Box 1
Contains 109 Results:
Chemical packaging c. 1900, 2000
Museum of the History of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Laboratory chemicals in original packaging, c. 1900.
Dalton's steam engine, 2000
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. Model steam engine used by John Dalton for teaching. Museum curator noted repairs and speculated that they had been made "after the war" to repair "bomb damage."
Dalton's steam engine, 2000
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. Model steam engine used by John Dalton for teaching. Museum curator noted repairs and speculated that they had been made "after the war" to repair "bomb damage."
Dalton's walking stick barometer, 2000
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. Walking-stick barometer owned by John Dalton, who recorded his observations of the weather every day for 57 years, including the day he died. A facing half-stick covers the barometer and thermometer to protect them; it is held in place by the screw-on handle of the walking stick.
Dalton's walking stick barometer, 2000
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. Walking-stick barometer owned by John Dalton, who recorded his observations of the weather every day for 57 years, including the day he died. A facing half-stick covers the barometer and thermometer to protect them; it is held in place by the screw-on handle of the walking stick.
Dalton's walking stick barometer, 2000
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. Walking-stick barometer owned by John Dalton, who recorded his observations of the weather every day for 57 years, including the day he died. A facing half-stick covers the barometer and thermometer to protect them; it is held in place by the screw-on handle of the walking stick.
Dalton's eudiometer, 2000
Dalton's Leiden jar, 2000
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. Leiden jar used by Dalton. A Leiden jar is an elementary form of a capacitor, that is used to store static electricity, generated by a friction device. The glass of this jar is slightly green and the metal coating is flaking, leading one to assume that Dalton was a man of modest means.
Henry's flat-bottom flask, 2000
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. Flat-bottom flask of William Henry, a close friend of John Dalton.
Dalton's spectacles, 2000
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. Dalton's spectacles. As per his wish, Dalton's eyes were preserved after his death, and are in the collection at the Museum of Science and Industry at Manchester, but not available for viewing by the public.