Accession No

6616.2

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Surface tension, #260), repackaged by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1962

Origin

Washington, D.C., USA; Cambridge, England

Maker

Science Service Advisory Centre for Education

Accession No

2857

Brief Description

print, lithograph, of the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851, by Joseph Nash, English, 1851

Origin

England; London; New Bond Street

Maker

Nash, Joseph [artist and lithographer] Dickinson Brothers [printer and publisher]

Accession No

1221

Brief Description

simple microscope, screw barrel Culpeper type, modified, by William Robertson, Scottish, 1750 (c)

Origin

Scotland; Edinburgh [city attributed]

Maker

Robertson, William

Accession No

2977

Brief Description

electroscope, gold-leaf, by Griffin and Tatlock Ltd., English or Scottish, 1930-1940 (c)

Origin

England or Scotland

Maker

Griffin and Tatlock Ltd.

Accession No

5300

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram, Botanische Wandtafeln, silia

Origin

Berlin

Maker

W. A. Meyn (printer), L. Kyn and W. Zonf (artists/botanists)

Accession No

6586

Brief Description

Islamic astrolabic quadrant, possibly Ottoman Turkish, early 18th century

Origin

Turkey [possibly]

Maker

Accession No

4483

Brief Description

calculator, 20th C

Origin

Hong Kong

Maker

Accession No

6616.7

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Simple Machines, #8/275), by Science Service and repackaged by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1963

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Advisory Centre for Education

Accession No

5225

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram, Geotropism: Vicia, by Francis Darwin

Origin

Maker

Darwin, Francis

Accession No

2435

Brief Description

photo-electric cell, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1926

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.