Accession No

5358.4

Brief Description

Ottoman Turkish manuscript page, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th of astronomers at work. False date of 1781 AD; image is a late C20th forgery.

Origin

Turkey; Istanbul [source of forgery - source of original manuscript sheet is likely to also be Turkey]

Maker

Accession No

0396

Brief Description

refracting telescope, by Utzschneider and Fraunhofer, circa 1825

Origin

Munich; Germany

Maker

Utzschneider & Fraunhofer

Accession No

5358.5

Brief Description

Ottoman Turkish manuscript page, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th of astronomer teaching the use of a quadrant. False date of 1743 AD; image is a late C20th forgery.

Origin

Turkey; Istanbul [source of forgery - source of original manuscript sheet is likely to also be Turkey]

Maker

Accession No

1991.2

Brief Description

vacuum tube, discharge type, by G. A. Crowe, English, 1934

Origin

England

Maker

Crowe, G. A.

Accession No

4258

Brief Description

resistance box, by Eck and Brook Ltd., English, 1910-1920 (c)

Origin

England; London; Westminster; 4-12 Palmer Street SW1

Maker

Eck and Brook Ltd.

Accession No

5044

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart. Iseoetes lacustris: stem (longitudinal section) and sporophyll - base (trans. section). Maker Shrubbs

Origin

Maker

Shrubbs

Accession No

6695

Brief Description

Du Nouy tensiometer or surface tension apparatus, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1951

Origin

England; London; 13 Grosvenor Place

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

1952.8

Brief Description

flash tube, 1900–1950

Origin

Maker

Accession No

6697

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, No. 1 Stand, by Powell and Lealand, English, 1884

Origin

England; London; 170 Euston Road

Maker

Powell and Lealand

Accession No

0751

Brief Description

Eighteenth-century brass semi-circular protractor by M. Voight.

Origin

Maker

Voigt. M.