Collection of business records and objects from Grimshaw Brothers Limited

Made:: 1873-1963

U shaped test tube
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Lens
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Glass bottle sample from L.Bachmann, Rudolstadt

Glass bottle samples from L.Bachmann, Rudolstadt

Printing block
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Box containing Glass bottle samples from L.Bachmann, Rudolstadt

Grimshaw Bros printing plate
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U shaped test tube Photographed on a white background.
Science Museum Group Collection
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Lens Photographed on a white background.
Science Museum Group Collection
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Glass bottle sample from L.Bachmann, Rudolstadt
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Glass bottle samples from L.Bachmann, Rudolstadt
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Glass bottle sample from L.Bachmann, Rudolstadt
Science Museum Group Collection
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Printing block Photographed on a white background.
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Box containing Glass bottle samples from L.Bachmann, Rudolstadt
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Grimshaw Bros printing plate Photographed on a white background.
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Collection of business records and objects from Grimshaw Brothers Limited, 1873-1963

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Category:: Scientific Instruments & Research

Object Number:: Y2007.92

System of Arrangement:: S

type:: collection of objects and archives

credit:: Gift of Miss Miller

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Parts

Wooden sign,Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works

Materials:: wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.1

type:: factory sign

Laboratory Thermometer

Materials:: glass , cardboard and mercury

Object Number:: Y2007.92.55 dup 1

type:: thermometer

Steel Press with Twist Handle

Materials:: Steel press with twist handle. Painted black

Object Number:: Y2007.92.2

type:: press

Carbon block from Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.3

type:: carbon

Mixing bowl from laboratory at Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.4

type:: laboratory dish

Rest for mixing implement made from earthenware

Materials:: earthenware

Object Number:: Y2007.92.5

type:: laboratory tile

60-minute timer manufactured by Smiths

Object Number:: Y2007.92.6

type:: timer

Cast metal disc sample of Meldrum metal

Materials:: meldrum

Object Number:: Y2007.92.7

type:: samples

Bourdon pressure gauge manometer

Materials:: Pressure gauge

Object Number:: Y2007.92.8

type:: manometer

Pair of microscope slides from Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.10

type:: microscope slide

Twaddles no. 5 mercury hydrometer used at the laboratory of Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: glass , mercury and cardboard

Object Number:: Y2007.92.12

type:: hydrometer

scientific apparatus

Object Number:: Y2007.92.12.1

type:: scientific apparatus

Part of:: Y2007.92.12

Mercury hydrometer with protective tube

Materials:: glass , mercury and cardboard

Object Number:: Y2007.92.13

type:: hydrometer

Twaddles No. 1 Hydrometer

Materials:: glass , mercury and cardboard

Object Number:: Y2007.92.14

type:: hydrometer

Mercury hydrometer no. 6 with protective tube

Materials:: glass , mercury and cardboard

Object Number:: Y2007.92.15

type:: hydrometer

Mercury hydrometer with protective tube

Materials:: glass , mercury and cardboard

Object Number:: Y2007.92.16

type:: hydrometer

Mercury hydrometer with protective tube

Materials:: glass , mercury and cardboard

Object Number:: Y2007.92.17

type:: hydrometer

Mercury hydrometer with protective tube

Materials:: glass , mercury and cardboard

Object Number:: Y2007.92.18

type:: hydrometer

Brass Printing plate depicting the logo for Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.19

type:: printing plate

Ammonia Hydrometer used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: glass , mercury and cardboard

Object Number:: Y2007.92.20

type:: hydrometer

Hydrometer used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: Narrow glass rod with bulb at end containing mercury.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.21

type:: hydrometer

Magnifying glass on metal sheet

Materials:: metal (unknown) and glass

Object Number:: Y2007.92.22

type:: magnifying glass

Promotional product sample

Object Number:: Y2007.92.23

type:: mirror

Lead shot hydrometer used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: Hydrometer containing lead shots in original cardboard tube.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.24

type:: hydrometer

Director's signature stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: Rubber stamp with metal holder and wooden handle.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.26

type:: stamp

Makers stamp used at Grimshaw Brothers & Sons

Object Number:: Y2007.92.27

type:: stamp

Contractual disclaimer stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.28

type:: stamp

Delivery stamp used at Grimshaw Bros & Sons

Object Number:: Y2007.92.29

type:: stamp

Care of casks stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.30

type:: stamp

Contractual disclaimer stamp used during wartime at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.31

type:: stamp

Secretary's signature stamp used for Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.32

type:: stamp

Telephone number stamp used for Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.33

type:: stamp

Secretary's stamp used for Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.34

type:: stamp

Delivery note stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.35

type:: stamp

Disclaimer stamp for casks used at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.36

type:: stamp

Director's signature stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Object Number:: Y2007.92.37

type:: stamp

Paperweight used in the offices at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: iron and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.38

type:: paperweight

Spelter block used at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: metal (unknown)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.39

type:: laboratory apparatus

Analytical Weights

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , nickel plated , metal (unknown) , wood (unidentified) , glass and velvet

Object Number:: Y2007.92.40

type:: weights

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

Materials:: Glass jar with ground glass stopper. Contains rice flour.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.41

type:: chemical reagent

printing block

Materials:: lead (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.41.1

type:: printing block

Part of:: Y2007.92.41

printing block

Materials:: lead (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.41.2

type:: printing block

Part of:: Y2007.92.41

printing block

Materials:: lead (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.41.3

type:: printing block

Part of:: Y2007.92.41

printing block

Materials:: lead (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.41.4

type:: printing block

Part of:: Y2007.92.41

printing block

Materials:: lead (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.41.5

type:: printing block

Part of:: Y2007.92.41

printing block

Materials:: lead (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.41.6

type:: printing block

Part of:: Y2007.92.41

paper

Object Number:: Y2007.92.41.7

type:: paper

Part of:: Y2007.92.41

Glass jar with glass stopper

Materials:: glass and chalk

Object Number:: Y2007.92.42

type:: chemical reagent

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

Materials:: Glass jar with ground glass stopper. Contains Epsom Salts.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.43

type:: chemical reagent

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

Materials:: Glass jar with ground glass stopper. Contains starch.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.44

type:: chemical reagent

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

Materials:: Glass jar with ground glass stopper. Less than half full of china clay.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.45

type:: chemical reagent

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

Materials:: Glass jar with ground glass stopper. Almost full of Vesuvian White.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.46

type:: chemical reagent

chemical reagent

Object Number:: Y2007.92.47

type:: chemical reagent

printing block - lead etching of Manchester's Miles Platting

Materials:: lead (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y2007.92.47.1

type:: printing block

Part of:: Y2007.92.47

Glass jar with glass stopper

Materials:: Glass jar with ground glass stopper. Full of Prussian Blue paste.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.48

type:: chemical reagent

bottle

Object Number:: Y2007.92.48.1

type:: bottle

Part of:: Y2007.92.48

bottle

Object Number:: Y2007.92.48.2

type:: bottle

Part of:: Y2007.92.48

bottle

Object Number:: Y2007.92.48.3

type:: bottle

Part of:: Y2007.92.48

bottle

Object Number:: Y2007.92.48.4

type:: bottle

Part of:: Y2007.92.48

bottle

Object Number:: Y2007.92.48.5

type:: bottle

Part of:: Y2007.92.48

box

Object Number:: Y2007.92.48.6

type:: box

Part of:: Y2007.92.48

Glass jar with metal shavings

Materials:: Brass-like shavings

Object Number:: Y2007.92.49

type:: chemical reagent

Glass jar with cork stopper. Contains three pieces of Sea Foam

Materials:: glass , cork and sea foam

Object Number:: Y2007.92.50

type:: chemical reagent

Glass jar with cork stopper

Materials:: Short (2-3mm) fine (less than 1mm) pieces of bright silvery metal, with some larger coarser pieces.

Object Number:: Y2007.92.52

type:: chemical reagent

Glass jar with cork stopper. One third full of fine metal shavings

Object Number:: Y2007.92.53

type:: chemical reagent

Glass jar with glass stopper

Materials:: paper (fibre product) , glass and red oxide

Object Number:: Y2007.92.54

type:: chemical reagent

Packet containing calcium sulphate

Materials:: Paper packet of sample, contained within folded cellophane packet from Witco

Object Number:: Y2007.92.55

type:: chemical reagent

Glass measuring cylinder from the laboratory at Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: Y2007.92.56

type:: measuring cylinder

Rest for mixing implement from laboratory at Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Materials:: ceramic (unspecified) and glass

Object Number:: Y2007.92.59

type:: laboratory tile

Collection of business records and objects from Grimshaw Brothers Limited

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Parts

Wooden sign,Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works

Laboratory Thermometer

Steel Press with Twist Handle

Carbon block from Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Mixing bowl from laboratory at Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Rest for mixing implement made from earthenware

60-minute timer manufactured by Smiths

Cast metal disc sample of Meldrum metal

Bourdon pressure gauge manometer

Pair of microscope slides from Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Twaddles no. 5 mercury hydrometer used at the laboratory of Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

scientific apparatus

Mercury hydrometer with protective tube

Twaddles No. 1 Hydrometer

Mercury hydrometer no. 6 with protective tube

Mercury hydrometer with protective tube

Mercury hydrometer with protective tube

Mercury hydrometer with protective tube

Brass Printing plate depicting the logo for Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Ammonia Hydrometer used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Hydrometer used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Magnifying glass on metal sheet

Promotional product sample

Lead shot hydrometer used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Director's signature stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Makers stamp used at Grimshaw Brothers & Sons

Contractual disclaimer stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Delivery stamp used at Grimshaw Bros & Sons

Care of casks stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Contractual disclaimer stamp used during wartime at Grimshaw Brother's and Son's Chemical Works in Clayton

Secretary's signature stamp used for Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Telephone number stamp used for Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Secretary's stamp used for Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Delivery note stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Disclaimer stamp for casks used at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Director's signature stamp used at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Paperweight used in the offices at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Spelter block used at Grimshaw Brother's and Co Chemical Works in Clayton

Analytical Weights

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

printing block

printing block

printing block

printing block

printing block

printing block

paper

Glass jar with glass stopper

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

Glass jar with ground glass stopper

chemical reagent

printing block - lead etching of Manchester's Miles Platting

Glass jar with glass stopper

bottle

bottle

bottle

bottle

bottle

box

Glass jar with metal shavings

Glass jar with cork stopper. Contains three pieces of Sea Foam

Glass jar with cork stopper

Glass jar with cork stopper. One third full of fine metal shavings

Glass jar with glass stopper

Packet containing calcium sulphate

Glass measuring cylinder from the laboratory at Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

Rest for mixing implement from laboratory at Grimshaw Brothers & Sons Chemical Works in Clayton

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