Accession No

5358.7

Brief Description

Ottoman Turkish manuscript page, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th of distillation. False date of 1734 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

3334

Brief Description

Wheatstone bridge for platinum resistance thermometer, W.G. Pye & Co., dec. 1955

Origin

Cambridge; England

Maker

W.G.Pye & Co.

Accession No

1255

Brief Description

4-inch celestial globe, in bronze and silver, Arabic, by H ibn M Muqim ibn Isa, 1655-1659

Origin

India; Lahore (now Pakistan)

Maker

H ibn M Muqim ibn Isa

Accession No

6700

Brief Description

triangular quadrant, tentatively attributed to John Browne, English, c. 1673

Origin

England

Maker

Browne, John [tentative attribution]

Accession No

0832

Brief Description

sector, by J. Gilbert, English, 1/2 18th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Gilbert, J.

Accession No

0121

Brief Description

simple microscope; 19th century

Origin

Maker

Accession No

1777

Brief Description

Brass protractor, French, early eighteenth-century.

Origin

France

Maker

Accession No

0701

Brief Description

theodolite and protractor, by Watkins, English, 1770 (c)

Origin

England; London; Charing Cross

Maker

Watkins

Accession No

5358.12

Brief Description

manuscript letter, dated 1868 AD, with fake image added in the late 20th Century showing astronomers and the globe and nonsense Arabic script, Ottoman Turkish, false date of 1779 AD but image is a late 20th-century forgery

Origin

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

Maker

Accession No

6702

Brief Description

horizontal dial, by Henry Sutton, English, 1657, on later marble base

Origin

England; London

Maker

Sutton, Henry