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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

Specimen pieces of zirconium

Specimen of Edison Bamboo Filaments

Two samples of coke from Peareth gas coal

before 1889

Brevier type, No.12, made in 1841

1841

Pearl type metal, made in 1850

1850

Calcium in a tall specimen jar with glass stopper

Calcium cristallise in a tall specimen jar with glass stopper

Chaux fondue in a fluted specimen jar with glass stopper

Cuivre distille in a fluted specimen jar with glass stopper

Magnesie fondue in a fluted specimen jar with glass stopper

Nickel carbure in a specimen jar with glass stopper

Molybdene in a specimen jar with glass stopper

White pig-iron, Newland Furnace, Ulverston

Specimen of gold leaf on glass

Crystals of arsenious acid. From Eldridge Mine

before 1889

White enamel, containing 3 per cent. of arsenic

before 1889

Cannon ball, containing arsenic, Blaina Ironworks, 1859

before 1889

Metallic arsenic, from the Harz

before 1889

Specimen jar of cod liver oil made by Sir Jack Cecil Drummon, c.1920

circa 1920

"Plane shale" from Scotland

1843-1889

"Curley shale" from Scotland

1843-1889

A black compact oil shale from Scottish coalfields

1843-1889

Specimen jar containing marine plankton made by Sir Jack Cecil Drummond, c.1920

circa 1920

Specimen jar containing marine plankton, made by Sir Jack Cecil Drummond, used in vitamin A research, c.1920

circa 1920

Specimen jar containing marine diatom made by Sir Jack Cecil Drummond, c.1920

circa 1920

Ancient lead slag, resmelted at Laurium, Greece

before 1889

Impure lead

before 1889

Cobalt ore from Africa

before 1889

Experiment on the alloying of iron with cobalt

before 1889

Stone from old St. Paul’s Cathedral (built from 1087 to 1314)

Specimen of concrete from a Persian bridge

Specimen of Roman concretes and mortars

Pig stomach in liquid paraffin

Pig fistula in liquid paraffin

Specimen of Cornish Stone

Specimen of calcined Cornish stone used in manufacture of porcelain

Specimen of quartz

Specimen, of Roman Villa wall tile

Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process

Specimen of Creeper (N'salo)

Specimen of China clay

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