Accession No

2832

Brief Description

proportional compasses (dividers), by Jesse Ramsden, English, 1770 (c) - 1800 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Ramsden, Jesse

Accession No

5244.132

Brief Description

volumetric pipette, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

Maker

Accession No

6681

Brief Description

microscope, simple binocular type, by R. and J. Beck, English, c. 1875

Origin

England; London; 31 Cornhill

Maker

R. and J. Beck

Accession No

3662

Brief Description

electric generator, by W. T. Goolden and Company, English, 1900-1910 (c)

Origin

England; Harrow Road; Woodfield Works

Maker

W. T. Goolden and Company

Accession No

2438

Brief Description

Portable, slide-wire DC Potentiometer, with built-in pivoted coil (‘Unipivot’) galvanometer, by Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company Ltd., 1922

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

0695

Brief Description

opium scales, 19th Century [guess]

Origin

China [attributed, based on provenance]

Maker

Accession No

6193

Brief Description

anatomical moveable ‘atlases’ of the human body, with accompanying handbooks, by Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, late 19th Century

Origin

England; London; Strand; King William St.

Maker

Bailliere, Tindall and Cox

Accession No

5130

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing peristome of Tayloria, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Accession No

1541

Brief Description

set of three standard resistors, British Association Pattern, 1,10 and 100 ohms, by Elliott Brothers, English, 2nd half 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Elliott Brothers

Accession No

0602

Brief Description

Astrolabe, “The Oxford Astrolabe”, by Watson & Sons, English, 1925

Origin

London, England

Maker

Watson & Sons, Ltd