Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Material
Maker
Place
Date
Gaede 3-stage metal diffusion pump

Gaede 3-stage metal diffusion pump

1915-1927

Vacuum pump by Pfeiffer

Vacuum pump by Pfeiffer

1932

Rotary vacuum pump

Rotary vacuum pump

1981-1991

Double barrelled air pump

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Gaede steel slit diffusion pump

Gaede steel slit diffusion pump

1920-1927

Steel diffusion air pump

Steel diffusion air pump

1915-1925

Hero's fountain apparatus

Hero's fountain apparatus

1770-1820

Double barrelled air pump

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Patent 'Geryk' high vacuum pump

Patent 'Geryk' high vacuum pump

1901-1920

Cosmos 'Bottle' type vacuum pump

Cosmos 'Bottle' type vacuum pump

1917-1921

Fleuss vacuum pump (two cylinders)

Fleuss vacuum pump (two cylinders)

1900-1910

Gaede type rotary mercury pump

Gaede type rotary mercury pump

1916-1926

Vertical pneumatic pump

Vertical pneumatic pump

1889

Liquid air vapour trap (enclosed type)

Liquid air vapour trap (enclosed type)

1915-1925

Component of sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

Component of sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

1921-1926

Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

1921-1926

Crank Handle for Double Barrelled Air Pump

Crank Handle for Double Barrelled Air Pump

1866-1911

Modern glass filter pump

Modern glass filter pump

1925-1935

McLeod's vacuum gauge (imperfect)

McLeod's vacuum gauge (imperfect)

1880

Glass ionisation vacuum gauge

Glass ionisation vacuum gauge

1955-1980

Single transferrer for air pump experiments

Single transferrer for air pump experiments

1871-1900

Open type liquid air vapour trap and vacuum pump mechanism display

Open type liquid air vapour trap and vacuum pump mechanism display

1915-1925

Gear type rotary vacuum pump

Gear type rotary vacuum pump

1918-1923

Separate plate

Separate plate

1889

Gaede molecular vacuum pump

Gaede molecular vacuum pump

1910-1914

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor made by Lacy-Hulbert Division of C.S. Maden & Co. Ltd.

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor made by Lacy-Hulbert Division of C.S. Maden & Co. Ltd.

Veeco' brand glass ionisation vacuum gauge

Veeco' brand glass ionisation vacuum gauge

1955-1980

Magdeburg hemispheres

Magdeburg hemispheres

1780-1820

Gaede single stage all-metal pump with accessories

Gaede single stage all-metal pump with accessories

1923-1928

Mercury diffusion pump

Mercury diffusion pump

1960-1969

Double barrelled air pump

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Mercurial air pump

Mercurial air pump

unknown date

Stand

Stand

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor

Bunsen filter pump mounted on board and fitted with mercury gauge

Bunsen filter pump mounted on board and fitted with mercury gauge

1918-1928

Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

1921-1926

Double barrel air pump by Moritz Pillischer

Double barrel air pump by Moritz Pillischer

1851-1887

Double transferrer for air pump experiments

Double transferrer for air pump experiments

1871-1900

Example to illustrate use of charcoal to produce high vacuum

Example to illustrate use of charcoal to produce high vacuum

1917-1927

Toepler Mercury Pump, c 1905

Toepler Mercury Pump, c 1905

1905

Single barrel air pump

Single barrel air pump

1871-1900

Double barrelled air pump

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1850

Brass and steel accessories for air pump

Brass and steel accessories for air pump

1871-1900

Tate's double acting vacuum pump

Tate's double acting vacuum pump

1871-1900

Francis Hauksbee's air pump, ca. 1708.

Francis Hauksbee's air pump

Copy of a pair of large Magdeburg hemispheres used by Otto von Guericke. The originals were exhibited in the Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus of 1876

Copies of Large Magdeburg Hemispheres

1660 (original); 1876 (copy)

Mercurial air pump of the Kahlbaum pattern

Mercurial air pump of the Kahlbaum pattern

Five fall Sprengel mercury pump, made by L. Casella

Five fall Sprengel mercury pump

Vacuum pump used by Glaxo at two pilot plants at their Greenford site during 1956-1970 and 1970-1994 for new drug development. Some of the principle drugs developed and marketed by GlaxoWellcome in which this pump would have played a part in the R&D process include: Becotide (asthma drug which received the Queen's Award; Zinacef (antibiotic); Fortum (third generation inhectable antibiotic which received the Queen's Award); Zinnat (oral antibiotic which received the Queen's Award); Flixotide (asthma). The pump was refurbished by APM Electro Mechanical Services Ltd.

Vacuum Pump used by Glaxo

circa 1920

Single barrel air pump, crank operated, late 19th century

Single barrel air pump

1850-1900