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Mathematics: The Winton Gallery

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Cabinet No.6, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

Cabinet No.6

Computing & Data Processing
Motor driven Disk Memory Unit, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

Motor driven Disk Memory Unit

Computing & Data Processing
Circular slide rule by Troughton and Simms, designed by William Froude c.1877, with inscription plate and three logarithmic scales, used at the Admiralty Experimental Establishment, by Troughton and Simms, London, 1887

Circular slide rule by Troughton and Simms

Froude

1877
Human skull, marked with phrenological divisions, from the British Phrenological Society.

Human skull, marked with phrenological divisions, United Kingdom, 1821-1899

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1821-1899
Artificial intelligence (neural network) computer built for pattern recognition 1981 (WISARD)

CRS WISARD

Computing & Data Processing

1984
Electrical Decimal cash register, by NCR Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, United States, American, 1960-1969.

Electrical Decimal cash register

Cash Registers

1960-1969
Cabinet No.2 for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

Cabinet No.2, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI

Computing & Data Processing
Base Unit No.1, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

base unit

Computing & Data Processing
Set of Interconnecting Cables, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

interconnecting cables

Computing & Data Processing
Cabinet No.4, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

Cabinet No.4

Computing & Data Processing
Cabinet No.1, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

Cabinet No.1

Computing & Data Processing
Set of 9 brass nested cup weights for the commercial pound from the Castlereagh Collection for Libau (Russia).

Nested cup weights, brass

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Madeira (Portugal). Set of 9 brass nested cup weights for a pound of 16 oncas in a wooden box.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Madeira

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture by Dollond mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight, later modified by Troughton in 1874.

Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight

Astronomy

1829
Base Unit, made up of two parts, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

basine

Computing & Data Processing
Top Unit - the part of the main unit above the indivdual cabinets, made up of two parts, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

top unit

Computing & Data Processing
Coloured Weight for Height Chart, used in the developing world for the monitoring of children's growth, can be used in conjunction with Child Health Charts, by TALC ( Teaching Aids at Low Cost), St. Albans, England, 1992

TALC Growth Chart, Hertfordshire, England, 1992

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1992
6 side panels for cabinets 1-6, 2 side panels for cabinet 0, and 1 end panels.Detached from main unit. For Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

side panels

Computing & Data Processing
Cabinet No.5, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

Cabinet No.5

Computing & Data Processing
Pallet 1 of 12 - Part of Manchester University Differential Analyser, consisting of 16 feet central frame, 4 integrators, 2 input tables, output table, camera. The Manchester Differential Analyser is an analogue computer designed to solve a class of mathematical functions called differential equations. This machine was built by the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company and completed in 1935 for the Physics Department at Manchester University. The machine was based on an American design, powered by electric motors, and uses mechanical components to model mathematical relationships. The central device is a disc-and-wheel device integrator which performs mathematical integration.

Manchester University Differential Analyser

Mathematics

1935
Optical balance level, after a type used in the 17th Century, British, 1700-1799

Optical balance level

Surveying

1700-1799
Cabinet No.3, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

Cabinet No.3

Computing & Data Processing
Air Filters and other accessories, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

air filters

Computing & Data Processing
Lagomarsino-Numeria manual calculating machine, model 5903, serial no. 072327; made in Italy

Lagomarsino-Numeria manual calculating machine

Mathematics

1960-1970
Clockwork drive designed by the Rev. Sheepshank for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture by Dollond mounted on English type equatorial mounting

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

Astronomy

1829
Wooden cabinet containing histological slides prepared by Dr J C Wagner, 1950-91, including original material relating to cases described in his 1960 paper making a causal link between exposure to blue asbestos and the lung cancer, mesothelioma. (see stroke records)

Histological slides prepared by Dr J C Wagner, 1950-1991

Anatomy & Pathology

1950-1991
Main part of Scheutz difference engine, made by Bryan Donkin & Co. in 1859

Scheutz Difference Engine, third model, 1859

Computing & Data Processing

1859
Operator's Console, fitted with Olivetti Lexicon 80E Electric Typewriter,for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

electric typewriter

Computing & Data Processing
Engineer's Test Unit, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953

engineer's test unit

Computing & Data Processing
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Genoa (Italy). Set of 9 brass nested cup weights for gold and silver for a pound of 12 ounces called Peso Sottile.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Genoa

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Havre de Grace (France). Boxed set of 12 metric gramme weights and 6 flat grain weights.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Havre de Grace

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Cadiz (Spain). Set of 8 nested brass cup weights for the Mark of Avila used for weighing gold and silver.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Cadiz

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Boxed set of rectangular looped iron weights for a pound of 12 ounces from the Castlereagh Collection for Barcelona (Spain).

looped iron weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Set of 7 octagonal small weights from the Castereagh Collection for Genoa (Italy).

Castlereagh Collection weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820
Set of 7 small flat grain weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Nice (France).

flat grain weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Weight from the Castlereagh Collection for Canary Isles (Spain). Looped iron weight of 10 pounds.

Weight for Canary Isles (Spain)

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Carthagena (Tunisia). Two set of 9 brass nested cup weights, 8 circular brass knobbed weights and 22 small flat brass grain weights in fitted wooden box.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Carthagena (Tunisia). Two set of 9 brass nested cup weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820
Brass knobbed weights for 1 Arratel (pound) from the Castlereagh Collection for Lisbon (Portugal).

brass knobbed weights

Weighing & Measuring

1818
Boxed set of 9 cylindrical brass knobbed weights with 11 small flat brass grain weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Antwerp (Belgium).

cylindrical brass knobbed weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for New York (USA). Boxed set of 14 cylindrical brass Troy weights, consisting of two sets respectively ounces and pennyweights.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for New York (USA). Boxed set of 14 cylindrical brass Troy weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820
Set of 8 brass nested cup weights dated 1818, from the Castlereagh Collection for Gothenburg (Sweden).

Nested cup weights, brass

Weighing & Measuring

1818
Set of 7 grain weights for the Roman Pound from the Castlereagh Collection for Rome (Italy).

grain weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Pallet 10 of 12 -Part of Manchester University Differential Analyser, consisting of 16 feet central frame, 4 integrators, 2 input tables, output table, camera. The Manchester Differential Analyser is an analogue computer designed to solve a class of mathematical functions called differential equations. This machine was built by the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company and completed in 1935 for the Physics Department at Manchester University. The machine was based on an American design, powered by electric motors, and uses mechanical components to model mathematical relationships. The central device is a disc-and-wheel device integrator which performs mathematical integration.

Manchester University Differential Analyser

Mathematics

1935
Set of 4 flat brass grain weights, from the Castlereagh Collection for Constantinople (Turkey).

Set of 4 flat brass grain weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Set of 9 nested brass cup weights and 15 small flat weights for a Mark of 8 ounces, both for weighing gold and silver from the Castlereagh Collection for Amsterdam (Netherlands).

nested brass cup weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Sets of brass nested cup weights without case for 2 Portugese Pound from the Castlereagh Collection for Rio Janeiro (Brazil).

Nested cup weights, brass

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Set of 10 cube weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Libau (Russia).

Castlereagh Collection weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820
Set of 6 cylindrical from the Castlereagh Collection for Tripoli (Libya) from the Castlereagh Collection for Tripoli (Libya).

Castlereagh Collection weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Calais (France). Boxed set of ll cylindrical knobbed brass weights and 8 small flat brass weights both for the metric Livre.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Calais

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Danzig (Poland). Boxed set of 19 rectangular brass weights (6 missing) for the Loth.

Weights and original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Danzig (Poland)

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818