Accession No

0324

Brief Description

ivory diptych dial, German, circa 1617

Origin

Nuremberg (Nürnberg); Germany

Maker

Accession No

1628

Brief Description

illuminated magnifier, by Beck, English, 1929

Origin

England; London

Maker

Beck

Accession No

1276

Brief Description

two Islamic coin weights, 10th and 11th Century

Origin

Maker

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

6709

Brief Description

binocular compound microscope, achromatic, with accessories, in a wooden box, formerly the property of Cambridge Zoologist Sidney Frederic Harmer, by Carl Zeiss, German, 1920 (c)

Origin

Germany; Jena

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Accession No

6705

Brief Description

two quartz silica cuvettes, in a box, by Unicam, English, 1950 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Unicam

Accession No

6146

Brief Description

“SUN” Automatic ‘on’ and ‘off’ time switch, mechanical clock timer for openning and closing electrical circuits

Origin

London, England

Maker

S.E.C., 120, Charing Cross Road, W.C. 2

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

1617

Brief Description

cine camera lens, by R. and J. Beck Ltd., English, 1934

Origin

England; London

Maker

R. and J. Beck Ltd.

Accession No

2249

Brief Description

Sorby-Browning type micro-spectroscope, by John Browning, English, c. 1875

Origin

England; London; Strand

Maker

Browning, John