Accession No

Brief Description

diffraction grating, reflecting, Rowland-type, by John A. Brashear, U.S.A., 1888

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

5909

Brief Description

caricature postcard entitled “The Descent of Man”, featuring a cartoon of Charles Darwin, by King’s Printers, English, 1904

Origin

England

Maker

King’s Printers

Accession No

6671.7

Brief Description

copperplate printing block for R. T. Gunther, 'Early Science in Cambridge', no. 7 of 11, image of sector under the English Globe, attributed to Oxford University Press, English, 1937 (c)

Origin

England; Oxford

Maker

Oxford University Press [attributed]

Accession No

2612

Brief Description

parallel rule, 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Accession No

5417

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram depicting Sphacelaria Bulbils and Spores of Aquatic Fungi, by S. Bishop, English

Origin

Maker

Bishop, S.

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]