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Patent 'Geryk' high vacuum pump

1901-1920

Gaede steel slit diffusion pump

1920-1927

Fleuss vacuum pump (two cylinders)

1900-1910

Glass ionisation vacuum gauge

1955-1980

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

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

Steel diffusion air pump

1915-1925

Liquid air vapour trap (enclosed type)

1915-1925

Hero's fountain apparatus

1770-1820

Modern glass filter pump

1925-1935

Cosmos 'Bottle' type vacuum pump

1917-1921

Gaede type rotary mercury pump

1916-1926

Gear type rotary vacuum pump

1918-1923

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor

Veeco' brand glass ionisation vacuum gauge

1955-1980

Mercury diffusion pump

1960-1969

Mercurial air pump

unknown date

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

Gaede molecular vacuum pump

1910-1914

Gaede single stage all-metal pump with accessories

1923-1928

Double barrelled air pump

1801-1900

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

Tate's double acting vacuum pump

1871-1900

Bunsen filter pump mounted on board and fitted with mercury gauge

1918-1928

Magdeburg hemispheres

1780-1820

Example to illustrate use of charcoal to produce high vacuum

1917-1927

Gaede 3-stage metal diffusion pump

1915-1927

Toepler Mercury Pump, c 1905

1905

Francis Hauksbee's air pump, ca. 1708.

Francis Hauksbee's air pump

Full size coloured sectional drawing of Holweck's molecular pump

Full size coloured sectional drawing of Holweck's molecular pump

McLeod's apparatus for measuring low pressures of gases

McLeod's low pressure gas measuring apparatus

Metal water-jet filter pump (no.15220), sectioned, in two pieces, by E. Leybold's Nachfolger, Cologne, Germany, 1924-1934

Metal water-jet filter pump (no.15220)

1924-1934

Stick of Sira adhesive wax by British Drug Houses Ltd.

Stick of Sira adhesive wax

Mercury air pump designed by the late Capt J.H. Thomson to work automatically by means of a water pump

Mercury air pump

Sprengel's mercury pump, with funnel and mercury trough

Sprengel's mercury pump

Air pump demonstration apparatus, 19th century; (1) Magdeburg hemispheres; (2) Windmill demonstration; (3) Guinea and feather

Air pump demonstration apparatus

1800-1899

Complete educational high vacuum pumping equipment, model 2SC20A, Serial No. 11579, two stagerotary pump fitted with Solenoid Air Admittance valve, by Edwards High Vacuum Ltd, Manor Royal, Crawley, Sussex, England, 1955-1968.

Complete educational high vacuum pumping equipment

1955-1968

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

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

Coloured sectional diagram of Gaede's original mercury vapour pump

1915

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

Coloured sectional diagram of Langmuir's original mercury vapour pump

1916