Accession No

6721.20

Brief Description

wax model of a developmental stage of the amphioxus (lancelet, a fish-like chordate), number 21 in the series of 25, by Adolf Ziegler after Berthold Hatschek, German, 1882 (c)

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Accession No

6137

Brief Description

historical timeline of mathematicians from 1000 to 1950, by IBM, U.S.A., 1966

Origin

U.S.A.; New York

Maker

IBM

Accession No

2842

Brief Description

portable direct-vision spectroscope, by John Browning, English, c. 1890

Origin

England; London

Maker

Browning, John

Accession No

0925

Brief Description

sextant, by Troughton and Simms, English, 1840 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Troughton and Simms

Accession No

2081

Brief Description

print of ‘Hypothesis Ptolemaica’ by Valk and Schenk, 1708

Origin

Amsterday; Netherlands

Maker

Valk. Gerardum & Schenk. Petrum

Accession No

2233A

Brief Description

gauging slide rule, by Cock, English, 1840 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cock

Accession No

2916

Brief Description

portable direct-vision spectroscope, by John Browning, English, 1880 (c)

Origin

England; London; 63 Strand

Maker

Browning, John

Accession No

4529.002A3

Brief Description

Cambridge Memory electronic pocket calculator, by Sinclair, English, 1977

Origin

England

Maker

Sinclair

Accession No

6658.24

Brief Description

ceramic tile with drawings of infected wheat, no. 24 of 38, by Dr W. A. R. Dillon Weston, English, mid 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridgeshire

Maker

Dillon Weston, W. A. R.

Accession No

6284

Brief Description

‘Theoria Lunae’ lunar chart with insets of positions and phases of the moon, by Homann Heirs after Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German, c. 1742

Origin

Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]; Nuremberg (Nürnberg)

Maker

Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel (also spelled Doppelmaier) [artist] Heirs, Homann (also spelled Homännische Erben / Homanni Heredes) [publisher]