Hand and Machine Tools
c. 1850
Ordinary Chinese razor, broad blade, middle 19th century
Telecommunications
1850
Alexander Bain's chemical telegraph, unknown maker, England, 1850. Includes key not shown on photograph.
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Railway crane, Great Northern Railway, 4-wheeled hand crane, No 112, (LNER 942052), 1850.
Printing & Writing
c.1850
Columbian hand printing press; cast iron with eagles and serpents moulded into casting. Lever operated, and painted black.
Short length (including a joint) of the original Cross-Channel submarine telegraph cable laid on 28th August 1850 between Dover and Calais. Cable originally made by Gutta Percha Company, Islington, London, England, 1850.
Lead weight, marked Reid, with which the original cross-Channel telegraph cable of 1850 was weighted, made by Reid Brothers, Islington, London, England, 1850
Portion of the first submarine cable laid between Dover and Calais, made by the Gutta Percha Company, Islington, London, England, 1850.
Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, with removable wooden cover, unknown maker, possibly British, 1850
Railway Infrastructure
Railway bridge section, portion of rivetted girder from Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits, with painted inscription LAST RIVET / MARCH 5 1850 / R.STEPHENSON.
Industrial Metrology
Lucien Sharpe micrometer, c. 1850, steel, plain screw-sleeve type, (without rachet feel), reading up to 30mm by 0.01mm
Classical & Medieval Medicine
2050-1750 BCE
Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981
James Reynolds
Geographical Diagram. The Principal Varieties of Mankind. Published by James Reynolds 174 Strand, London. 3 May 1850. Drawn and engraved by John Emslie.
Art
Lithograph, coloured. View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge (opened 1850) over the Menai Strait, with the road Suspension Bridge of 1826 in background. [c1850]. Overall: trimmed to 27x46cm. Shipping below bridge includes paddlesteamer. In frame 42x60.5x2cm
Cinematography
Polyrama Panoptique. A paper covered wooden box with sliding lens panel connected by paper covered cloth bellows. Hinged lid and back is coupled by wire strut to permit change from frontal to back lighting. The underside of the lid is covered in gold foil. Sold by J Arnold's Wholesale Retail & Export Toy, Archery & Fancy Warehouse, 38 King William Street, London Bridge. With six transparencies. 'POLYORAMA PANOPTIQUE/BREVET D' INVENTION 3Che du Gouvt' stamped in gold lettering on lid.
2000-1350 BCE
Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC
Domestic Appliances
Model of a sugar cane mill.
Electricity and Magnetism
Electro-galvanic battery (medical coil) by Horne and Co.
2000-1001 BCE
Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC
Coal Mining
Miners dial, made by Troughton & Simms, London, c.1850.
Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.
Large coloured lithograph of Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits, Robert Stephenson, engineer, drawn and lithographed by G. Hawkins, pubd. March 30th 1850 by Ackermann & Co. Strand. Proof coloured lithograph picture size 24"x14 7/8" overall. 29" x20 5/8" (cut down)
Miscellanea & Curiosities
Goblet, glass, to commemorate the opening of the Newcastle High Level Bridge, York Newcastle & Berwick Railway, 16 January 1850.
Reynolds, James (publisher); Morris, John (artist);
Coloured Lithograph. Geological Diagram. Section of the earth's crust showing the arrangement of the strata and the relations of the various rocks to each other with the principal geological phenomena connected therewith... ca.1850. John Morris FGS. Published by James Reynolds
Emslie, John (engraver); Reynolds, James (publisher)
Geographical Diagram. Geological map of the World. Published by James Reynolds, 174 Strand. Drawn and engraved by John Emslie. ca.1850
Engraving, steel: Dixon and Cardus's linseed mills and artificial manure works Southampton, by P. Brannan. [c1850]
Portion of first submarine cable laid between Dover and Calais in glass presentation tube with ivorine label, recovered in 1875, made by the Gutta Percha Company, Islington, 1850.
A magic lantern cranked slide which produces moiré patterns, made by an unknown maker in 1850. The slide consists of two discs of perforated metal, one fixed, one rotated by means of the handle. As it turns, it produces a range of moiré patterns on the screen.
Photographs
Brooch with two 40x50mm portraits of men set in gilded brass brooch mount. Glazed back with faded albumen print of man, daguerreotype portrait of man on reverse.
Microscopes
Linen prover (c.1850), in slip brass case
Meteorology
Barograph by Moritz Pillischer, 1850
1991-1786 BCE
Aragonite slab with 7 holes for cosmetic ointments, each labelled in hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 1991BC-1786BC
Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
1901-950
Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium, first half 20th century
Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma, showing his withered right leg, plaster copy of Egyptian original, 2000-1001BC. Made in Dantes Plad in Copenhagen (Denmark).
Short length (including a joint) of the original Cross-Channel submarine telegraph cable laid on 28th August 1850 between Dover and Calais. Cable originally made by Gutta Percha Company, Islington, 1850. With glass presentation tube and baseboard added later.
Building Construction
Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC
Photographic Technology
Wood flap shutter for stereoscopic camera.
Shaping machine for hand, automatic feed, with attachment
Agricultural Engineering
Scale model of a single cylinder reciprocating steam ploughing engine, ca. 1850.
Textiles Machinery
Early hand loom for braid making, 1850.
Ruhmkorff coil c.1850
Mathematics
Wages Tables (c. 1850), used in instrument maker's office, 7.5" long
Geographical Diagram. Zoological Map showing the distribution of Animals over the world. Zoological map showing the distribution of birds and reptiles over the world. Published by James Reynolds. Drawn and engraved by John Emslie. ca.1850.
Waller, F (printer); Reynolds, James (publisher)
Lithograph. Diagram. Eruption of Vesuvius. ca.1850. Published by James Reynolds, 174 Strand. Printed by F Waller, Hatton Garden.
Reynolds, James & Sons (publisher)
Diagram. Methods of Ascertaining the Longitude. ca.1851. Published by James Reynolds & Sons, 174 Strand.
Reynolds, James (publisher)
Astronomical Diagram. Chart of the heavens showing the stars visible on any night throughout the year. published by James Reynolds, 174 Strand. ca.1850.
1870-1850
Forceps, obstetrical, Haighton, steel, wood and leather, 1780-1850
Road Transport
Labrador sledge, model, scale 1:?
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1851-930
Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box, used as emmenagogue, possibly Chinese, 1851 to 1930
Locks & Fastenings
Large padlock with key by Moreton and Langley, c.1850.
copper electrotype (mounted) of advertisement for Stevens patent doughmaking machine, c. 1851
