Accession No

2101

Brief Description

glass phial of calcium sulphide, by Armbrecht, Nelson and Company, English, 1900–1940

Origin

England; London; Grosvenor Square; 71 and 73 Duke Street, W.

Maker

Armbrecht, Nelson and Company

Accession No

3667

Brief Description

‘The Pocket Adding Machine’

Origin

Maker

Accession No

6173

Brief Description

four stamps issued in 1989 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Royal Microscopical Society, on 1st day cover, by Royal Mail, issued by Cambridge Instruments Ltd., English, 1989

Origin

England; Cambridge; Clifton Road

Maker

Royal Mail Cambridge Instruments Ltd. [issuer]

Accession No

5358.2

Brief Description

Ottoman Turkish manuscript page, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th of astronomers working with instruments. 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

1425

Brief Description

Origin

Maker

Accession No

4529.138A

Brief Description

Prinztronic BSC 402 electronic pocket calculator, by Dixons, Taiwanese, 1979 (c)

Origin

Taiwan

Maker

Dixons

Accession No

5083

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Pelvetia canaliculata: apical meristem, by Kny

Origin

Maker

Kny

Accession No

0012

Brief Description

reflecting telescope, Newtonian “Herschel Telescope”, by William Herschel, English, 1790 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Herschel, William

Accession No

3337

Brief Description

suspended coil, reflecting AC galvanometer, Sumpner electrodynamometer type, by Robert W. Paul, English, dec. 1915

Origin

England; London

Maker

Paul, Robert W.

Accession No

2703

Brief Description

reflecting telescope, Gregorian, by George Adams Snr., 1750 (c)

Origin

England; London; Fleet Street; Tycho Brahe’s Head

Maker

Adams, George (Snr.)