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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Objective lens by John Reeves

1657-1689

Punched cards for Babbage's Analytical Engine

circa 1870

White enamel glass mirror and box, by William Herschel

1780-1800

"H.H." Combined Belt Punch & Cutter, 1910-1915

1910-1915

Tecalemit high pressure oil gun

1928-1939

Components for Dennis Fire Engine

Capstan Slide Rest for Lathe by Muir, 1906

1906

Calender ring from orrery planetary model

1850-1900

Circular glass mirror (10 1/2-inch)

1950

Photomultiplier tube

1967

Box of mixing prisms to demonstrate blooming

1950-1975

Astronomical object glass lens of 10-inch diameter by G. & S. Merz

1867-1904

One of two old lenses, in lead mount

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Spectracon image tube by Instrument Technology Ltd.

1980-1984

Circular quartz planar mirror (5-inch)

1960-1970

Miscellaneous computer spares

Sample radio receiver for the James Clerk Maxwell sub-millimetre radio telescope, 1986

1986

3.5" computer discs containing

1993

Charge-coupled device chip by RCA

1975-1984

Spare nib and component from the mill engine

1903

BBC OBA/9 Spares & Component box

1952

Silvered and platinized glass (Foucault)

1857-1868

BBC "White Units"

Electrical items from Branly collection

Metal and leather belt fastener

Metal belt fastener. The word 'Standard' is stamped on surface together with 'Patent 12

Machine for jointing tyring in which a helical coiled wire core is embedded

1920-1932

Length of Whittle motorcycle belting

Gas-Cock and Thermostat, 1950-51

1950-1951

Component before broaching

Point, one of three, for enlarged sectional compass dividers

1876

Point, one of three, for enlarged sectional compass dividers

1876

Speculum Metal Mirror, 1850-70

1850-1870

Telescope Eyepiece from Great Rosse Telescope, 1845-1850

1845-1850

Component associated with the Hawker Siddeley (Dynamics) 4 bladed metal propeller, propeller control unit and propeller synchrophase computer

1935-1977

Ball shaped components, two with threaded adjoined rods

Miscellaneous facsimile machine components

Eleven astronomical eyepieces and one terrestrial eyepiece

1860-1890

Components of the ICL 2976 Computer

Silvered glass telescope mirror of diameter 9 1/2 in

1880-1900

Glass component associated with the Craig countercurrent distribution apparatus

1940-1950

Glass component associated with the Craig countercurrent distribution apparatus

1940-1950

5 Micron NMOS Modem chip

Components to show the construction of magnetometer element

1970-1980

AC/DC mains adaptor

1993

Components for magnetometer element

1967

Components

Azimuth scale

1916