Accession No

5026

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting flower and fruit of Humulus, by Fr. Engleder, German, 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Esslingen, near Stuttgart

Maker

Engleder, Fr. [artist] Schreiber, J. F. [publisher]

Accession No

6656

Brief Description

compound microscope, No. 25, used by Dr. Martin Barry, by F.W. Schiek, German, mid 19th Century; with bound volume of the works of Barry, Scottish, 1837-1838

Origin

Germany; Berlin; and Scotland

Maker

Schiek, F. W. [microscope maker] Barry, Martin [works writer]

Accession No

0135

Brief Description

hand lens, 1800-1900 (c)

Origin

Maker

Accession No

6658.5

Brief Description

ceramic tile with drawing of a chard leaf, no. 5 of 38, by Dr W. A. R. Dillon Weston, English, mid 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridgeshire

Maker

Dillon Weston, W. A. R.

Accession No

1622

Brief Description

dark ground illuminator, by R. and J. Beck Ltd., English, 1939

Origin

England; London

Maker

R. and J. Beck Ltd.

Accession No

6536

Brief Description

electric planetarium projector, “Jupiter Planetarium”, Japanese, c. 1960

Origin

Japan

Maker

Accession No

6539

Brief Description

12-inch globe of Mercury, by Sky and Telescope, U.S.A., 2014

Origin

U.S.A; Massachusetts; Cambridge

Maker

Sky and Telescope [manufacturer] NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Washington, and the U.S. Geological Survey [collaborative team that developed the globe’s custom base map] Brett Denevi, Nancy Chabot, and Louise Prockter [named Messenger scientists who worked on produced the map the globe is based on]

Accession No

6537

Brief Description

8-inch “Kosmos-Baukasten Astronomie” glass celestial globe with miniature terrestrial globe inside, by Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde, German, 1925

Origin

Germany; Stuttgart

Maker

Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde (Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung) [manufacturer] Westphal, C. [designer]

Accession No

6542

Brief Description

20-inch plastic transparent celestial globe with miniature terrestrial globe inside, ‘Cosmosphere’, by Farquhar Transparent Globes, U.S.A., c. 1965

Origin

U.S.A.; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia

Maker

Farquhar Transparent Globes

Accession No

3373

Brief Description

nine boxed sets of magic lantern slides, showing stories and geographical scenes, by Primus, Indcol, All British T Series, Newton, English, 1880 - 1925

Origin

England; London

Maker

Primus Indcol All British T Series Newton