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Category
Collection
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Place
Material
Date

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Instrument to demonstrate "Persistence of Vision"

1820-1840

Wooden model of a Harrison's grid-iron pendulum

1829

Dr. Potter's aerometric balance

1850

Steelyard-type pocket chondrometer

1840-1856

Helical coils revolving round a magnet

1822-1856

Sensitive gold-leaf electroscope

1820-1856

Magnets rotating round a current

1822-1856

Two Zamboni piles with spark gap

1820-1856

Pseudoscope, 1845-1855

1845-1855

Pseudoscope, 1850-1860

1850-1860

Solar Microscope, 1616-1856

1818-1856

Wooden model of a mercury compensated pendulum

1829

Parts of apparatus for demonstrating thermoelectricity

1828

Brass disc fitted with glass handle and small brass discharging sphere

1828

Argand Lamp made by Watkins & Hill used by James Joule

1860

Vertical Reciprocating Steam Engine Model

1818-1851

Bell in vacuo demonstration,1820-1856

1820-1856

Magnetic engine

1840-1856

Apparatus used by Wheatstone in his early researches in spectrum analysis

1830-1839

Batteries revolving round the poles of a magnet

1822-1856

Magnet rotating on its own axis

1822-1856

Glass prism in ball and socket joint on stand

1828

Metal hydrometer by Watkins and Hill (Salinometer). 9" long stem engraved Watkins & Hill London

Stereoscopic daguerreotype by Watkins and Hill, c.1855.

Stereoscopic daguerreotype by Watkins and Hill

1855

Developing box for Daguerreotype process, with thermometer by Watkins & Hill, 5 Charing Cross, London, c. 1839-40.

Developing Box for Daguerreotype process, 1839-1840

1839-1840

folding achromatic refracting telescope, opera glass type, with leather case, by Watkins and Hill, London, England, c. 1840.

folding achromatic refracting telescope

1835-1845

Balance

Balance, 1806-1840

1806-1840

Engraved copper plate for printing compass roses on prismatic compass cards, by Watkins and Hill, London, 1840.

Engraved copper plate for printing compass roses, by Watkins and Hill

1840

Wollaston type camera lucida by Watkins & Hill, in leather case, English, date 1836

Wollaston type camera lucida by Watkins & Hill

1836

Pair of pulley blocks

Pair of Pulley Blocks

1814-1851

Protractor, semi-circular, by Watkins and Hill; diameter about 6 1/2", arm projects 6" beyond circle, engraved "Watkins and Hill, Charing Cross, London", "H.O.R." in case 14" x 5 1/4" x 7/8", mahogany

Protractor, semi-circular, by Watkins and Hill; diameter about 6 1/2"

Circular protractor 6-inch, engraved "Watkins and Hill Charing Cross London"; divided in degrees and numbered 0 to 360 degrees; in wood case with inlaid brass plate engraved "H.O. ^ 7"

Circular brass protractor, 1818-1856

1818-1856

Apparatus to show the relative expansion of different liquids, made by Watkins & Hill, 5 Charing Cross, London with 3 sealed glass tubes containing mercury, oil and (coloured) water respectively (A fourth tube is missing)

Apparatus to show the relative expansion of different liquids

1828

Electrostatic machine, wood frame, glass cylinder, metal fittings, by Watkins and Hill, 5 Charing Cross, London, second half 19th century

Electrostatic Machine, 1851-1856

1851-1856

Folding pocket spyglass, Watkins and Hill, London, 1750-1900

Folding pocket spyglass

1750-1900

Aepinas's condenser supplied by Watkins and Hill, Opticians, 5 Charing Cross, London, in 1828 for #5-8-0

Aepinas's condenser supplied by Watkins and Hill

1828