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Gaede type rotary mercury pump

1916-1926

Cosmos 'Bottle' type vacuum pump

1917-1921

Gear type rotary vacuum pump

1918-1923

Gaede steel slit diffusion pump

1920-1927

Open type liquid air vapour trap and vacuum pump mechanism display

1915-1925

Liquid air vapour trap (enclosed type)

1915-1925

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Fleuss vacuum pump (two cylinders)

1900-1910

Steel diffusion air pump

1915-1925

Hero's fountain apparatus

1770-1820

McLeod's vacuum gauge (imperfect)

1880

Glass ionisation vacuum gauge

1955-1980

Modern glass filter pump

1925-1935

Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

1921-1926

Patent 'Geryk' high vacuum pump

1901-1920

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Gaede single stage all-metal pump with accessories

1923-1928

Example to illustrate use of charcoal to produce high vacuum

1917-1927

Bunsen filter pump mounted on board and fitted with mercury gauge

1918-1928

Tate's double acting vacuum pump

1871-1900

Mercury diffusion pump

1960-1969

Double barrel air pump by Moritz Pillischer

1851-1887

Mercurial air pump

unknown date

Single barrel air pump

1871-1900

Brass and steel accessories for air pump

1871-1900

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

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

Veeco' brand glass ionisation vacuum gauge

1955-1980

Gaede molecular vacuum pump

1910-1914

Magdeburg hemispheres

1780-1820

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1850

Toepler Mercury Pump, c 1905

1905

Gaede 3-stage metal diffusion pump

1915-1927

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor

Francis Hauksbee's air pump, ca. 1708.

Francis Hauksbee's air pump

Full size coloured sectional drawing of Holweck's molecular pump

Full size coloured sectional drawing of Holweck's molecular pump

McLeod's apparatus for measuring low pressures of gases

McLeod's low pressure gas measuring apparatus

Coloured sectional diagram of Gaede's original mercury vapour pump, 1915

Coloured sectional diagram of Gaede's original mercury vapour pump

1915

Coloured sectional diagram of Langmuir's original mercury vapour pump, 1916

Coloured sectional diagram of Langmuir's original mercury vapour pump

1916

Glass globe containing bladder, unsigned, British, 1801-1900

Glass globe containing bladder

1801-1900

Schematic drawing, pencil and paint wash, indicating the operation of a mercury vacuum pump, unsigned, British, 1870-1876.

Schematic drawing

1870-1876

Holweck type molecular vacuum pump by The Mullard Radio Valve Co. Ltd., Balham, London, 1920-1926.

Holweck type molecular vacuum pump by The Mullard Radio Valve Co. Ltd.

1920-1926

Sprengel type mercury vacuum pump, unsigned, German, 1919-1929

Sprengel type mercury vacuum pump

1919-1929

Metal water-jet filter pump (no.15220), sectioned, in two pieces, by E. Leybold's Nachfolger, Cologne, Germany, 1924-1934

Metal water-jet filter pump (no.15220)

1924-1934

Glass Gaede mercury diffusion pump, (3 pieces), unsigned, European, 1915-1925

Glass Gaede mercury diffusion pump

1915-1925

Gaede type rotary oil pump, by W. Edwards & Co., London, England, 1916-1926

Gaede type rotary oil pump

1916-1926

Langmuir type metal vacuum pump part sectioned, unsigned, American, 1915-1925

Langmuir type metal vacuum pump part sectioned

1915-1925

Mercurial air pump of the Kahlbaum pattern

Mercurial air pump of the Kahlbaum pattern

Coloured sectional diagram, pen and ink, of early statical mercury vacuum pump, made at the Science Museum, London, 1928.

Coloured sectional diagram

1928

Coloured diagram showing arrangement for exhausting a large wireless valve, by Science Museum Drawing Office, South Kensington, London, 1927. A Herbert McLeod vacuum gauge is shown for measuring pressure.

Coloured diagram showing arrangement for exhausting a large wireless valve

1927