Scientific Instrument Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Exhibition Gallery Plan
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Object | id |
Two Scales for Weighing Gold Coins, after 1753 | 01 |
Printed Price List Sheet by P. & J. Dollond, London, c. 1775 | 02 |
Three Surveying Theodolites of the 19th Century | 03 |
Beam Compass, by George Adams, London, 1757-60 | 04 |
Aluminium for Scientific Instruments | 05 |
J.H Steward Military Instruments catalogue, 1930s? | 06 |
W.F. Stanley Catalogue "G", Surveying and Drawing, 1903 | 07 |
Circular Slide Rule on a Snuff Box, by Hoyau, Paris, 1816 | 08 |
Boxwood Compass, by John Coggs, London, Early 18th Century | 09 |
Ivory German Miner's Compass, by Johann Oberhauser, Schwaz (Tyrol), 1765 | 10 |
Reversible Circular Slide Rule, English, c.1840 | 11 |
Heath & Co. "Twentieth Century" Catalogue of Meteorological Instruments | 12 |
Waywiser, by George Adams jr, London, between 1784 and 1796 | 13 |
Triangular Compass, English, Late 18th Century | 14 |
Sumeter Scale, by Charles Suffell, London, 1839-1865 | 15 |
Marquois Set, by William Harris, London, Early 19th Century | 16 |
Tent Camera Obscura, by V. & C. Chevalier, Paris, c. 1825 | 17 |
Angle Divisor, by Tool Shop, American, c. 2000 | 18 |
Invoice issued by P. & J. Dollond, London, 1777 | 19 |
Weber Electrodynamometer, by Ruhmkorff, Paris, c. 1865 | 20 |
Skopeo High Tension Spark Plug Tester, French, 1930s | 21 |
Jet Cart, by Frances Watkins?, English, c. 1770 | 22 |
Frictional Electrostatic Generator, by John Newman, London, Early 19th Century | 23 |
Kelvin Multi-Cellular Electrostatic Voltmeter, by James White, Glasgow, c. 1895 | 24 |
Slide Rules - a Selection of the Original Pocket Calculators | 25 |
Javal's Ophthalmic Slide Rule, by A. Cretes, Paris, c. 1875 | 26 |
Triangular Slide Rule with Four Sliders, by Elliott, London, c. 1870 | 27 |
Oil Calculation Slide Rule Designed by Forrest M. Towl, New York, c. 1889 | 28 |
Master Rule and Gauging Slide Rule, by Dring & Fage, London, 19th Century | 29 |
Anderson Celluloid Gridiron Slide Rule, by Casella & Co, London, c. 1903 | 30 |
Slide Rule in a Drawing Scale, by J. Casartelli, Manchester, c. 1870 | 31 |
Circular Slide Rule, by Joseph Lamb, London, c. 1827 | 32 |
Roubicek Circular Slide Rule for Surveying, by Neuhöfer & Sohn, Vienna, c. 1870 | 33 |
Annular Slide Rule, by Elliott Brothers, London, c. 1875 | 34 |
Silver Engine-Turned Box Sextant, by Troughton, London, c. 1810 | 35 |
Box Sextant with Integral Slide Rule, by Troughton & Simms, London, c. 1870 | 36 |
Sextant, by Jesse Ramsden, London, c.1765 | 37 |
Elliott Company History Illustrated by Artefacts, 1835-1940 | 38 |
DKM-3A Theodolite, by Kern, Aarau, c. 1950s, with Favag Chronograph | 39 |
Henry Oldenburg's Copy of the Philosophical Transactions, volume 1, 1665-6 | 40 |
2ft Gunter Rule, owned by Thomas Annand, English, 1683 | 41 |
Hydrostatic Balance, by George Adams, London, c. 1760 | 42 |
Screwbarrel Microscope, English, Early 18th Century | 43 |
'Gun-Barrel' Theodolite, by Jonathan Sisson, London, c. 1740 | 44 |
Boxwood Diptych Dial, Attributed to Henry Sutton, English, 17th Century | 45 |
Level I, by Zeiss, Jena, c. 1910 | 46 |
Two Astronomical Magic Lantern Slides, by A. Krüss, Hamburg, c. 1890 | 47 |
Reconstruction of Jean Paul Marat's Perméomètre of c. 1782, c. 2000 | 48 |
Electrostatic Cannon, by Thomas Jones, London, Early 19th Century | 49 |
Three Early Forms of Electro-Magnetic Demonstration Motor, English, c. 1835-40 | 50 |
Two Trade Flyers, by W. & S. Jones, London, c. 1804 | 51 |