Accession No

6508

Brief Description

table orrery (planetarium), by Nairne and Blunt (likely workshop of Benjamin Cole), English, 1783 (c)

Origin

England; London; Cornhill

Maker

Nairne and Blunt [likely made in the workshop of Benjamin Cole and then sold by Nairne and Blunt carrying the latters' signature]

Accession No

6752

Brief Description

presentation desk microscope, formerly the property of Cambridge entomologist John Arthur Power, by Smith and Beck, English, 1854, along with ephemera (photos, booklet, and note) of John Arthur Power

Origin

England; London; 6 Coleman Street

Maker

Smith and Beck

Accession No

2615

Brief Description

set of four capacity measures, used at West Riding County Council, English, 1890 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Accession No

6243

Brief Description

six images of harmonic vibrations in a picture frame, made using a harmonograph, by J.E. Austin, F.R.A.S., F.G.S., English, 1/2 20th century

Origin

England; Cambridge; Cavendish Laboratory [attributed]

Maker

Austin, J. E.

Accession No

6721.16

Brief Description

wax model of a developmental stage of the amphioxus (lancelet, a fish-like chordate), number 17 in the series of 25, by Adolf Ziegler after Berthold Hatschek, German, 1882 (c)

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Accession No

6750

Brief Description

framed relief Map of the Moon: Mare Nectaris and Vicinity, by U. S. Army Map Service, American, 1965; plus U.S. Army Map Service information booklet and prints

Origin

United States; Washington D.C.

Maker

Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers

Accession No

6753

Brief Description

surveyor's set of 9 cardboard scales in a cardboard box, once belonging to J. O. Lewis, English, 1960 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Eyre and Spottiswoode

Accession No

5121

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Gyalecta corpularis: thallus and apothecium, by Kny

Origin

Maker

Kny

Accession No

3440

Brief Description

tuning fork on a wooden resonator box, by Rudolph Koenig, French, second half 19th Century

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Koenig, Rudolph

Accession No

6513

Brief Description

Two boxes of zoological magic lantern slides, mostly equine (horses) anatomy, with some showing farriers at work, English, mid 20th century.

Origin

London; England

Maker

Newton & Co. (only some)