Aperture Collection

Telephoning Australia by Short-Wave Wireless 1924
Diagram showing the possibility of extensive new development in long-distance communication using short-wave wireless telephone to Australia. Date: 1924

Thatcheria mirabilis, Japanese wonder shell
This spectacularly spiralling shellfish is a member of the Turrid family who catch their prey by harpooning them with a modified radula (tooth) and poisoning them with a nerve toxin

Strombus gigas, queen conch
Plate 2. Watercolour by Jean Charles Chenu from his Illustrations Conchyliologiques, part 17 (1843)

Israel. Jerusalem. Jaffa Gate. Old City Walls
Israel. Jerusalem. Jaffa Gate. Detail. Old City Walls

Tatler - George V Silver Jubilee front cover
Front cover of The Tatler in May 1935, celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Cover shows a view of Windsor Castle through a draped, decorated window aperture. Date: 1935

Airspeed AS65 Consul G-AJWR with large aperture door
Airspeed AS65 Consul, G-AJWR, with a large aperture door for ambulance or cargo duties

Shell
Specimen shell held at the Natural History Museum, London

Collection of shells
Plate 83 from Albertus Sebas Thesaurus, Vol 3, (1758)

Haustellum haustellum, snipes bill murex
A pair of snipes bill murex (Haustellum haustellum ). This marine Gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific near Japan

Cypraea argus, hundred-eyed cowrie
A pair of hundred-eyed cowries (Cypraea argus). A marine gastropod found across the Indo-Pacific. The name hundred-eyed refers to the particular type of shell pattern

Bulinus sp. Biomphalaria sp. African snails
A collection of shells of species involved in the life cycle of blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma which gives rise to the disease Schistosomiasis in humans

Clock / Clepsydra, C magne
The Clepsydra of Charlemagne (or water stealer ). A graduated vase was filled with liqued which stole through an aperture. The receding height marked the passage in hours

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