Accession No

1137

Brief Description

Douglas reflecting protractor, by Cary, English, 1870 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cary

Accession No

2204

Brief Description

optic square, by E. R. Watts and Son Canada Ltd., Canadian, 1900 (c)

Origin

Canada

Maker

E. R. Watts and Son Canada Ltd.

Accession No

3705

Brief Description

photograph of William Du Bois Duddell, late 19th C

Origin

Maker

Accession No

5972

Brief Description

Otis King’s Patent Calculator, cylindrical slide rule, model K, used by Brian Harland during the surveys of Svalbard between 1949 and 1993, by Carbic Ltd., 1950 (c)

Origin

England; London W1; 171 Seymour Place

Maker

Carbic Ltd.

Accession No

0175

Brief Description

horizontal construction dial by Haye, c.1700

Origin

Paris; France

Maker

Haye

Accession No

6398

Brief Description

wax model of Asterina gibbosa Forbes (starfish), by Adolf Ziegler, German, 1882

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Accession No

6776

Brief Description

Otis King's Patent Calculator Model K, cylindrical slide rule, which belonged to Professor Sir Richard Stone, by Carbic Ltd., mid-20th Century

Origin

England

Maker

Carbic Ltd.

Accession No

4614

Brief Description

The Harmonic Diagram, card diagram with wheel giving key signatures and chords for all keys, major and minor, invented by Charles Wheatstone, English, 1824

Origin

England; London

Maker

Wheatstone, Charles [inventor]

Accession No

3474

Brief Description

transit theodolite, by F. W. Breithaupt and Sohn, German, 1874

Origin

Germany; Cassel

Maker

F. W. Breithaupt and Sohn

Accession No

6789

Brief Description

Abbe refractometer used by Andrew Huxley, by Hilger and Watts Ltd., English, 1948

Origin

England

Maker

Hilger and Watts Ltd.