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Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
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Science Museum
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Energy Revolution Gallery
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Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries
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Making the Modern World Gallery
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fuel
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lignite coal
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specimen; fuel; lignite coal
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peat
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specimen; fuel; peat
11
coal
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specimen; fuel; coal
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asphalt
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coke
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H.C. Robinson
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Robinson, H.C.
11
Bagillt Lead Works
9
Drummond, Prof. J.C.
9
Newton, Keates and Company
7
Unknown preparer
6
Crewe Works
5
Johnson Matthey plc
4
Smith, R. (maker)
4
S S Zilva
3
Place of origin
Utah
24
Utah, United States
24
United Kingdom
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England
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England, United Kingdom
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Borneo
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Sheffield
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Sweden
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Morfa Silver Works
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Dee Bank Lead 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 from New Caledonia
before 1889
Specimen of Edison Bamboo Filaments
Stone from old St. Paul’s Cathedral (built from 1087 to 1314)
Specimen of concrete from a Persian bridge
Specimen of Roman concretes and mortars
Pig stomach in liquid paraffin
Pig fistula in liquid paraffin
Specimen of Cornish Stone
Specimen of calcined Cornish stone used in manufacture of porcelain
Specimen of quartz
Specimen, of Roman Villa wall tile
Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process
Specimen of Creeper (N'salo)
Specimen of China clay
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
Specimen of "Toprina" single cell protein
1977
Specimen of Bismuth metal
Simple brass heating table for mounting specimens
Pinus coniferales gymnospermae preserved in jar
1960-1980
Pinus coniferales gymnospermae preserved in jar
1960-1980
Specimen of gold leaf on glass
Specimen of repair joint
Specimen of rock worn by cable
'Isthmus' specimen bar, used with the Hopkinson yoke
1885
Three specimens - various experimental blade formation, 1895-1901
1895-1901
Two specimens - blades with intergral roots, 1896
1896
Specimen jar of cod liver oil made by Sir Jack Cecil Drummon, c.1920
circa 1920
Specimen jar containing marine diatom made by Sir Jack Cecil Drummond, c.1920
circa 1920
Specimen welded steel piping
Coachbuilders' hand tool demonstrations on oak curved section
Pteridophyta pteropsida dryopteris rhizome
1995-1997
Specimen of rail
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
Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process
One of three specimen boards
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