Roman stone,
The blackstone chair.
From the foundation of the University of Glasgow until the middle of the 19th century, all students were examined orally, seated on the…
From the foundation of the University of Glasgow until the middle of the 19th century, all students were examined orally, seated on the…
The blackstone chair.
From the foundation of the University of Glasgow until the middle of the 19th century, all students were examined orally, seated on the…
From the foundation of the University of Glasgow until the middle of the 19th century, all students were examined orally, seated on the…
University of Glasgow mace, ca. 1460.
University of Glasgow mace, ca. 1460.
Ferdinand Verbiest, Kunyu Quantu (a map of the whole world), 1674. One of the earliest maps to reach China from Beijing.
Ferdinand Verbiest, Kunyu Quantu (a map of the whole world), 1674. One of the earliest maps to reach China from Beijing.
Dinosaur eggs, upper cretaceous (80 million years old).
Cast of Lucy, the first human-like primate.
Carbon filament light bulb, 1878.
Tesla's electric gas lamp, ca. 1900.
Tesla's electric gas lamp, ca. 1900.
Lord Kelvin's attracted iron voltmeter, ca. 1884.
Lord Kelvin mouse-mill motor, 1871, used in the first submarine cable. A siphon recorder used a paper tape moving under a moving pen. To move the tape, Kelvin…
Lord Kelvin's cable galvanometer, mid-1850s. A measuring instrument designed for detecting the tiny electrical signals coming out of the 1858 Atlantic cable.
J. White, apparatus for the determination of the Ohm, 1861.
