Accession No

6721.20

Brief Description

wax model of a developmental stage of the amphioxus (lancelet, a fish-like chordate), number 21 in the series of 25, by Adolf Ziegler after Berthold Hatschek, German, 1882 (c)

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Accession No

2643

Brief Description

two large magic lantern slides, astronomy, by Carpenter and Westley, English, 1900 (c)

Origin

England; London; 24 Regent Street

Maker

Carpenter and Westley

Accession No

1369

Brief Description

wood and card phenakistiscope, 2/2 19th C

Origin

Maker

Accession No

0387

Brief Description

Graphometer, by Canivet, 1772

Origin

Maker

Canivet

Accession No

6372

Brief Description

Gerber Variable Scale in a brown, leather bound case with a black Allen key; The Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.; c. 1948 - 1976.

Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Maker

The Gerber Scientific Instrument Co.

Accession No

4915

Brief Description

botanical wallchart giving, in tabular form, numerical details about the root system of a rye plant, and comparing rye with wheat and wild oats, by Walters, English, 20th century

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Walters

Accession No

6339

Brief Description

zoological wall chart with diagrams depicting the muscles of an arm, probably a bird’s

Origin

Department of Zoology; University of Cambridge; UK

Maker

unknown

Accession No

6338

Brief Description

zoological wall chart with diagrams depicting organs of Teleost and Elasmobranch (ray-finned fish and cartilaginous fish)

Origin

Department of Zoology; University of Cambridge; UK

Maker

unknown

Accession No

1724

Brief Description

qibla indicator, Islamic, 19th Century

Origin

Islamic

Maker

Accession No

1087

Brief Description

refracting telescope, belonging to mathematician James Wood and used at St John’s College between 1811 and 1832, by Dollond, English, 1810 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Dollond