Accession No

6481

Brief Description

slide rule for gauging, by Isaac Carver, in boxwood, to the design of William Hunt, English, 1697

Origin

England; London

Maker

Carver, Isaac

Accession No

6529

Brief Description

five plaster geological models, with plaque that says 'Development & Erosion of a Volcano', by W. J. Hill after William Morris Davis, 1/2 20th Century

Origin

Maker

Hill, W. J. [maker] Davis, William Morris [models based on his theories]

Accession No

6542

Brief Description

20-inch plastic transparent celestial globe with miniature terrestrial globe inside, ‘Cosmosphere’, by Farquhar Transparent Globes, U.S.A., c. 1965

Origin

U.S.A.; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia

Maker

Farquhar Transparent Globes

Accession No

6638

Brief Description

"Thomson's trigonometer", anthropometric head-type calculator, designed by Arthur Thomson, made by Aston and Mander Ltd., English, early 20th century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Aston and Mander Ltd. [maker] Thomson, Arthur [designer]

Accession No

6639.2

Brief Description

cell division model (1 of 13), by Louis M. Meusel, German, 1920 (c)

Origin

Germany; Sonneburg

Maker

Meusel, Louis M.

Accession No

6643

Brief Description

sector, brass, 11", by Elias Allen, English, c. 1615

Origin

England; London

Maker

Allen, Elias

Accession No

2785

Brief Description

Simple linear Slide-Wire for user in a Potentiometer; made by W.G. Pye & Co., 1900-1950 (c)

Origin

Maker

W.G.Pye & Co.

Accession No

6547

Brief Description

eleven plaster models of chicken heads from genetics research and teaching, by Reginald Punnett, English, early 1930s

Origin

England; Cambridge [attributed]

Maker

Punnett, Reginald

Accession No

6257

Brief Description

Set of six mercury-in-glass hydrometers with measuring vessel, in fitted case, c. 1940

Origin

Maker

Accession No

5244.64

Brief Description

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

Origin

Maker