Accession No

0360

Brief Description

surveying compass, by Nicholas Bion, French, c. 1700

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Bion, Nicholas

Accession No

0715

Brief Description

box of 12 magic lantern slides, featuring caricatures, animals, sea scenes, etc., 1880 (c)

Origin

Maker

Accession No

2636

Brief Description

four magic lantern slides of butterflies, 20th Century

Origin

Maker

Accession No

6279

Brief Description

kaleidophone, by Yeates and Son, Irish, late 19th Century

Origin

Ireland; Dublin

Maker

Yeates and Son

Accession No

2817

Brief Description

dry marine compass, by Kelvin and Hughes Ltd., British, 1950 (c)

Origin

Great Britain

Maker

Kelvin and Hughes Ltd.

Accession No

6670

Brief Description

magnetic pocket sundial, with Chinese characters, by Samuel Porter, English, 1825

Origin

England; London; Stationers' Hall

Maker

Porter, Samuel

Accession No

3594

Brief Description

portrait of Francis Bacon, by C. Cook, 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Cook, C. [engraver] Houbraken, J. [original artist]

Accession No

6671.2

Brief Description

copperplate printing block for R. T. Gunther, 'Early Science in Cambridge', no. 2 of 11, image of Oughtred's circles of proportion, attributed to Oxford University Press, English, 1937 (c)

Origin

England; Oxford

Maker

Oxford University Press [attributed]

Accession No

0021

Brief Description

prismatic compass by Troughton and Simms, c. 1850.

Origin

London; England

Maker

Troughton and Simms.

Accession No

1980

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1900–1950

Origin

Maker