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Centrifuge, c.1900

Centrifuge
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00359
Location
Foyer Display 1
Glass tubes suspended by a metal bar attached to a circular base with a hand crank to turn them.
Subject
Scientific Equipment
Format
Scientific Equipment

Fountain in Vacuo, c.1900

Fountain in Vacuo, c.1900
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00381
Location
Foyer Display 3

A large oblong glass globe attached to a metal base with a metal stem in its center and a control valve.

Subject
Scientific Equipment
Format
Scientific Equipment

Rotating Beam Engine, c.1835

Rotating Beam Engine, c.1835
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00370
Location
Foyer Display 2

A machine with a wooden base, four black coils, brass scale and spinning wheel. The name J. W. Queen of Philadelphia appears on the wooden base.

Subject
Scientific Equipment
Format
Scientific Equipment

Celestial Globe, c.1900

Celestial Globe, c.1900
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00387
Location
Drop file Cabinets

A large blue sphere depicting location of constellations and stars in the earth's sky in a wooden frame with an iron base.

Subject
Scientific Equipment
Globe
Format
Scientific Equipment

Binocular Microscope, c1870

Binocular Microscope, c1870
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00358
Location
Foyer Display 1

Brass-bound binocular microscope dating from around 1870 by R & J Beck of London and Philadelphia. This instrument is numbered 9188 on its base.

Subject
Scientific Equipment
Format
Scientific Equipment

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