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Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

plunge battery, about 1820

1815-1850

Wollaston's planisphere

1812

Viewer by J.H. Steward

1875-1900

Wollaston-type optometer

1825-1835

Wollaston slide rule of chemical equivalents, 1814.

1814

Wollaston slide rule of chemical equivalents

1814

[Letter] 1816 Jan 4, Buckingham Street, Fitzroy Square [to] Saml. Parkes, Chemical Laboratory, Goswell Street / W.H. Wollaston. [2p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. Is unperturbed by Parkes's information that a foreign producer is intending to export "platina" to England; suggests a better market for this unidentified producer is Paris, where Wollaston has refused to trade]

Letter 1816 Jan 4

1816

Sliding scales of chemical equivalents, has 1.243 written in on upper half of left hand side and no publisher's name on the bottom.

Wollaston slide rule of chemical equivalents, England, about 1814

1814

Reproduction of Wollaston's mouth blowpipe

Wollaston's Mouth Blowpipe, 1810-1828.

1810-1828

[Ms. notebook of William Hyde Wollaston, chiefly re his work on rhodium and its alloys, 1822-1825; with 9 slips re same inserted. See also below]

Ms. notebook of William Hyde Wollaston

1822-1825

[Letter] 1825 Mar, Buckingham Street, Fitzroy Square, London [to] Charles Macintosh/W.H. Wollaston. [Hastily written in reply to urgent request for an opinion on Macintosh's steel samples. Urges immediate patent application. Postscript describes Macintosh's distillation of coal tar as being better than "laborious condensation of peat" and advises him on methods of reducing iron oxides. Accompanied by typed transcript [19--] of part of the letter also giving some background information.]

Letter 1825 Mar

1825

[Letters (8)] 1809 Nov-1812 Jun, Buckingham Street, Fitzroy Square [to] Thomas Farmer, Kennington Common / Wm.H. Wollaston. [14p. on 8 leaves, holograph signed. MS. 1190/1-3 (to 1810 Feb 14) concern manufacture of a platinum boiler for sulphuric acid; MS 1190/4 (of 1811 Jan 29) concerns repairs to it; MS 1190/5-8 (of 1812) deal with further repairs and manufacture of a second boiler? Some items bear rough notes and pencil sketches by Farmer and/or Wollaston. See also inv. nos. 1992-285 (MS 1190/9) and 1993-424 (MS 405)]

Letters (8) 1809 Nov-1812 Jun

1809-1812

[Invoice] 1809 Dec / [W.H. Wollaston, for a platinum boiler supplied to Thomas Farmer for manufacture of sulphuric acid. 1 leaf, holograph. Gives detailed costs, including those for "Syphon" to lead off the acid. Total cost is £301 9s 3d. Endorsed with note of payment on [1810] Feb 16. See also inv. nos. 1992-284 (MS 1190/1-8) and 1993-424 (MS 405)]

Invoice 1809 Dec

1809

Glass tube of rhodium - tin alloy prepared by the discoverer Dr. William Hyde Wollaston about 1825

Specimen of Rhodium Alloy in roughly triangular pieces

1822-1825

Sliding scales of chemical equivalents, has 1814 date clearly at the bottom and alumina inscribed on the upper part of the left hand scale.

Wollaston slide rule of chemical equivalents, England, 1814

1814

Drawing camera lucida of Wollaston-Ross pattern, signed by Dollond, English, mid 19th century

Drawing camera lucida of Wollaston-Ross pattern

1831-1870

Wollaston's cryophorus, by J. J. Griffin & Sons, London, England, 1894.

Wollaston's Cryophorus, 1894

1894

Slice of rhodium alloy prepared by W.H. Wollaston, c.1822-1825.

Slice of rhodium alloy prepared by W.H. Wollaston, c.1822-1825

1822-1825

Rhodium tipped pen made by William Hyde Wollaston and given by him to his godson General Sir William Codrington in May 1822 (with 4 authenticating documents)

Rhodium tipped pen made by William Hyde Wollaston

1820-1822

portable drawing outfit containing Wollaston type camera lucida, with folding box foot case stand, by Ebsworth, Fleet Street, London, England, 1801-1820

Portable drawing outfit of Wollaston type camera Lucida with folding box foot case stand

1801-1820