Accession No

3226

Brief Description

microscope slides and microphotographs, by John Benjamin Dancer, English, 1855 (c)

Origin

England; Manchester

Maker

Dancer, John Benjamin

Accession No

0548

Brief Description

reading glass, 1800-1900 (c)

Origin

Maker

Accession No

0545

Brief Description

hand lens, 1800 (c)

Origin

Maker

Accession No

2442

Brief Description

plug-type Wheatstone Bridge, Post Office pattern, by Elliott Brothers, English, 1900-1925

Origin

England; London

Maker

Elliott Brothers

Accession No

5358.4

Brief Description

Ottoman Turkish manuscript page, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th of astronomers at work. False date of 1781 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

5000

Brief Description

Lucas Pendulum, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1907

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

0477

Brief Description

spectroscope, by Spencer, Browning and Company, English, 1870 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Spencer, Browning and Company

Accession No

3717

Brief Description

microtome, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., England, c. 1920

Origin

England

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Accession No

6741

Brief Description

vacuum coating unit model 6E4, believed to have been used to coat specimens at Blackburn Paper Mill for analysis using a Stereoscan 600 scanning electron microscope, by Edwards High Vacuum, English, 1970s

Origin

England

Maker

Edwards High Vacuum

Accession No

0434

Brief Description

lodestone, 1800-1900 (c)

Origin

Maker