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Display case of specimens of cinchona calisaya bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1880

Samples of cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1931

Block of raw leaf gutta-percha, 1942-1945.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1942-1945

Display case of specimens of cinchona micrantha bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1838-1870

Display case of specimens of cinchona calisaya bark, England, 1850-1900

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Samples of alpha-1-antitrypsin, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998

Biotechnology

1998

Sample of serotonin picrate, United States, 1948-1949

Biochemistry

1948-1949

Curved sample of fabric-reinforced shape-changing polymer for use in shape-changing aircraft

Plastics and Modern Materials

2007

Strip of rolled cinchona bark, India, 1860-1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1910

Specimen jar containing a sample of Strophanthus, Mozambique, 1893

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1891-1930

Sample of serotonin creatinine sulphate, United States, 1948

Biochemistry

1947-1948

Specimen jar containing bael fruits, India, 1871-1940

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1871-1940

Two pieces of cinchona bark, South America, 1601-1700

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1601-1700

Display case with samples of cinchona succiruba bark, England, 1870

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870

Sample of cinnamon bark, Sri Lanka, 1901-1940

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1940

Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1601-1700

Display case of specimens of cinchona succiruba bark, England, 1839-1860

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1839-1860

Glass specimen jar of areca nuts from India, 1891-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1891-1930

Jar of ajwain seeds from India, 1901-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1930

Specimen jar of nigella sativa seeds from India, 1880-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1930

Glass jar of nux vomica seeds, Indonesia, 1870-1940

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1940

Tanner's cassia seed pods, India, 1871-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1871-1920

Samples of cinchona bark, Quinquina Carabaya, prepared Paris, France, 1930-1931

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1931

Specimen jar of panicled acacia pods, India, 1840-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1920

Glass specimen jar of gum ghatti, India, 1830-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1891-1930

First ever prepared crystal of serotonin creatinine sulphate, United States, 1948

Biochemistry

1948

Parkesine sample sheet, rust brown.

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Parkesine Rectangular sample; Mottled, colours, half reddish, half beige.

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Sample of epoxy resin, half of which contains glass spheres, made by Oxford Magnet Technology Ltd, 1996.

Glass and epoxy resin sample

Materials Science Gallery

1996

Air pump for Brewer-type ozonesonde, 1963-1965

Meteorology

1963-1965

Twelve specimens of prepared staples of cottons, mounted on cardboard within a wooden and glass case.

Prepared Staples of Cotton

Textiles Machinery

1900-1914

Three samples in glass bottles of 'Biopol' raw material.

Industrial Chemistry

1989-1990

Sample of Redhill flint glass sand, 1996.

Materials Science Gallery

Sample of heavy water in glass stopped bottle

Nuclear Energy

1980-1982

Blue 755, one of four samples of ICI "Diakon" master-batch acrylic plastic

Blue 755 sample of acrylic plastic

Plastics and Modern Materials

Square sample of fabric-reinforced shape-memory resin for use in shape-changing aircraft

Plastics and Modern Materials

2007

Square sample of carbon-fibre reinforced shape-memory polymer for use in shape-changing aircraft

Plastics and Modern Materials

2007

Rusted iron from an ancient cemetery at Hallstadt,

Metallurgy

before 1889

Sample of "noil", the wool by-product of worsted manufacture, used to make felt, 1996.

Sample of "noil", the wool by-product of worsted m

Materials Science Gallery

1996

Iron-slag from the Province of Borgarfjordr, in Ic

Metallurgy

before 1889

Sample of frosted glass: pelerine, made by Pilkington Glass Ltd. Rolled Glass Manufacturing, 1996.

Sample of frosted glass

Materials Science Gallery

1996

Sample of early 1950s British nylon

Plastics and Modern Materials

1950-1955

Sample of semi-synthetic penicillin, England, 1958-1960

Biotechnology

1958

Sample glass bottle made by the Lynch 10 semi-automatic bottle-making machine

Glass Technology

Samples of 'Nike Grind' re-cycled materials.

Plastics and Modern Materials

2005

Sample, one of three, of Kureha piezofilm: from original supply of 5 sheet of each thickness (9 & 30 microns).

Sample of Kureha piezofilm

Plastics and Modern Materials

Blue 710, one of four samples of ICI "Diakon" master-batch acrylic plastic

Blue 710 sample of acrylic plastic

Plastics and Modern Materials

Pearlescent, one of four samples of ICI "Diakon" master-batch acrylic plastic

Pearlescent sample of acrylic plastic

Plastics and Modern Materials

Sample of flooring. Orange mottled, manufactured by Altro Floors, c. 1985

Sample of flooring. Orange mottled

Plastics and Modern Materials

1985

Square sample of shape-memory resin for use in shape-changing aircraft

Plastics and Modern Materials

2007