Accession No

1905

Brief Description

prism

Origin

Maker

Accession No

6742

Brief Description

prototype Threlfall-Caldwell microtome, designed and commissioned by Richard Threlfall following a suggestion from William Hay Caldwell, by Ruffett at Professor Stuart's Workshop, English, 1882-1883

Origin

England; Cambridge [microtome] and England; Sheffield [blade]

Maker

Ruffett [maker, worker at Professor Stuart's Workshop] Threlfall, Richard [designer] Bradley, William [maker, blade]

Accession No

0777

Brief Description

Augsburg dial, silver, German, 1/2 18th C

Origin

Augsburg; Germany

Maker

Accession No

2053

Brief Description

X-ray gas tube, by Cuthbert Andrews, English, 1/2 20th Century

Origin

England

Maker

Cuthbert Andrews

Accession No

5452

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting Diageotropism, by Arthur Shrubbs, English, 1870-1922

Origin

Cambridge; England

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Accession No

5358.5

Brief Description

Ottoman Turkish manuscript page, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th of astronomer teaching the use of a quadrant. False date of 1743 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

6744

Brief Description

Cooke McArthur extreme terrain field microscope, by McArthur Microscopes Ltd., English, 1959 (c)

Origin

England; London; W1; 30 Portman Square

Maker

McArthur Microscopes Ltd.

Accession No

4968

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing flowers of Quercus, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Accession No

1256

Brief Description

mortar; 18th or 19th century

Origin

Maker

Accession No

6098

Brief Description

13-inch lunar (Moon) Globe based on Luna 3 (aka Lunik 3) observations, by Paul Räth, Leipzig, East German, 1961 (c)

Origin

East Germany [now Germany]; Leipzig

Maker

Räth, Paul