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Silver lancet case, empty

Therapeutics

1839

Empty lancet case, silver, made in London 1839

Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-930

Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box, used as emmenagogue, possibly Chinese, 1851 to 1930

Plaster bust of the French surgeon René Marjolin

Surgery

1840

Plaster bust of the French surgeon René Marjolin as a young man, by Jean-Pierre Dantan, 1840. The bust is signed and dated on the right hand side.

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1839

Rail chair, Midland Counties Railway, marked 'Midland Counties Railway AD 1839 ord chair for stone blocks', ex Crewe Collection.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Hand printing block

Textile Industry

c. 1840

Hand printing block, pattern C7415, made by Stead McAlpin & Co. Ltd, Carlisle, c. 1840.

Portion of original nitric acid battery

Electricity and Magnetism

1839

12 cells forming portion of the original nitric acid battery

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1838

Rail section, flat-bottom rail, Midland Counties Railway, marked 'Vignoles rail laid on viaduct at Stanford M.C.R. 1838 No. 43', ex Crewe Collection.

Hand printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Hand printing block pattern C7415 made by Stead McAlpin & Co. Ltd, Carlisle c.1840.

Hand printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Hand printing block pattern C7415 made by Stead McAlpin & Co. Ltd, Carlisle c.1840.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand Block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C5255.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth, fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Buffer, cylindrical leather casing stuffed with horsehair, c.1840

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1840

Buffer, cylindrical leather casing stuffed with horsehair, c.1840.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1840

Rail section, mushroom-headed rail, Leicester & Rugby Railway, marked 'Les'ter and Rugby Rly Vignoles & Woodhouse mushroom top rail 1840', '10' [exhibit number] marked in chalk, ex Crewe Collection.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand Block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1840

Rail section, mushroom-headed rail, Leicester & Rugby Railway, marked 'Les'ter and Rugby Rly Vignoles & Woodhouse mushroom top rail 1840', ex Crewe Collection.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Textile Printing Block

Textile Industry

1840

Hand block for printing cloth; fabric number C7415.

Hand printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Hand printing block pattern C7415 made by Stead McAlpin & Co. Ltd, Carlisle c.1840.

'Davy' miner's oil safety lamp

Coal Mining

c.1840

'Davy' miner's oil safety lamp made by J.H. Naylor Ltd, Wigan c.1840

ABC telegraph receiver, with alarm mechanism

Telecommunications

1840

ABC telegraph receiver, c. 1840, fitted with alarm mechanism, in mahogany case

Pitch Pipe, Wheatstone Type

Acoustics

1840

Pitch Pipe, Wheatstone Type, in rosewood and mahogany, free reed sound cracked and with piece missing, pipe (detachable) cracked at mouth end, from the Wheatstone Laboratory Collection and Concertina Museum Collection (Paper Label C505)

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

Telecommunications

1840

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter, 1840

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium, first half 20th century

Commemorative Mug

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1836

Liverpool & Manchester Railway commemorative mug.

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

Railway Heraldry

1837

Seal, die, steel, Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway, incorporated 1867 with the motto : FIT VIA VI translated as ‘A way is made by labour’.

Compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross

Microscopes

1840

Compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross, about 1840, mahogany case (flat) 11" x 7" x 3", lock and key (with accessories) (see part records)