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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

Coal from hills near Tseng-ko-ken, Pechilli province, China

before 1862

Coal from China

1877

Two varieties of Pung Chung coal, China

before 1889

Anthracite from China, locality unknown, brought from Peking

before 1862

Small samples of iron ores from China

before 1889

Experiment on the alloying of iron with cobalt

before 1889

Specimen illustrating Sherardizing process

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

Specimen of Bismuth metal

Simple brass heating table for mounting specimens

Pinus coniferales gymnospermae preserved in jar

1960-1980

Pinus coniferales gymnospermae preserved in jar

1960-1980

Specimen of repair joint

Specimen of rock worn by cable

'Isthmus' specimen bar, used with the Hopkinson yoke

1885

Three specimens - various experimental blade formation, 1895-1901

1895-1901

Two specimens - blades with intergral roots, 1896

1896

Specimen welded steel piping

Coachbuilders' hand tool demonstrations on oak curved section

Pteridophyta pteropsida dryopteris rhizome

1995-1997

Specimen of rail

Specimen of pig iron. Mid 19th century

Specimen of steel produced by the Basic or Thomas Gilchrist process

1887

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 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.