Accession No

6874

Brief Description

chemical balance, one of a set of three (with G278 and G279), used at the Cavendish Laboratory, attributed to Sartorius, German, late 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Göttingen [based on attributed maker]

Maker

Sartorius [attributed]

Accession No

2822

Brief Description

refracting telescope, made for astronomer Sir James South, by Tulley and Sons, English, 1821

Origin

England; London; Islington

Maker

Tulley and Sons

Accession No

5244.280

Brief Description

surface tension set, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

Maker

Accession No

3103

Brief Description

prism, by Steinheil, German, 1875-1900

Origin

Maker

Steinheil

Accession No

6062

Brief Description

Solar viewer; English; 2/2 18th century. Possibly made for viewing the transit of Venus (1761 and 1769)

Origin

England

Maker

Accession No

3102

Brief Description

prism train, three prisms, from spectrograph, by Adam Hilger, English, c. 1890

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adam Hilger

Accession No

3504

Brief Description

portrait of Thomas Graham, from a photograph by Claudet, by C. Cook, mid- to late 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Cook, C. [engraver] Claudet [photographer]

Accession No

6726

Brief Description

electron microprobe, the third complete instrument ever produced, by Tube Investments Ltd., to the design of Peter Duncumb and V. E. Cosslett, English, 1965

Origin

England; Cambridge; Hinxton Hall

Maker

Tube Investments Ltd.

Accession No

5244.286

Brief Description

perforated Gooch crucible plate, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

Maker

Accession No

2718

Brief Description

surveyor's tape measure, by Rabone Chesterman, English, 1968

Origin

England

Maker

Rabone Chesterman