Accession No

6537

Brief Description

8-inch “Kosmos-Baukasten Astronomie” glass celestial globe with miniature terrestrial globe inside, by Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde, German, 1925

Origin

Germany; Stuttgart

Maker

Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde (Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung) [manufacturer] Westphal, C. [designer]

Accession No

6536

Brief Description

electric planetarium projector, “Jupiter Planetarium”, Japanese, c. 1960

Origin

Japan

Maker

Accession No

6548

Brief Description

tuning fork clock (aka ‘chronographic fork’) in mahogany and glass case, by Rudolf Koenig, French, 1885 (c)

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Koenig, Rudolph

Accession No

2070

Brief Description

Coolidge X-ray tube, attributed to General Electric Company, English, 1/4 20th Century

Origin

England

Maker

General Electric Company [attributed]

Accession No

4363

Brief Description

Strip-recording galvanometer or thread recorder, also known as a drum recorder, single channel, two colours, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1924

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

6616.6

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Fossils, #274), by Science Service and repackaged by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1963

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Advisory Centre for Education

Accession No

6616.12

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Unusual optical phenomena in minerals, #296), by Science Service and repackaged by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1965

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Advisory Centre for Education

Accession No

6616.14

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Simple Machines, no. 1), by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1960s

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Advisory Centre for Education

Accession No

0574

Brief Description

astronomical compendium, by Tobias Volckmer, German, 1645

Origin

Germany; München

Maker

Volckmer, Tobias

Accession No

2751

Brief Description

taffrail log, by John Bliss and Company, U.S.A., 1900 (c)

Origin

U.S.A.; New York

Maker

John Bliss and Company