Accession No

2141

Brief Description

7 boxes containing magic lantern slides of astronomical subjects, English, c. 1900

Origin

England

Maker

Accession No

5807

Brief Description

plate from a book showing a telescope and entitled “Telescope in Exhibition, 1851.”

Origin

Maker

Accession No

0763

Brief Description

quizzing glass or reading glass, 1800 (c)

Origin

Maker

Accession No

1669

Brief Description

Napier’s bones, English, early 18th Century

Origin

England

Maker

Accession No

4668

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting different stages of development in Vitis (grapes), by J. F. Schreiber, attributed to Engleder, German, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Esslingen, near Stuttgart

Maker

Schreiber, J.F. [publisher] Engleder [artist, attributed]

Accession No

2658

Brief Description

bubble sextant, Air Ministry Mark IXA, attributed to Henry Hughes and Son, English, 1944

Origin

England

Maker

Henry Hughes and Son [attributed]

Accession No

5160

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram depicting Acer pseudoplatanus flower and fruit, by Shrubbs

Origin

Maker

Shrubbs

Accession No

0838

Brief Description

napier’s bones, English, late 17th century

Origin

England

Maker

Accession No

6271

Brief Description

manometric flame capsule on stand, by unknown maker, and rotating four-sided mirror on stand, by Phillip Harris and Company Ltd.; English or Irish; late 19th Century

Origin

England; Birmingham; and Ireland; Dublin

Maker

Philip Harris and Company Ltd.

Accession No

6671.4

Brief Description

copperplate printing block for R. T. Gunther, 'Early Science in Cambridge', no. 4 of 11, image of Frost's magic cube of nine, attributed to Oxford University Press, English, 1937 (c)

Origin

England; Oxford

Maker

Oxford University Press [attributed]