1950 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Kelvin and Hughes Ltd.