Accession No

6505

Brief Description

8-inch celestial globe, by Dietrich Reimer, German, 1920 (c)

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Dietrich Reimer

Accession No

2121

Brief Description

Borda-type repeating reflecting circle, Secretan, France, c. 1860

Origin

Paris; France

Maker

Secretan

Accession No

0856

Brief Description

Japanese scaphe dial, 19th C

Origin

Japan

Maker

Accession No

6228

Brief Description

Brass surveyor’s cross, in the shape of a sphere, in wooden case, 19th or early 20th century

Origin

Maker

Accession No

4554

Brief Description

set of wooden crystal models, 1840 - 1900

Origin

Maker

Accession No

1913

Brief Description

diffraction grating, reflecting, Rowland-type, used at the Cavendish Laboratory, by John A. Brashear, U.S.A., 1887

Origin

U.S.A.; Massachussetts; Baltimore; and U.S.A.; Pennsylvania; Allegheny

Maker

Brashear, John A. [polished and figured] Theodore C. Schneider [ruled using Rowland's engine]

Accession No

4524

Brief Description

geological chart, principal sedimentary rock strata, by John Morris, published by James Reynolds and Sons, English, 1882

Origin

England; London; 174 Strand

Maker

James Reynolds and Sons [publisher] Morris, John [arranged by]

Accession No

1591

Brief Description

four-draw refracting telescope, by Guiseppe Campani, Italian, circa 1680

Origin

Italy; Rome

Maker

Campani, Giuseppe

Accession No

5779

Brief Description

print of Robert Boyle, philosopher and chemist, by J. Chapman, English, 1800

Origin

England; London

Maker

Chapman, J. [artist] Wilkes, J. [publisher]

Accession No

6285

Brief Description

‘Ausländische Kulturpflanzen’, set of 11 wall charts with colour lithographs of colonial economic botany / plants, artwork by Goering/Schmidt/Bukacz, published by F. E. Wachsmuth, German, c. 1890

Origin

Germany; Saxony; Leipzig

Maker

Goering [artist] Schmidt [artist] Bukacz [artist] Wachsmuth, F. E. [publisher] A. Pichlers Witwe and Sohn [dealer]