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Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Gaede steel slit diffusion pump

1920-1927

Patent 'Geryk' high vacuum pump

1901-1920

Fleuss vacuum pump (two cylinders)

1900-1910

Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

1921-1926

McLeod's vacuum gauge (imperfect)

1880

Open type liquid air vapour trap and vacuum pump mechanism display

1915-1925

Liquid air vapour trap (enclosed type)

1915-1925

Modern glass filter pump

1925-1935

Glass ionisation vacuum gauge

1955-1980

Gear type rotary vacuum pump

1918-1923

Steel diffusion air pump

1915-1925

Cosmos 'Bottle' type vacuum pump

1917-1921

Gaede type rotary mercury pump

1916-1926

Hero's fountain apparatus

1770-1820

Gaede 3-stage metal diffusion pump

1915-1927

Toepler Mercury Pump, c 1905

1905

Mercury diffusion pump

1960-1969

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Magdeburg hemispheres

1780-1820

Mercurial air pump

unknown date

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor made by Lacy-Hulbert Division of C.S. Maden & Co. Ltd.

Veeco' brand glass ionisation vacuum gauge

1955-1980

Gaede molecular vacuum pump

1910-1914

Gaede single stage all-metal pump with accessories

1923-1928

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor

Bunsen filter pump mounted on board and fitted with mercury gauge

1918-1928

Example to illustrate use of charcoal to produce high vacuum

1917-1927

Tate's double acting vacuum pump

1871-1900

Double barrel air pump by Moritz Pillischer

1851-1887

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1850

Single barrel air pump

1871-1900

Brass and steel accessories for air pump

1871-1900

Francis Hauksbee's air pump, ca. 1708.

Francis Hauksbee's air pump

Reconstruction of the Boyle-Hooke air pump of 1659. Reconstruction made in 1960.

Reconstruction of the Boyle-Hooke air pump

1659

Single stage vacuum pump by Burckhardt Engineering Works, Basle, Switzerland, 1951

Single stage vacuum pump by Burckhardt Engineering Works

1951

Air pump and receiver, on mahogany stand, by Baird and Tatlock, Glasgow, Scotland, 1871-1900 (see note)

Air pump and receiver by Baird and Tatlock, 1871-1900

1871-1900

Five fall Sprengel mercury pump, made by L. Casella

Five fall Sprengel mercury pump

Mercurial air pump of the Kahlbaum pattern

Mercurial air pump of the Kahlbaum pattern

Single barrel air pump, crank operated, late 19th century

Single barrel air pump

1850-1900

Double transferrer for air pump experiments, on turned mahogany stand, by Horne and Thornthwaite, London, and Single transferrer for air pump experiments, unsigned, British, 1871-1900 (see note)

Double transferrer, and single transferrer for air pump experiments

Tate's double-acting air pump with apparatus for various experiments, late 19th century

Tate's double-acting air pump with apparatus for various experiments

Coloured sectional diagram, pen and ink, of early statical mercury vacuum pump, made at the Science Museum, London, 1928.

Coloured sectional diagram

1928

Coloured sectional diagram of Gaede's original mercury vapour pump, 1915

Coloured sectional diagram of Gaede's original mercury vapour pump

1915

Full size coloured sectional drawing of Holweck's molecular pump

Full size coloured sectional drawing of Holweck's molecular pump

Coloured sectional diagram of Langmuir's original mercury vapour pump, 1916

Coloured sectional diagram of Langmuir's original mercury vapour pump

1916

McLeod's apparatus for measuring low pressures of gases

McLeod's low pressure gas measuring apparatus

Coloured diagram showing arrangement for exhausting a large wireless valve, by Science Museum Drawing Office, South Kensington, London, 1927. A Herbert McLeod vacuum gauge is shown for measuring pressure.

Coloured diagram showing arrangement for exhausting a large wireless valve

1927

Coloured sectional drawing of Holweck's molecular vacuum pump, 1925-1931

Coloured sectional drawing of Holweck's molecular vacuum pump

1925-1931