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Graphite Electrode

2022

CellPath branded Pencil

1960-2003

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Magnox Reactor Graphite. c1982

1980-1982

Bronowski Christmas Card 1956

1956

VELO Module (Number 48)

1997-2007

VELO Module (Number 46)

1997-2007

The coming of the monorail: a town monorail system

1956

Borrowdale GRAPHITE PENCILS

Twin coil rheostat in rectangular metal casing

1935-1960

Scintillator detector with photo-multiplier tube and graphite shielding

1970

'Bedside 2' painting by Susie Hamilton

2020

Berol Pencil Crayon, 1977

1977

/4. The coming of the monorail: a town monorail system

1956

Design for a Victoria carriage

1841-1900

Graphite samples showing the effects of heat and radiation, c.1982

1980-1982

Le Cabinet de M. Le Clerc

circa 1711

Drawing of Walter Bourne, East Indian Railway Resident Engineer, Mugra District, India

1857

Portrait of Tiarmarree, Mr Gilbert Hickey’s Khansamah Madrasee

1856-12-28

Watercolour of a Mughal bridge near Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1857

Pencil made for Amelex

circa 1930s

Magnox Reactor Graphite. c1982

1980-1982

Pair of silver compasses, 18th century,

1701-1800

'Mask 30' drawing by Susie Hamilton

2020

'Yellow Procession' painting by Susie Hamilton

2020

'Yellow Doctors 4' painting by Susie Hamilton

2020

Design for an open coach

1841-1900

Early set of drawing instruments by William Cary

1795-1825

AGR Fuel Element, c 1982

1980-1982

Graphite reflector brick for AGR (Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor) nuclear power stations, 1982.

1970-1981

Barbara Hepworth's Surgery Sketchbook

1948

Three salivettes used as part of the National Survey of HIV, England, 1992-1993

1992-1993

VELO Modules

1997-2007

Sargrove sprayed-circuit radio receiver experiment, 1936-1937

1936-7

A complete VELO hybrid (Number 129) not attached to a pedestal

1997-2007

Drawing of a Buddhist stupa in Sikkim, India

circa 1860

Graphite collected from the Lake District by Konstantin Novoselov

unknown date

Borrowdale GRAPHITE PENCILS

Borrowdale GRAPHITE PENCILS

Graphite collected from the Lake District by Konstantin Novoselov

unknown date

Marine sand glass

1750-1900

Diffusion apparatus used by Thomas Graham

1863

Ivory Tablet Owned by Alfred Senier, 1880-1886

1880-1886
Karyotype made by Lionel Penrose, Ca. 1963

Karyotype made by Lionel Penrose, Ca. 1963

circa 1963
This graphite pencil drawing of the Great Nebula in Orion was made by John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871) while on a trip to South Africa in 1835. Herschel was able to draw the nebula with the aid of a 20 feet reflector telescope at 'Feldhausen' in the Cape of Good Hope. The drawing is probably one that is referred to in his diary entry for the date, Sunday 4 January 1835.

The Great Nebula in Orion as seen in the 20 feet Reflector at Feldhausen - Cape of Good Hope

Sunday 4 January 1835
Series of specimens illustrating the manufacture of a lead pencil

Pencil speciments

Line test from the animated film Animal Farm. Second of 3 sheets. Attacking dog. Made by Halas and Batchelor.

Line test drawing from 'Animal Farm'

circa 1954
Drawing, charcoal and red and white chalk, A smith and his mate working a 30 cwt compressed air hammer in the Smithy at Crewe railway works, by Robin Comyns Carr, about 1943. Depicts the smith and his colleague holding a component in position beneath the hammer. A third member of the team, the hammer driver, stands next to them, partially hidden by the frame of the machine.

Drawing, charcoal and red and white chalk

circa 1943
Architect's drawing 'A Proposed Health Centre Finsbury' by Raymond Myerscough Walker for Berthold Lubetkin of Tecton Architects, 1936. Showing the design for Finsbury Health Centre against a cloudy sky with trees in front and scattered figures. Pencil, watercolours and gouache on cartridge paper. Signed top left 'Myerscough-Walker del 1936', inscribed 'A Proposed Health Centre, Finsbury / Messrs Tecton AARIBA invent'.

Drawing for Lubetkin's pioneering Finsbury health centre

1936
Drawing, 'Otto Lilienthal' by Mary Millner. Drawn in the Flight Gallery in February 2011 as part of the Prince's Drawing School Watercolours+ Works On Paper Drawing Competition held to accompany the Works on Paper Fair being held at the museum. This drawing won the first prize and was offered to the museum by the artist. It depicts a glider built by the German, Otto Lilienthal in about 1891 (Object No 1920-127).

Otto Lilienthal

2011