Accession No

5706

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Leontodon taraxicum pappus, etc., by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Accession No

6112

Brief Description

mezzotint ‘The Alchemist’, by William Pether after Joseph Wright of Derby, English, 1775

Origin

England

Maker

Pether, William

Accession No

3805

Brief Description

negative of photograph of Robert Stewart Whipple, by R. D. Friend, English, 1950 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Friend, R. D.

Accession No

0863

Brief Description

Augsburg dial, by Johann Schrettegger, German, 1/4 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Augsburg

Maker

Schrettegger, Johann

Accession No

2766

Brief Description

self-recording auxanometer for monitoring plant growth, by Horace Darwin, English, 1876

Origin

England; Greater London; Erith [likely place of manufacture]; Cambridge [place of use]; U.S.A. [place of manufacture of clockwork mechanism for driving drum]

Maker

Darwin, Horace Eastons & Anderson works’ pattern maker [likely helped manufacturing]

Accession No

3254

Brief Description

plate comparator, 19th C

Origin

Maker

Accession No

3113

Brief Description

prism train for spectroheliograph, by Adam Hilger, English, c. 1905

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adam Hilger [prism 2]

Accession No

5650

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting Angiopteris evecta: sporangia and leaf section.

Origin

Maker

Shrubbs

Accession No

3178

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, by Swift and Son, English, 1900 (c)

Origin

England; London; 81 Tottenham Court Road

Maker

Swift and Son

Accession No

0384

Brief Description

slide rule, 20th Century

Origin

Maker