Accession No

0386

Brief Description

portable universal equatorial instrument, by W. and S. Jones, English, 1800 (c)

Origin

England; London; 30 Holborn

Maker

W. and S. Jones

Accession No

1415

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, [binocular]; made by Powell & Lealand; circa 1870

Origin

170 Euston Road; London; England

Maker

Powell & Lealand

Accession No

2438

Brief Description

Portable, slide-wire DC Potentiometer, with built-in pivoted coil (‘Unipivot’) galvanometer, by Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company Ltd., 1922

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

0395

Brief Description

Brass level for surveying, by Troughton and Simms, English, 1846.

Origin

Maker

Troughton & Simms

Accession No

0581

Brief Description

brass plotting protractor, by Cox, English, 1850 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cox

Accession No

5358.13

Brief Description

four 18th- or 19th-century book pages joined together, with a fake map of Europe and nonsense Arabic text added in late 20th Century, Ottoman Turkish, false date of 1734 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

1511

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, dissecting, by J. Swift and Son, English, 1910

Origin

England; London

Maker

J. Swift and Son

Accession No

3735

Brief Description

level, by Jecker, French, 1809

Origin

France; Paris; rue des douzes Portes; à la tête d’archimède

Maker

Jecker Valleteau De Chabriefy, T.

Accession No

0309

Brief Description

globe dividers, late 16th Century [attributed]

Origin

Maker

Accession No

2020

Brief Description

valve, 20th C

Origin

Maker