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Sample of Globigerina ooze collected from the ocean floor by the crew of the HMS Challenger expedition, led by naturalists John Murray and Charles Wyville Thompson, 1872-1876. The sample is labelled: ‘Globigerina ooze. Western Caroline Is. Depth 1850 fathoms.’. Accompanying label states the sample was collected at station 224. Globigerina is a genus of planktonic Foraminifera; shells of these tiny animals dominate vast areas of the deep sea floor.

Sample of Globigerina ooze collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

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Sample of Globigerina ooze collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

Model of swimmer on inflated oxhide

‘Simmerpot’ by Litton, in box.

Ceramic figure of Shen Nung, China, 1800-1920

Two 1/8 Scale Speaker

Model Coracle of Oxhides

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

Sample of Globigerina ooze collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

Section of underground telegraph cable, 1846

China clay for making Bone China

Clay lumps for making red earthenware

Open lamp used by natives in the collieries of Giridih Bengal

Six glass bottles in clay moulds

Glass bottle in clay mould

Sample of Globigerina ooze collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

Ball Clay used as a soft body in the making of clay

Glass bottle in clay mould

Glass bottle in clay mould

Glass bottle in clay mould

Glass bottle in clay mould

Glass bottle in clay mould