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Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
24
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Science Museum
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Energy Hall: James Watt and our World
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Energy Revolution Gallery
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Making the Modern World Gallery
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specimen
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fuel
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lignite coal
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specimen; fuel; lignite coal
33
peat
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specimen; fuel; peat
12
coal
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asphalt
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specimen; fuel; coal
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human remains
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Maker
Watt, James
22
H.C. Robinson
11
Robinson, H.C.
11
Bagillt Lead Works
9
Newton, Keates and Company
7
Unknown preparer
6
James Powell & Sons
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Smith, R. (maker)
4
C.A. Parsons and Co. (maker)
3
Chance Brothers & Co. Ltd.
3
Place of origin
United Kingdom
39
Utah
23
Utah, United States
23
Sheffield
21
England
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England, United Kingdom
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Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Borneo
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Morfa Silver Works
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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
Cobalt ore
before 1889
Cable specimen, unknown maker, 1800-1950
Lignite from Desolation Island, Indian Ocean
before 1864
Specimen of steel produced by the Basic or Thomas Gilchrist process
1887
Lignite from Lota, Chile coast
before 1873
Two samples of German peat from the newest peat formation
1843-1889
Specimen of "Toprina" single cell protein
1977
Ivory specimen with quadruple helices
Specimen welded copper piping
Ivory specimen
Sample, one of two
1872
Pig fistula in liquid paraffin
Pig stomach in liquid paraffin
Specimen of rock worn by cable
Specimen of bornite
Telescopic specimen of 1
Specimen of zincite
Specimen of Silicon
Specimen of repair joint
Alloy of lead containing five per cent of aluminium
before 1889
Lignite from Sasso Forte
before 1874
Iron ores from Cherbourg
before 1889
Specimen of 79% Fe-Mn, 1882-1884
1882-1884
Steel specimens showing the effects of fracture and various ways of heating and cooling
before 1889
"Trenchard" coal, Forest of Dean
1843-1889
Top and bottom coal
1843-1889
Prepared composition of Juleff's Cornish crucibles
before 1889
"Arley Mine" coal, Wigan, Lancashire
1843-1889
Tested clays from Rockingham Clay Works, Hampshire
before 1889
Petroleum oil cannel coal, Bathgate, Wallerawang, New South Wales, Australia
before 1873
Iron ore from Providence
before 1889
Lignite from right bank of Saskatchewan River
before 1861
Coke used at the Thondu Iron Works, Glamorganshire
before 1889
Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process
Light coke, from South Staffordshire thick coal
before 1889
Light coke from the Heathen coal. South Staffordshire
before 1889
Nant-y-glo and Blaina coal
1843-1889
Hartley kerosene shale, New South Wales, Australia
1843-1889
Iron ore from the Carboniferous Limestome of Pembrokeshire
before 1889
Alloy of nickel and copper
before 1889
Undulating markings on brass
1848
Molybdate of chromium. Prepared by Dr. Percy in 1851
before 1889
Rolled sheet of nickel
before 1889
Alloy of iron and tungsten, containing 9.5 percent of tungsten
before 1889
Ore slag from first fusion
before 1889
Copper sheathing from H.M.S. "Aurora"
before 1889
Flue cinder from the Low Moor Iron Works, 1876
before 1889
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