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Printed pamphlet entitled An old catalogue and what it tells us of the scientific instruments and curios collected by Queen Charlotte and King George III, by Robert Stuart Whipple, collector of scientific instruments, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Optical Convention [held in London, 1926]. With typescript draft. 1 file

Printed pamphlet instructions for Edmond Carré's patent pneumatic ice-making machine, with illustrations, diagrams and manuscript instructions in French. 1 pamphlet

Printed dedication to King George III of A treatise on the construction and properties of arches (London, 1801) and its Supplement (London, 1804),by George Atwood, Fellow of the Royal Society. [1804]. 3 pp.

Printed catalogue of physical apparatus in the George III Museum, King's College London, including the Wheatstone Collection, comprising an outline list of scientific instruments and equipment housed by the Museum. 1 pamphlet

Printed patent specification for improvements to surface condensers, granted to Angier March Perkins. 1 pamphlet

Pamphlet by Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, entitled Observations of the transit of Venus over the Sun and the eclipse of the Sun on June 3, 1769 made at the Royal Observatory (London, 1769). 1 pamphlet

Pamphlet by George Atwood, Fellow of the Royal Society, entitled A Supplement to a tract entitled 'A treatise on the construction and properties of arches' published in the year 1801 (London, 1804), with diagrams and tables of data relating to the forces operating within arches, 1804. 1 pamphlet

Pamphlet by J H de Magellan, Correspondent of the L'Academie Royale des Sciences de Paris, entitled Description d'une machine nouvelle de dynamique inventée par Mr G Atwood, Membre de la Société Royale de Londres. Describing a machine designed by George Atwood, to demonstrate aspects of rotational movement, resistance in fluids and the movement of elastic and non-elastic bodies. French. 1 pamphlet

Pair of ‘turn-over’ flintlock pistols, with revolving double barrels and steel mounts, also known as Wender pistols, made by Thomas Deveux, Liege, c 1685 [information kindly supplied by Mark Murray Flutter, Senior Curator Firearms and Weapons, Royal Armouries, Leeds, 2016]. Exhibited in the former George III Museum as an example of the application of heat, and loaned to the Science Museum, 1927-2014.

Manuscript notes on effects of pressures or weights on the surface area of sections of unspecified 'Model No. 1' and 'Model No. 2'. 1 item

Typescript note on manuscripts and pamphlets located in Physics Honours Library, King's College London, by Henry Arthur Harvey, librarian, comprising material now located among the Wheatstone manuscripts and George III Museum collection, King's College London College Archives. 1 item

Manuscript notebook containing measurements recorded at the Royal Observatory, Kew, Surrey, during a test of the accuracy of the H5 chronometer designed by John Harrison, instrument maker. 1 volume

Manuscript notebook recording daily temperature, barometric, hygrometric and rainfall readings taken at the Royal Observatory, Kew, Surrey. 1 volume

Manuscript notebook recording daily temperature, barometric, hygrometric and rainfall readings taken at the Royal Observatory, Kew, Surrey. 1 volume

Manuscript notebook recording daily temperature, barometric, hygrometric and rainfall readings taken at the Royal Observatory, Kew, Surrey. 1 volume

Manuscript notebook recording daily temperature, barometric and rainfall readings taken at the Royal Observatory, Kew, Surrey. 1 volume

Manuscript volume of observations on the transit of the sun taken at the Royal Observatory, Kew, Surrey, employing a variety of regulator clocks including John Shelton's astronomical regulator, signed by Stephen Demainbray, astronomer, (James) Stephen Rigaud, Assistant Observer, and George Wollaston, 4 June-15 July 1769, with instructions on the operation of an eight day clock, 1769. 1 volume

Manuscript volume of observations on a solar eclipse, 4 June 1769, describing phases of occultation, with notes on the eclipse compiled by Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, and tables of longitude of principal celestial observation points around the world from the base line of Richmond, Surrey. 1 volume

Manuscript notebook entitled 'Observations on the Transit of Venus', made at the Royal Observatory, Kew, Surrey, comprising astronomical observations with tables of viewing data, describing transit witnessed by King George III and others, 3 June 1769, with notes signed by Stephen Demainbray, astronomer. Also observations on the same transit of Venus by Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, University of Göttingen, Germany, at Göttingen Observatory, compiled 22 June 1769, and of a lunar eclipse observed by Kaestner at Göttingen, 23 December 1768. 1 volume