Accession No

5936

Brief Description

Two pairs of mercury in glass thermometers, in vacuum flasks, c. 1950

Origin

England

Maker

Pyrex. J. P.

Accession No

4129

Brief Description

Einthoven string galvanometer, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1913

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

6721.18

Brief Description

wax model of a developmental stage of the amphioxus (lancelet, a fish-like chordate), number 19 in the series of 25, by Adolf Ziegler after Berthold Hatschek, German, 1882 (c)

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

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

2181

Brief Description

reflecting level, by E. R. Watts and Son, English, 1920 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

E. R. Watts and Son

Accession No

0109

Brief Description

Kaleidoscope, by Robert Brettell Bate, after Dr. Brewster’s patent, English, c. 1820

Origin

London; England

Maker

Robert Brettell Bate

Accession No

5906

Brief Description

compass clinometer made by Meridian; first half 20th-century

Origin

Switzerland

Maker

Meridian

Accession No

2629

Brief Description

imperial quarter gill, English, 1879

Origin

England

Maker

Accession No

3071

Brief Description

pattern for register, disc for wheel barometer, by J. H. Steward Ltd., English, 1913-1928

Origin

England; London; 406 Strand; 457 West Strand

Maker

J. H. Steward Ltd.

Accession No

2753

Brief Description

position finder (station pointer), attributed to H. Hughes and Son, English, 1900 (c)

Origin

England; London [based on attributed maker]

Maker

H. Hughes and Son [attributed]