Accession No

Brief Description

botanical teaching model of the white willow plant (Salix), made of wood and papier mâche, by Brendel (see notes), German, 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Berlin [based on attributed maker]

Maker

Brendel [attributed] Hagenbeek Wageningen [selling agent]

Accession No

0772

Brief Description

Gunner’s level, 16th - 17th century

Origin

Maker

Accession No

1436

Brief Description

Clark's Standard Electrochemical Cell, part of the original equipment in the Cavendish Laboratory, by Warden, Muirhead and Clark, English, 1875 (c)

Origin

England; London; Westminster

Maker

Warden, Muirhead and Clark

Accession No

0865

Brief Description

gun clinometer, attributed to Giacomo (Iacobas) Lusuerg, Italian, c. 1686

Origin

Italy; Rome [based on attributed maker]

Maker

Lusuerg, Giacomo [Iacobas] [attributed]

Accession No

1650

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, by Ross, English, circa 1885

Origin

England; London

Maker

Ross

Accession No

2352

Brief Description

diptych dial, by Wang Yang-Xi 汪仰溪, Chinese, 19th Century

Origin

China; Xin-An 新安 [Huizhou, Anhui]; 休邑 [Xiuning County]

Maker

Wang Yang-Xi 汪仰溪

Accession No

6721.9

Brief Description

wax model of a developmental stage of the amphioxus (lancelet, a fish-like chordate), number 10 in the series of 25, by Adolf Ziegler after Berthold Hatschek, German, 1882 (c)

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Accession No

2761

Brief Description

book plate, hand coloured engraving, illustrating the optical principles of the kaleidoscope, engraved by J. Poss, from the Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1820), English, c. 1820

Origin

England; London

Maker

Poss, J. [engraver] Wilkes, John [editor of encyclopaedia] J. & C. Adlard [printer of encyclopaedia]