Accession No

0794

Brief Description

horizontal dial, inscribed “Tempus Fugit 1659”, but actually a c. 1925 fake

Origin

England [tentative attribution]

Maker

fake, unknown maker

Accession No

4594

Brief Description

heat absorption apparatus, by Carl Zeiss, German, 20th Century

Origin

Germany; Jena

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Accession No

2549

Brief Description

spectrometer, by Adam Hilger, English, 1900 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adam Hilger

Accession No

5439

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Schimper’s Vegetation Map of the World (slightly modified by A.G.T.), by Shrubbs

Origin

Maker

Shrubbs

Accession No

0366

Brief Description

cabinet of microscope slides, by Abraham Ypelaar, Dutch, c. 1790

Origin

Netherlands; Holland; Amsterdam

Maker

Ypelaar, Abraham

Accession No

4295

Brief Description

moving coil, pointer galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1925 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

1647

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope; made by Powell & Lealand; 1843 -1847

Origin

24 Clarendon Street; Somers Town; England

Maker

Powell & Lealand

Accession No

1273

Brief Description

orrery (planetarium) with interchangeable tellurion (aka tellurian) and lunarium, by George Adams Jnr., English, 1789 - 1795

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adams, George (Jnr.)

Accession No

4529.078

Brief Description

Royal electronic pocket calculator, by Litton for Imperial Typewriter Company Ltd., Japanese, 1973 (c)

Origin

Japan

Maker

Litton, for Imperial Typewriter Company Ltd.

Accession No

6840

Brief Description

Regiomontanus dial, fake

Origin

Maker