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Micrometer type mechanical comparator

Industrial Metrology

1855

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1852

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

Art

1851

Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851

J Diplock

1851

Bullion box containing lead shot

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1855

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

Art

1851

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

.Unattributed

c.1854

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1854

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

Telecommunications

1855

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

Signalling & Telecommunications

1854

Spectacles, gold rims, blue lenses, given to James

Ophthalmology

1853

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

.Unattributed

c.1854

Album of cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns

Photographs

1853

Pocket watch belonging to Joseph Lister

Wellcome (general)

1853

Gold chain for Lister's pocket watch

Wellcome (general)

1853

Telegraph block instrument

Signalling & Telecommunications

1855

Moon: Copernicus and crater

James Hall Nasmyth

1851

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

.Unattributed

c.1854

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Daguerreotype of the Moon in leather case

Photographs

1851

South-East View of Sheffield

Art

1855

Nurses sash for Scutari Hospital, owned and worn by Charlotte Wilsdon

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

c.1855
Singer Lockstitch sewing machine model of 1851, by I. M. Singer and Company or the Singer Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 1851-1855

Example of original pattern Singer sewing machine of 1851, made c. 1853.

Textiles Machinery

1851-1855
Working model of Express locomotive engine (Crampton), Northern Railway of France, 1849, scale 3:20.

Working model of Express locomotive engine (Crampton)

Railways

1855

Whitworth Gear Cutting Machine

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1854

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Magic lantern slide of the Great Exhibition Royal Carriage procession

Cinematography

c. 1851
Shallcross Stone, Flora

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Harvey demonstrating to King Charles I his theory of the circulation of the blood, print, London, England, 1851

Lloyd Brothers and Company

1851

'British Ferns' insert from 'Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns', 1853

Photographs

1851-08-26

Bradford Cathedral

Photographs

c. 1855

Standard weights and measures

Weighing & Measuring

1851

Print. The Great Exhibition - Crystal Palace. [Pla

Ackermann and Company

1851

Ottewill folding box camera

Photographic Technology

1853

Astronomical diagram: Transparent Solar System

James Reynolds

1851

Crowland: Crowland Abbey

Photographs

c. 1855

Daguerreotype of John Avery Stranded In Rapids Above Niagara

Photographs

1853

Wet Plate Camera, 1855

Photographic Technology

1855
Model railway locomotive, Dublin & Kingstown Railway, 2-2-2 tank locomotive, "Alexandra", 1851, said to have been named "Alexandra" after pulling the train used by the Prince and Princess of Wales on their official visit to Dublin in 1865.

Model of locomotive "Alexandra", Dublin and Kingstown Railway

Railway Models

1851
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

Vue Generale d'Athenes avec l'acropolis

Photographs

c. 1855

Surgical instrument set, owned by Dr Evans in the Crimea

Surgery

1851-1855

Lightcliffe Railway Station

Photographs

c. 1855

Frontispiece of 'Cyanotypes of British And Foreign Ferns' album, 1853

Photographs

1853

Cyanotype of Equisetum sylvaticum, 1853

Photographs

1853

1:4 scale model of Reeve's patent combined seed

Agricultural Engineering

1854

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE