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Exterior of North fort on Peiho River

Photographs

1860-10-21

Vue Generale d'Athenes avec l'acropolis

Photographs

c. 1855

Pump winder, verge escapement watch mechanism, 1840

Time Measurement

1840

Barograph by Moritz Pillischer, 1850

Meteorology

1850

Le Sphinx avec les Pyramides

Photographs

1857

Improved sketching instrument, camera lucida type

Optics

1840-1850

Daguerreotype of Engraving of Sir William Herschel

Photographs

c 1850

La Grande Pyramide de Ghizeh

Photographs

1857

Second attack of Sir Colin Campbell

Photographs

1858

Village de Bethanie

Photographs

1857

Piscine probatoire - Bethesda

Photographs

1857

Scene from 'The Adventures of Baron Münchausen', Royal Polytechnic Institution lantern slide

Cinematography

c. 1860

Silvery micaceous litharge, Llanelly Lead Works

Metallurgy

1859

Box type pocket sextant.

Surveying

1851-1856

Strada Marcante, Malta

Photographs

1856

Crowland: The Triangular Bridge

Photographs

1859-06-23

‘The New Testament, The Gospel According to Saint Matthew’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

Printing & Writing

1848

Cyanotype of Trichomanes crispum, 1853

Photographs

1853

Cyanotype of Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, 1853

Photographs

1853

Cyanotype of Asplenium praemorsum, 1853

Photographs

1853

Cyanotype of Aspidium bulbiferum, 1853

Photographs

1853

‘The Old Testament, The Proverbs’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

Printing & Writing

1848

‘The Old Testament, The Book of JOB’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

Printing & Writing

1848

‘The New Testament, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

Printing & Writing

1848

Cyanotype of Aspidium denticulatum, 1853

Photographs

1853

Cyanotype of Lastrea rigida, 1853

Photographs

1853

Coal from China, 1860s

Metallurgy

1860

Sault Recollet Ottowa River

Photographs

1860

Trains Snowed Up

Photographs

1860

Tobogganing

Photographs

1860

Landing HRH Prince Arthur

Photographs

1860

Prince Arthur's Hunting Party

Photographs

1860

Booklet containing nomogram entitled "Abaque ou co

Mathematics

1845

pewter liquid measure for double centilitre

Weighing & Measuring

c. 1851

Linen prover (c.1850), in slip brass case

Microscopes

1850

Best selected copper from Newton, Keats, and Co.

Metallurgy

1848

Coal from Labuan, N.W. of Borneo

Metallurgy

before 1851

Pewter enemea syringe, piston-action, from Dusseld

Therapeutics

1852

Hand-crank model of a Thomas Silver patent governor, or nautical regulator

Marine Engines

1857

Objective 6 1/2-inch Aperture Glass in Case, for Cooke Refracting Telescope

Astronomy

1851

Compound monocular microscope, by T. Cooke, York,

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1840-1860

Wheatstone polar clock

Optics

1846-1851

Ali Alum, Royal Polytechnic Institution lantern slide

Cinematography

c. 1860

Silhouette of boy

Photographs

1844-02-10

Mould and moulded rubber plaque

Plastics and Modern Materials

1851
Small cable sections from cable 'tree', decorative souvenir of the 1858 Transatlantic submarine telegraph cable, made by George Rapson, England, 1858.

Sections of cable from decorative cable 'tree' souvenir, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

model of slot or cotter-hole drilling machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1857

Framed plaster medallion commemorating Aloysius Galvani

Coins, Medals & Tokens

c. 1850

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph

Telecommunications

1858

Gilt metal weight, two drams, apothecaries weight,

Pharmacy-ware

1847