Accession No

5250

Brief Description

uv-vis spectrophotometer, by Beckman, U.S.A., 1/2 20th Century

Origin

U.S.A.; California; South Pasadena

Maker

Beckman

Accession No

5300

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram, Botanische Wandtafeln, silia

Origin

Berlin

Maker

W. A. Meyn (printer), L. Kyn and W. Zonf (artists/botanists)

Accession No

0612

Brief Description

silver semicircular protractor, by Michael Butterfield, French, c. 1700

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Butterfield, Michael

Accession No

1104

Brief Description

compound microscope, James Clerk Maxwell’s microscope for surface-tension experiments, circa 1868

Origin

Maker

Accession No

6703

Brief Description

combined aneroid barometer and compass in case, which belonged to William Alfred Cunnington, by Ross Ltd., English, 1904 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Ross Ltd.

Accession No

3577

Brief Description

portrait of Copernicus engraved by Scriven

Origin

London; England

Maker

Scriven. E.

Accession No

6713

Brief Description

flat mathematical scale rule, reigle platte, based on scales illustrated and described in Geometriae Practicae, pars Tertia by Adrian Metius, by Wiglius, Dutch [attributed], late 1620s (c)

Origin

Dutch Republic [now Netherlands] [attributed, based on the hook on the bottom of the '4']

Maker

Wiglius [attributed]

Accession No

3310

Brief Description

glass photographic slide showing the spectrum of the star gamma persei, by the Cambridge Observatory, English, 1897

Origin

Cambridge Observatory; Cambridge; England

Maker

Cambridge Observatory

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]

Accession No

1959

Brief Description

vacuum tube, 1/2 20th C

Origin

Maker