Accession No

2175

Brief Description

air survey camera, Tessar patent, by Williamson Kinematograph Company Ltd. / Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Ltd. / Ross, English, c. 1940

Origin

England; London

Maker

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Ltd. Williamson Kinematograph Company Ltd. Ross

Accession No

6879

Brief Description

terrestrial globe for the blind, German, 1950 (c)

Origin

Germany

Maker

Accession No

4985

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting parts of Coffea arabica L (coffee), by Friedrich Vieweg, C. Bollmann, and Zippel, Germany, c. 1900-1967

Origin

Germany; Braunschweig

Maker

Vieweg, Friedrich [publisher] Bollmann, C. [lithographer and artist] Zippel, Hermann [editor]

Accession No

5358.1

Brief Description

Ottoman Turkish manuscript sheet, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th showing map of world. False date of 1734 AD; image is a late C20th forgery.

Origin

Turkey; Istanbul [source of forgery - source of original manuscript sheet is likely to also be Turkey]

Maker

Accession No

1091

Brief Description

universal equinoctial ring dial, English, 1737

Origin

England

Maker

Accession No

4496

Brief Description

penicillin from Abbott Laboratories 1944

Origin

North Chicago; Illinois; U.S.A.

Maker

Abbott Laboratories

Accession No

6737

Brief Description

February constellation overlay disk for a Musser Copernican Planetarium Model 500, by Scientific Space Industries Inc. (a subsidiary of the the Howard Hughes Aircraft Company), U.S.A., mid- to late 1960s

Origin

U.S.A.; California; Oceanside

Maker

Scientific Space Industries Inc.

Accession No

0255

Brief Description

miniature spyglass necklace, French, c.1800

Origin

France

Maker

Accession No

1293

Brief Description

sextant, attributed to William Cook, English, 1810 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cook, William [attributed]

Accession No

1503

Brief Description

Wollaston type goniometer, by Cary, English, 1820 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cary