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Sprengel's mercury pump, with funnel and mercury trough

Sprengel's mercury pump

Sprengel's air pump (single form) by E. Cetti, 38 Brooke Street, Holborn, London, England, 1880-1885. Fitted with single fall with side flask near top connected by rubber tube. Used by the Normal School of Science part of thee Department of Science and Arts, South Kensington, London, later the Royal College of Science then Imperial College (see note).

Sprengel's air pump (single form) by E. Cetti

1880-1885

Mercury air pump designed by the late Capt J.H. Thomson to work automatically by means of a water pump

Mercury air pump

Stick of Sira adhesive wax by British Drug Houses Ltd.

Stick of Sira adhesive wax

Air pump demonstration apparatus, 19th century; (1) Magdeburg hemispheres; (2) Windmill demonstration; (3) Guinea and feather

Air pump demonstration apparatus

1800-1899

Complete educational high vacuum pumping equipment, model 2SC20A, Serial No. 11579, two stagerotary pump fitted with Solenoid Air Admittance valve, by Edwards High Vacuum Ltd, Manor Royal, Crawley, Sussex, England, 1955-1968.

Complete educational high vacuum pumping equipment

1955-1968

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

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

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

Mercury Vacuum pump, used by Professor Crookes

Mercury vacuum pump

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

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

Glass Gaede mercury diffusion pump

1915-1925

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

Sprengel type mercury vacuum pump

1919-1929

Magdeburg hemispheres, unsigned, Europe, 1801-1900

Magdeburg hemispheres

1801-1900

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

Schematic drawing

1870-1876

Double barrelled air pump with transferrer, unsigned, British, 1871-1900 (see note)

Double barrelled air pump with transferrer

1871-1900

Double barrelled air pump, with glass receiver, by G and C Dixey, London, 1820-1830 (see note)

Double barrelled air pump

1820-1830

Hand piston operated single barrel air pump, on mahogany stand, by Horne and Thornthwaite, London, 1855-1874 (see note)

Single barrel air pump

1855-1874

Double barrelled air pump by William Cary, London, 1801-1900 (see note)

Double barrelled air pump by William Cary

1801-1900

Double barrelled air pump by Thomas Rubergall, London, England, 1805-1854 (see note)

Double barrelled air pump by Thomas Rubergall

1805-1854

Double barrelled air pump, unsigned, British, 1871-1900 (see note)

Double barrelled air pump

1871-1900

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

Glass globe containing bladder

1801-1900

Double-barrelled air pump with bell jar by Dollond family, London, England, 1780-1820

Double-barrelled air pump with bell jar by Dollond family

1780-1820

Double action air pump with vacuum gauge (c. 1750), by G.ADAMS LONDON, with apparatus in mahogany case to demonstrate the laws of pneumatics including the following experiments: Magdeburg hemisphere; Guinea and featherweight lifter (with index dial); Shower of mercury; Bell and water pump in vacuo; Bladder glass, etc.

Double action air pump with vacuum gauge (c. 1750)

1750

Rotary mercury vacuum pump, designed by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, London, England, 1890-1916.

Campbell Swinton's rotary mercury vacuum pump

1890-1916

Vertical Piston Nairne Air Pump (c. 1750), by EDWD NAIRN, OPPOSITE THE ROYAL EXCHANGE LONDON, rectangular mahogany base, with bronze syringe with valves to glass vessel; wood screws with bronze crosspiece with tap; glass manometer with ivory scale

Vertical Piston Air Pump

1750

Short Proctors design multishaft Sprengel mercury vacuum pump, 1919-1929

Short Proctors design multishaft Sprengel mercury vacuum pump

1919-1929

Coloured diagram of "chain of pots" vacuum pump

Coloured diagram of "chain of pots" vacuum pump

Coloured sectional diagram of bottle vacuum pump

Coloured sectional diagram of bottle vacuum pump

Coloured sectional drawing of Gaede's molecular friction pump, c. 1912

Coloured sectional drawing of Gaede's molecular friction pump

1912

Coloured sectional drawing of Fleuss vacuum pump (with 1905-135)

Coloured sectional drawing of Fleuss vacuum pump

Coloured plan and section drawing, pen and ink, of Bailey's dry vacuum pump (scale 1:2), made at the Science Museum, 1925.

Coloured plan and section drawing

1925

Sectional drawing, scale 1:2, of Gaede's rotary oil vacuum pump, 1929, (shows internal mechanism of 1929-814)

Sectional drawing

1929-1931

Coloured sectional drawing of R.L. type 'Geryk' vacuum pump (scale 1:2)

Coloured sectional drawing of R.L. type 'Geryk' vacuum pump

1926

Sectioned rotor for Gaede rotary mercury pump

Sectioned rotor for Gaede rotary mercury pump

Toepler pump

Tin of Apiezon Q sealing compound by Metropolitan-Vickers

Tin of Apiezon Q sealing compound by Metropolitan-Vickers

1935-1960

Four vacuum pumps, sectioned for display:- (1) Rotary vacuum pump, (2) Turbo molecular vacuum pump, (3) Oil diffusion vacuum pump, (4) Sputter Ion Pump, made by Edward High Vacuum International, Crawley, West Sussex, England, 1981-1991.

Four vacuum pumps

1981-1991

Air pump with metal valves and separate plate, on tripod stand, with spanner, by Yeates and Son, Dublin, Ireland, 1889 (see note)

Air pump with separate plate

1889

Copy of Otto von Guericke's air pump, by Elkington and Company, Birmingham, England, 1876. The original was made for South Kensington Museum exhibited in the Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus, 1876.

Copy of Otto von Guericke's air pump

1876

Geissler filter pump, by Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited, London, England 1917-1927

Geissler filter pump

1917-1927

Coloured section drawing (scale 1:2) Peam wet vacuum pump, by the Science Museum Drawing Office, South Kensington, London 1915-1925. The drawing is mounted on sketching board, by Winsor and Newton, London.

Coloured section drawing (scale 1:2) Peam wet vacuum pump

1915-1925

Double barrel air pump by J. Cuthbertson, London, England, 1818. One barrel (cylinder) has been sectioned.

Double barrel air pump by J. Cuthbertson

1818

Vacuum pump, single cylinder, two-stage, on mahogany stand, by Nairne & Blunt, London, 1800. Lower part of cylinder is sectioned.

Vacuum pump on mahogany stand

1800

Two prints: The "Weston" vacuum pumping plant, by Wright, and from 'Engineering' magazine, British 1885

Two prints: The 'Weston' vacuum pumping plant

1885

Double barrelled air pump, with glass receiver plate, by Alfred Apps, London, England, 1866-1911 (see note)

Double Barrelled Air Pump

1866-1911

Single barrel air pump, and steel spanner, unsigned, British, 1801-1900 (see note)

Single barrel air pump

1801-1900

12" rotary vacuum pump, made by the Pulsometer Engineering Co. Ltd., London and Reading, 1930

12" rotary vacuum pump

1930

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)

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