Photograph by Boyd Harnell. John F Kennedy pre-election press conference San Diego, 1960. Gelatin silver print. John F. Kennedy pre-election press conference, San Diego 1960
M-AUE (Miniature Autonomous Underwater Explorer), with external shell exploded to reveal internal components, Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California San Diego, California, USA, 2013–2015 Miniature autonomous instrument for monitoring ocean currents, 2010s 2013-2017
Half of shell unit of M-AUE (Miniature Autonomous Underwater Explorer), Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California San Diego, California, USA, 2013–2015. To be assembled with L2019-509 to give empty shell minus internal components. Half outer shell of miniature autonomous instrument for monitoring ocean currents, 2010s 2013-2017
Half of shell unit of M-AUE (Miniature Autonomous Underwater Explorer), Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California San Diego, California, USA, 2013–2015. To be assembled with 2021-201 to give empty shell minus internal components. Half outer shell of miniature autonomous instrument for monitoring ocean currents, 2010s 2013-2017
Two 5 inch fibreglass & plastic rain gauges by Western Weather Systems, San Diego, California, one with inner tube measure and cylinder, the other lacking the cylinder. 1950-1970 Two 5 inch fibreglass & plastic rain gauges by Western Weather Systems 1950-1970
Two Illumina chips containing CNV content, used in research to identify single chemical base differences between individual human genomes, by Illumina Inc., San Diego, California, United States c.2010 Illumina CNV chip circa 2010
Base for air-sampling flask used for observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide at the Canadian Forces Station, Alert, Nunavut, Canada, 1980s. Observations made with these flasks, initiated by Charles David Keeling in the 1950s and administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, form the basis of the so-called Keeling curve, showing rising concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Base for air-sampling flask used for observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, 1980s 1980s
'Wastemate' non-electric water powered kitchen waste disposer. Model no.300, c.1988 'Wastemate' non-electric water powered kitchen waste disposer. Model no.300 1988
Benzinger-style Seebeck envelope calorimeter (gradient layer calorimeter) SEC-A, by Thermonetics Corporation, c.1960 Benzinger-style Seebeck envelope calorimeter (gradient layer calorimeter) SEC-A 1960
Two plastic rain gauges with inbuilt measures, with extra funnel. By Western Weather Systems, San Diego, California Plastic rain gauges with inbuilt measures 1950-1970