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Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Vesicular slag from the blast-furnaces at Russell Hall Iron Works

1861

Portion of one of the iron clamps from the Parthenon at Athens

before 1889

One of three specimen boards

Specimen showing stage in the manufacture of crown glass

Crystal of ammonia alum on chrome alum

Ivory specimen

Ivory specimen with quadruple helices

Wood and ivory specimen with eight-fold helices, made with turning lathe

Solid ivory specimen with triple helices

A specimen of wiped joints in one piece being two tees

Simple brass heating table for mounting specimens

Specimen of repair joint

Specimen of rock worn by cable

'Isthmus' specimen bar, used with the Hopkinson yoke

1885

Specimen welded steel piping

Pteridophyta pteropsida dryopteris rhizome

1995-1997

Specimen of pig iron. Mid 19th century

Specimen of hot-dipped aluminised steel sheet

Hardness test - 4 specimen test pieces

Specimen of 10% ferro silicon, 1884-1886

1884-1886

Pig stomach in liquid paraffin

Pig fistula in liquid paraffin

Specimen of calcined Cornish stone used in manufacture of porcelain

Specimen of quartz

Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process

Specimen of Creeper (N'salo)

Specimen of China clay

Specimen of Edison Bamboo Filaments

Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process

Specimen of zincite

Specimen of bornite

Specimen of Silicon

Specimen of binding-in of 800 lb per mile telephone wire on a single-groove insulator

Specimen of peridotite.

Specimen of zirconium metal

Specimen welded copper piping

Specimen jar of kenzelite

Telescopic specimen of 1

Specimen of telegraph cable consisting of a bundle of insulated wires glued together

Cable specimen, unknown maker, 1800-1950

Specimen of 79% Fe-Mn, 1882-1884

1882-1884

Specimen of raw flint

Air dried compressed peat

before 1875

Compressed ball, half peat, half coal slack

1843-1899

Hanoverian peat

1843-1889

Two samples of German peat from the newest peat formation

1843-1889

Compressed peat

1843-1889