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Glass medicine spoon

Pharmacy-ware

1901-1940

Polarizing microscope, Meopta DP714SR, for observa

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1972-1980

Stone samples suitable for use as touchstones for assaying gold, Czech Republic

Metallurgy

1978-1995

Binocular microscope Meopta DDN37B

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1973-1980

Medicine chest, mahogany, by W. Batka, Prague, con

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1918

Kohler plug-in illuminator, for Binocular microscope Meopta DDN37B

Microscopy (Wellcome)

Orthoscopic eyepiece x20

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1973-1980

Glass positive, Great Bolide, Klepesta, Prague, 19

Astronomy

1923

Red case with gilt, for Selenium medal commemorating Jacob Berzelius, 1826

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1826

Black metal cylinder with retractable silver metal tube

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1973-1980

Binocular microscope Meopta DDN37B

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1973-1980

Black metal circle with hole in the centre

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1973-1980

Focussing graticule H8xM10 eyepiece

Microscopy (Wellcome)

Linear scale and folding square with quadrant arc

Mathematics

1757

Microscope apparatus consisting of boxed set of ph

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1971-1980

Sundial, brass, originally silvered, base plate 9i

Time Measurement

1701-1800

Industrial Ironworks

Edmund Kregczy

1895

Z.37 Cmelak (Bumble-bee) agricultural aircraft, built by LET narodni podnak, Kunovice, Czechoslovakia, 1967. Serial no. 0408, registration G-AVZB

Z37 Cmelak 'Bumble-bee' Agricultural Aircraft

Aeronautics

1967

Sketchbook page with idea development for the game 'Samorost 2' by Jakub Dvorsky, Czech Republic, in 2005. 'Samorost' was a series of two adventure/puzzle Flash games designed by Dvorsky for Czech Amanita Design. 'Samorost 2' won several awards after its release in 2005. The object of the web-based game is to control the main character, a gnome, to find the gnome's lost dog and return home.

Sketchbook page with idea development for the game 'Samorost 2'

Computing & Data Processing

2005

Sketchbook page with idea development for the game 'Samorost 2' by Jakub Dvorsky, Czech Republic, in 2005.

Sketchbook page with idea development for the game 'Samorost 2'

Computing & Data Processing

2005

Glass harmonica, in mahogany case, made by E Pohl, Bohemia. L. 4 ft. 1 in., H. 3 ft. The Glass Harmonica consists of a series of glass bells, which are affixed in regular order to an iron spindle lying horizontally in a case, and which by simple machinery are set in motion by the feet. The sound is produced by the performer moistening his fingers and pressing them on the bells while these are rotating. The Glass Armonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) in 1761.

Glass Harmonica

Acoustics

1862

Pencil, Great Northern Railway, mauve, unsharpened, marked in silver "No73 Hard Mephisto Copying, made by L & C Hardtmuth CZECHOL-SLAVAKIA"; : 7 in (177.8 mm)

Pencil, Great Northern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Slide rule with cursor in plastic, 15 cm, made in Czechoslovakia, c. 1950, by Logarex, in leather case

Slide rule with cursor in plastic, 15 cm, made in

Mathematics

1947-1952

Kreil barograph by Dressler, 1841.

Meteorology

1841

Porcelain tobacco pipe, bowl only, transfer printed pub brawl, by Fritzsche and Thein, Czechoslovakia or Germany, 1830-1850

Porcelain tobacco pipe, bowl only, transfer printe

Smoking

1830-1850

Celestial globe by J. Felkl and Sohn, Prague, on stand with precessional mounting "A. Pichler's witive and Sohn in wein" diam of globe 12 1/2", by Dr. Haas

Celestial globe by J. Felkl and Sohn, Prague, on s

Astronomy

1855-1870

Photogravure picture postcard mounted on card, by Victor Angerer titled "Studie als Frain (bei Znaim in Mähren)", 1892. Image shows a woman carrying a bundle of sticks on her back. She and a seated man are pictured on a dirt road near Znojmo in the South Moravia region of the Czech Republic. Published by J. Blechinger, Vienna.

Studie als Frain (bei Znaim in Mähren)

Photographs

1892

Flexaret twin lens reflex camera by Meopta, Czechoslovakia. Distribution No 30718648. Prontor SVS shutter. Meopta Anastigmat lens F=80mm f/1.3, Serial No 80346939, Meopta Belar Lens F=80mm f/1.3 Serial No 20150227. The crank advance on early models of the Meopta Flexaret was replaced by a knob advance in models IV, V, and VI. This camera is an example of a later model with a knob advance.

Flexaret Twin Lens Reflex Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1953-1962

Three pages of original sketches by Jakub Dvosky.

Three pages of original sketches by Jakub Dvosky

Computing & Data Processing

2005

Meerschaum cigar holder in form of a tobacco pipe enclosed in a case, Czapek, Prague maker or supplier, Bohemia, 1880-1900

Meerschaum cigar holder in form of a tobacco pipe

Smoking

1880-1900

Silver medal to commemorate the International Pharmaceutical Exposition at Prague, in 1896, by G. Makal and Pekarek, Czech Republic, 1896.

Silver medal to commemorate the International Phar

Wellcome Medals

1896

Binocular microscope Meopta DDN37B stand

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1973-1980

Sun-dial, analemmatic, inscribed, "F e C Engelbrecht, Beraunac in Bohemia 1784", size 6 3/8" x 5 5/8"

Sun-dial, analemmatic

Time Measurement

1784

Bronze medal commemorating building renovated and extended by command of King Ferdinand V, Czechoslovakian, 1844-1870

Bronze medal commemorating building renovated and

Wellcome Medals

1844-1870

White glazed porcelain tobacco pipe, hunting scene transfer on bowl, silver plated bowl cover, horn reservoir, horn and wood stem with flexible hose section, cover made by Heine of Prague, Czechoslovakia,bowl Austrian (?), 1850-1910

White glazed porcelain tobacco pipe, hunting scene

Smoking

1850-1910

2 white circular caps joined by a piece of string, one of the accessories for binocular microscope Meopta DDN37B.

2 white circular caps joined by a piece of string

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1973-1980

Binocular microscope Meopta DDN37B case

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1973-1980

Circular tin plated (?) medal, to commemorate the discovery of the springs at Karlsbad in 1370, designed by C. Hofen and made by T. Lerch, possibly Czech Republic, 1700-1900.

Circular tin plated (?) medal, to commemorate the

Wellcome Medals

1700-1900

Selenium medal commemorating Jacob Berzelius, by H. Kirchner and Batka, Czechoslovakia, 1826. Obverse, head and shoulders, left-facing in profile representation of Jacobus Berzelius. Reverse, inscription. This medal is almost an exact copy of 1973-416/77: the difference being that this medal is larger, signed and made in Czechoslovakia.

Selenium medal commemorating Jacob Berzelius, 1826

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1826

poster. Laurin & Klement Akc. Spol. Tovarna Automobili. V MLade Boleslavi. reprint of 1900-1920s poster for the Prague museum by Vydala Propagacni tvorba, Praha, 1983. steep mountain road with motor car in foreground, male and female passengers warmly dressed. 84x59.5cm

poster. Laurin & Klement Akc. Spol. Tovarna Automo

Art

1983