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1. Astronomy
1.1. Articles on astronomical objects in the Whipple's collections
1.2. A 14th-century English astrolabe
1.2.1. The parts of an astrolabe
1.3. Astronomical compendia
1.4. Two late 18th-century telescopes
1.5. The 'grand' orrery
1.6. A projecting planetarium
1.7. Armillary spheres and teaching astronomy
1.8. A miniature portrait of Nicholas Kratzer, the King's astronomer
1.9. A ship-shaped sundial, dated 1620
1.10. A James Short telescope
1.11. The 'incomparable' Mr. Sutton: a famous 17th-century instrument maker
1.11.1. The Sutton-type quadrant
1.12. Cornelius Varley: artist, astronomer, and instrument maker
1.12.1. The graphic telescope and Varley's artwork
1.13. Maps of the heavens on astronomical instruments
1.13.1. Images of stereographic projections
1.13.2. A Gunter quadrant and practical knowledge
2. Microscopes
2.1. Articles on microscopes and related instruments in the Whipple's collections
2.2. A brief history of the microscope
2.3. Parts of the microscope
2.4. Charles Darwin's microscopes
2.5. Fish-plates and frog-plates: live examination under the microscope
2.6. Three 18th-century microscope makers
2.6.1. John Cuff and the 'new-constructed' microscope
2.6.2. George Lindsay's royal microscope
2.6.3. Benjamin Martin microscope compendia
2.7. Public microscope shows in the 18th century
2.8. Michael Faraday's microscope slide
2.9. The earliest measurements of microscopic objects
2.10. A Dutch pioneer: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
2.10.1. Two Leeuwenhoek-type Microscopes
2.10.2. John Mayall and reproductions of early microscopes
2.11. The problems with lenses, and the 19th-century solution
2.12. Amici microscopes and Thomas Romney Robinson
2.13. The Henslows: two generations of Cambridge botanists
2.14. A collection of John Benjamin Dancer microphotographs
3. Scientific teaching models
3.1. Articles on teaching models in the Whipple's collections
3.2. A Japanese earthquake model
3.3. Thomas Sopwith's geological teaching models
3.4. Wooden geometric models made by George Adams
3.5. Modelling chemistry
3.5.1. Ball and spoke models
3.5.2. Space-filling models
3.5.3. Crystal lattice models
3.6. Glass models of fungi
3.6.1. Dr. Dillon Weston: fungus expert and model maker
3.7. Dr. Auzoux's papier-mâché models
3.7.1. Dr. Auzoux's life and work
3.7.2. Inside Auzoux's models
3.7.3. Human models
3.7.4. Auzoux's animal models
3.7.5. Plant models
3.7.6. Foetus models
3.8. Wave machines
3.8.1. Wave theory
3.8.2. Thomas Young's wave experiments
4. Acoustics
4.1. Articles on acoustical instruments in the Whipple Museum
4.2. The Acoustical Experiments of Lord Rayleigh
4.3. Historical notes: a brief chronicle of the tuning fork
4.4. Ernst Chladni: physicist, musician and musical instrument maker
4.4.1. Chladni plates: the first step towards visualizing sound
4.5. Lissajous tuning forks: the standardization of musical sound
4.6. Herman von Helmholtz (1821-1894)
4.6.1. Helmholtz resonators: tools for the analysis of sound
4.6.2. Helmholtz's apparatus for the synthesis of sound: an electrical 'talking machine'
4.7. Rudolph Koenig: the pursuit of acoustic perfection
4.7.1. Koenig's apparatus for the analysis of sound: the first spectrum analyzer
4.7.2. Trombone de Koenig: apparatus for sound interference experiments
4.8. Monochord: an ancient musical and scientific instrument
4.9. Parabolic sound mirrors: to reflect and focus sound
4.10. The siren: a source of musical sound for experiments
4.11. Stroh's automatic phonograph: a 19th century 'talking machine'
4.12. Wheatstone's symphonium: a precision instrument
5. Globes
5.1. Articles on globes and related instruments in the Whipple Museum's collection
5.2. A brief history of globes
5.3. An immobile globe, designed by the Earl of Castlemaine and Joseph Moxon
5.4. Learning with dissectable paper globe kits
5.5. A jigsaw puzzle globe for teaching geography
5.6. The Japanese star globe and historical astronomy
5.7. Pocket-sized globes
5.8. A celebration of navigation: famous voyages depicted on a globe
5.9. A geographical lottery game
5.10. An early Italian globe?
5.11. Identifying stars at sea
5.12. Portable 'umbrella' globe
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