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Kiosk et Mosquee de Tophanna

Photographs

c. 1855

Vue General de la Mosquee d'Omar

Photographs

1857

Wood's embossing apparatus for use by blind people

Printing & Writing

1857
80x115mm black rectangular union case. Maker John Smith (check card). Trade paper inside says 'Improved Patent Union Case' Formal design front and back. Diamond shaped pattern in centre. Plain red plush lining. Plain oblong gilt mat with rounded top. Patterned pinchbeck frame. Contains beautifully tinted carte-de-visite by J. Hawke, 53 Union Street, Stonehouse, Devon. Portrait of lady standing in crinoline, dress in front of painted backdrop.

Oblong Union Case, Possibly For Ferrotypes

Photographs

c. 1860

Weaving power loom shuttle

Textiles Machinery

1858-1862

Photoheliograph of the Sun

Astronomy

1861

Glass acetometer by J Long in mahogany box. Range

Experimental Chemistry

1940-1860
Linear dividing engine, built by Fairburn & Co. of Leeds in 1863 at a cost of £52 for the Vale of Neath Railway, obtained by the Great Western Railway in July 1866, installed in Swindon Works A Shop Tool Room in November 1906, recovered from British Rail Engineering Ltd., Swindon.

Linear dividing engine

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1863

Speculum Metal Mirror, 1860

Astronomy

1860

6" dial steam pressure gauge made about 1860 (diap

Motive Power

1860

Clear glass bottle for chloroform, United States, 1862-1863

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Liebreich type student ophthalmoscope, 1856-1860

Ophthalmology

1856-1860

Model of a London omnibus

Road Transport

1855

Wheatstone's automatic telegraph transmitter, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Model of horse omnibus

Road Transport

1855

Woman Against a Sunlit Wall

Photographs

c. 1862

Society of Arts Prince Albert gold medal presented to Sir Henry Bessemer

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1863
Oil painting, A Street Scene in Manchester by Thomas Armstrong, 1861.

A Street Scene in Manchester

Textile Industry

1861

Stone bridge

Photographs

c. 1855

Magic lantern slide showing The Moon

Cinematography

c. 1860

Jerusalem prise du Mont Scopus

Photographs

1857

Fountains Abbey

Photographs

c. 1855

Eglise du St Sepulchre Façade

Photographs

1857

Monument d'Absalom

Photographs

1857

A street in Delhi

Photographs

1858

Undercliffe Cemetery

Photographs

c. 1860

Tombeau de David

Photographs

1857

Halifax

Photographs

1860

Federal Battery No1...

Photographs

1862-05

Lord Elgin

Photographs

1860

Parkesine handled cut throat razor in leathette box.

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Photoheliograph of the Sun

Astronomy

1861

Small specimen of the 1857 Atlantic telegraph cable

Telecommunications

1857

Lord Kelvin's mirror galvanometer with lamp and stand, 1858.

Telecommunications

1858

Scene from 'The Heart of Stone', Royal Polytechnic Institution lantern slide

Cinematography

c. 1860

Photograph of a plaster model showing craters on the Moon

Astronomy

1858

Galezowski type ophthalmoscope, Paris, France, 1861-1863

Ophthalmology

1861-1863

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph

Telecommunications

1858

Two Wedgwood blue jasper medallions

Ceramics

1860

Model of hand-driven intermittent opposite direction rotary motion apparatus

Kinematics

1857

drawer of glass slides

Scientific Instruments & Research

1855-1860

laboratory apparatus

Scientific Instruments & Research

c1855

Spratt’s Patent Copper Lightning Conductor

Geophysics

1860

Two girls by a window

Photographs

c. 1860

Precession of the Equinoxes model, 1855-1860

Astronomy

1855-1860
Clock, regulator, by Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No.912, ex North Eastern Railway Headquarters Committee Room, flame mahogany case with marble plinth, 1855.

Clock, regulator, by Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London

Railway Timepieces

1855
Main part of Scheutz difference engine, made by Bryan Donkin & Co. in 1859

Scheutz Difference Engine, third model, 1859

Computing & Data Processing

1859

Gold bracelet with amethyst and pearls, England, awarded for nursing in India, 1857

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1857

View through woods to a factory

Photographs

c. 1855

Building site

Photographs

c. 1855