Accession No

6248

Brief Description

13-inch terrestrial topographical (relief) globe, ‘Räths Relief-Erdglobus’, by Paul Räth / Räthgloben, East German, 1950

Origin

Germany; Leipzig

Maker

Räth, Paul [publisher] Krause, Arthur [editor]

Accession No

4911

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing a table detailing numerical values of some properties for different families of plants, with a normal spectrum for comparison, by G. B. 'Herbert' Newham, English, early to mid 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Newham, G. B. 'Herbert'

Accession No

0201

Brief Description

lucernal microscope; made by W & S Jones; circa 1800

Origin

30 Holborn; London; England

Maker

W & S Jones

Accession No

4529.253

Brief Description

Elsimate EL-8151 electronic desk-top calculator, by Sharp, Korean, 1979 (c)

Origin

Korea

Maker

Sharp Corporation

Accession No

6250

Brief Description

“Sternprojektioner” (”Star Projectioner”) instrument for tracking celestial projection locations onto the world map, by Jakob Uhlmann, Austrian, 1913 (c)

Origin

Austria; Vienna

Maker

Uhlmann, Jakob

Accession No

1986

Brief Description

Plücker-type vacuum tube, 1/2 20th C

Origin

Maker

Accession No

0710

Brief Description

Three-legged compasses, c.1775.

Origin

Maker

Accession No

3949

Brief Description

print, instrument description, ‘Martin’s Compound Microscope’, by Benjamin Martin, English, 1760 (c)

Origin

Maker

Martin, Benjamin

Accession No

1001

Brief Description

planispheric astrolabe with one plate engraved as celestial, made for Muhammad Bakir Isfahani, by Muhammad Mahdi al-Khadim, Persian, 1070 AH, 1659 AD

Origin

Persia (Islamic) [Iran]

Maker

Mahdi al-Khadim, Muhammad [maker] Bakir Isfahani, Muhammad [constructed for]

Accession No

4456

Brief Description

decade resistance box, by H. Tinsley and Company, English, first half 20th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

H. Tinsley and Company