Accession No

4273

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1933

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

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]

Accession No

4985

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Coffea arabica L (coffee), 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

1008

Brief Description

geared azimuth instrument for plane-table surveying, [English], c. 1740

Origin

[England - assumed from provenance]

Maker

Accession No

4529.094

Brief Description

ESR-87 electronic pocket calculator, by C. Itoh and Company Ltd., Taiwanese, 1976 (c)

Origin

Taiwan

Maker

C. Itoh and Company Ltd.

Accession No

0365

Brief Description

4-inch (100mm) terrestrial globe, in silver, purportedly by Paulus de Furlanis, c. 1575, but actually a modern fake, c. 1925

Origin

Italy; Verona [purported]; England [tentative attribution]

Maker

fake, unknown maker Paulus de Furlanis [purported]

Accession No

6699

Brief Description

portable wooden horizontal sundial, Japanese, 1888-1895

Origin

Japan

Maker

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

1023

Brief Description

set of 4 volumetric measures, c.1700

Origin

England

Maker

Accession No

3609

Brief Description

photograph of the Perse Room, c.1880

Origin

Cambridge; England

Maker