Accession No

2304

Brief Description

four sealed flasks with sterile infusions for experiments on spontaneous generation / germ theory, by John Tyndall, Swiss, 1877

Origin

Switzerland

Maker

Tyndall, John

Accession No

0209

Brief Description

compound microscope, chest type, by Edward Nairne, English, 1770 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Nairne, Edward

Accession No

0272

Brief Description

universal equinoctial ring dial, purportedly by Pierre Lasnier, French, c. 1750, but actually a 20th-century fake

Origin

Maker

fake, unknown maker Pierre Lasnier [purported]

Accession No

3624

Brief Description

book of illustrations related to chemistry, by Prevost, Aubin, Goussier, Defehrt, and leCanu, French, 18th Century

Origin

France

Maker

Prevost Aubin Goussier Defehrt leCanu [draughtsmen and engravers]

Accession No

0230

Brief Description

protractor by Pierre Lasnier, French, c. 1750

Origin

aux 2 globes; Paris; France

Maker

Lasnier, Pierre

Accession No

2822

Brief Description

refracting telescope, made for astronomer Sir James South, by Tulley and Sons, English, 1821

Origin

England; London; Islington

Maker

Tulley and Sons

Accession No

5957

Brief Description

photographic film camera, used by Brian Harland during the surveys of Svalbard between 1949 and 1993, by Zeiss Ikon, German, 1936 (c)

Origin

Germany

Maker

Zeiss Ikon

Accession No

3645

Brief Description

sundial, by F. Ritter, 1610

Origin

Maker

Ritter, F.

Accession No

5244.17

Brief Description

test tube, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

Maker

Accession No

1489

Brief Description

money scales, by Richard Wood, English, 1800 (c)

Origin

England; London; Cheapside; 15 Queen Street

Maker

Wood, Richard