Accession No

0776

Brief Description

pillar dial with sand caster, silver, purportedly by Christoph Schissler, German, 1579, but actually a modern 20th-century fake

Origin

Germany; Augsburg [purported]; England [tentative attribution]

Maker

fake, unknown maker Schissler, Christoph [purported]

Accession No

5782

Brief Description

print of Alexander von Humboldt, by E. H. Weisse, and Schenck and McFarlane, Scottish

Origin

Scotland; Edinburgh

Maker

Schenck and McFarlane [lithographers] Weisse, E. H. [delt.]

Accession No

5781

Brief Description

print, portrait of Robert Plot, by S. C. Harding and Edward Harding, English, 1801

Origin

England; London; 98 Pall Mall

Maker

Harding, S.C. [artist] Harding, Edward [publisher]

Accession No

0806

Brief Description

diptych string dial with inset compass, Italian

Origin

Italy?

Maker

Accession No

4982

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Myristica moschata Thbg (nutmeg), by Friedrich Vieweg, C. Bollmann, and Zippel, Germany, c. 1900-1967

Origin

Germany; Braunschweig

Maker

Vieweg, Friedrich [publisher] Bollmann, C. [lithographer and artist] Zippel, Hermann [editor]

Accession No

6697

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, No. 1 Stand, by Powell and Lealand, English, 1884

Origin

England; London; 170 Euston Road

Maker

Powell and Lealand

Accession No

3784

Brief Description

electrostatic machine, by J. Cuthbertson, English, 1812

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cuthbertson, J.

Accession No

2216

Brief Description

De Lisle’s reflecting clinometer, c.1920

Origin

England (?)

Maker

Accession No

4529.088

Brief Description

Commodore Minuteman MM3MT electronic pocket calculator, by Commodore Business Machines Ltd., British, 1970s

Origin

United Kingdom

Maker

Commodore Business Machines Ltd.

Accession No

1127

Brief Description

perpetual calendar, Dutch, 18th Century

Origin

Netherlands

Maker