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Valentin knife, London, England, 1850-1870

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1850-1870

Rynd-type hypodermic syringe, London, England, 1860-1880

Therapeutics

1845-1880

Allison's differential binaural stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1859-1865
Power loom manufactured by J. Harrison and Son, Blackburn, England and fitted with the loose reed emergency stop mechanism of 1842. Exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and subsequently modified by the makers with design changes up to 1858.

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1842-1858

Cyanotype of Adiantum tenerum, 1853

Photographs

1853
Holmes magneto electric machine from Souter Point Lighthouse. (without terminals)

Holmes's electricity generator, 1867

Electricity Supply

1867

Tonsil guillotine, Paris, France, 1866-1870

Surgery

1866-1870

Spring operated 'Nelson' knife, New York, United States, 1845-1855

Orthopaedics

1845-1855

Lightcliffe Railway Station

Photographs

c. 1855
Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway, 4-sided with door at one end, unpainted.

Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1835-1845

Kelvin's harmonic analyser

Mathematics

1878

Mounted photographs of the Sun

Astronomy

1876

Annie, My first Success, 1864'

Photographs

1864

Student microscope by J.B. Dancer, Manchester, cir

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1858-1865

Hofmann's lecture-room eudiometer (U tube on stand)

Experimental Chemistry

1876

Remains of John Dalton's eyes

Scientific Instruments & Research

1844

Otto & Langen Free-Piston (Atmospheric) Gas Engine

Heat Engines (non steam)

1869

Laussedat type camera lucida, two adjustable legs

Optics

1875

Painting of Sunspot by James Nasmyth, 1860

Josiah Crampton

1860
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

Student microscope, French, mid 19th century

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1831-1870

Hotbed soil thermometer, 1870-1875

Heat

1870-1875

Weedon viaduct

Charles Tilt

1839

Le Praxinoscope

Cinematography

1877

Embryotome, Paris, France, 1855-1875

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1855-1875

Hyperbolic Paraboloid String Surface Model

Mathematics

1872

Conoid surface model

Mathematics

1872

The light of science dispelling the darkness which covered the world

Art

1832

Model of Stonehenge

Astronomy

1873

The Altar of Heaven

Photographs

c. 1871
Joule's original calorimeter ('paddle-wheel apparatus') used in determining the mechanical equivalent of heat. Copper mixing vessel with vane and spindle

mechanical equivalent of heat apparatus

Heat

1876

Replica of William Sturgeon's rotary electromagnetic engine

Electricity Supply

1832

Kew Photoheliograph

Astronomy

1857

Broca-type goniometer for measuring the angles of the face, France, 1865-1875

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1865-1875

The "Enterprise" Steam Omnibus

W. Summers

1833

Portrait - Lithographs by and after G.P. Harding

Art

1839

A new map of Great Britain; particularly shewing the Inland Navigation

Railway Maps & Plans

1844

Close, No 118 High Street

Photographs

1868

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Cyanotype of Aspidium lobatum, 1853

Photographs

1853

Possible self-portrait of Clementina, Lady Hawarden

Photographs

c. 1862
Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869

Victory-Kidder printing press, 1869

Printing & Writing

1869

Repeating Theodolite, Horizontal and vertical circles

Surveying

1875

Stethoscope, England, 1834-1840

Clinical Diagnosis

1834-1840

Judkin's lock-stitch sewing machine, 1851.

Textiles Machinery

1851

Leech jar, England, 1831-1859

Therapeutics

1831-1859
Fuller's spiral slide rule, no. 849, made by W.F. Stanley, with an instruction booklet

George Fuller's spiral cylindrical slide rule

Mathematics

c. 1880

Clementina and Isabella Hawarden

Photographs

c. 1862

Magic lantern chromatrope slide

Cinematography

1870