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fuel
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lignite coal
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specimen; fuel; lignite coal
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specimen; fuel; peat
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specimen; fuel; coal
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coke
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H.C. Robinson
11
Robinson, H.C.
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Bagillt Lead Works
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Drummond, Prof. J.C.
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Newton, Keates and Company
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Unknown preparer
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Crewe Works
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Johnson Matthey plc
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Smith, R. (maker)
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S S Zilva
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Utah, United States
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United Kingdom
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England, United Kingdom
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Copper ore from the Bell Mine
before 1889
Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway
before 1889
Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf
before 1889
Vesicular slag from the blast-furnaces at Russell Hall Iron Works
1861
Portion of one of the iron clamps from the Parthenon at Athens
before 1889
One of three specimen boards
Specimen showing stage in the manufacture of crown glass
Crystal of ammonia alum on chrome alum
Ivory specimen
Ivory specimen with quadruple helices
Wood and ivory specimen with eight-fold helices, made with turning lathe
Solid ivory specimen with triple helices
A specimen of wiped joints in one piece being two tees
Simple brass heating table for mounting specimens
Specimen of repair joint
Specimen of rock worn by cable
'Isthmus' specimen bar, used with the Hopkinson yoke
1885
Specimen welded steel piping
Pteridophyta pteropsida dryopteris rhizome
1995-1997
Specimen of pig iron. Mid 19th century
Specimen of hot-dipped aluminised steel sheet
Hardness test - 4 specimen test pieces
Specimen of 10% ferro silicon, 1884-1886
1884-1886
Pig stomach in liquid paraffin
Pig fistula in liquid paraffin
Specimen of calcined Cornish stone used in manufacture of porcelain
Specimen of quartz
Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process
Specimen of Creeper (N'salo)
Specimen of China clay
Specimen of Edison Bamboo Filaments
Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process
Specimen of zincite
Specimen of bornite
Specimen of Silicon
Specimen of binding-in of 800 lb per mile telephone wire on a single-groove insulator
Specimen of peridotite.
Specimen of zirconium metal
Specimen welded copper piping
Specimen jar of kenzelite
Telescopic specimen of 1
Specimen of telegraph cable consisting of a bundle of insulated wires glued together
Cable specimen, unknown maker, 1800-1950
Specimen of 79% Fe-Mn, 1882-1884
1882-1884
Specimen of raw flint
Air dried compressed peat
before 1875
Compressed ball, half peat, half coal slack
1843-1899
Hanoverian peat
1843-1889
Two samples of German peat from the newest peat formation
1843-1889
Compressed peat
1843-1889
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