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Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

magneto-electrometer, 1857

Telecommunications

1857

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

Francis Legatt Chantrey

before 1857

La Grande Pyramide de Ghizeh

Photographs

1857

Village de Bethanie

Photographs

1857

Le Sphinx avec les Pyramides

Photographs

1857

Piscine probatoire - Bethesda

Photographs

1857

Kew Photoheliograph

Astronomy

1857

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Vue Generale de Mont Olivier

Photographs

1857

The Bridge of Boats over the Goomtee at Lucknow

Photographs

c. 1857

Vue General de la Mosquee d'Omar

Photographs

1857

Frog's foot specimen prepared by Joseph Lister

Veterinary Medicine

1857

Lovebirds brooch

Photographs

1857

Stamp - Guildford Gas Light and Coke Company

Gas Industry

1857

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Jerusalem prise du Mont Scopus

Photographs

1857

Monument d'Absalom

Photographs

1857

Tombeau de David

Photographs

1857

Eglise du St Sepulchre Façade

Photographs

1857

Reginald Southey with Skeletons

Photographs

1857-06

Lorgnettes, Bologna, Italy, 1857

Ophthalmology

1857

Mont Olivier

Photographs

1857

Chateau de David

Photographs

1857

Wisbech: Market Place

Photographs

1857-06-15

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Worksplate, Neilson & Co., No. 387, Glasgow, part of a collection of locomotive components from Neilson locomotives shipwrecked off Islay, 1857.

Islay shipwreck components

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1857

Bell, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, embossed 'N&CR' 1857, no provenance.

Bell, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1857

Rectangular pane of glass with engraved inscriptio

Astronomy

1857

Collodion positive stereoscopi

Photographic Technology

1857

Collodion positive photograph

Photographic Technology

1857

Student microscope, serial no. 1543, by Smith & Be

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1857

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

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

Marine Engines

1857

Brass protractor

Mathematics

1857

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

122x100mm dark brown union case 'The Gypsy Fortune Teller' by A P Critchlow and Company. Trade paper inside. Design both sides. Lined with purple plush with formal desing in centre. No mat or frame. No picture.

Rectangular Union Case 'The Gypsy Fortune Teller', A P Critchlow

Photographs

c. 1857

James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his original patent of 1857 no. 1680, modified by Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co. to gauge 0 to 2 inches reading to thousandths of an inch (Whitworth Works no. 119)

James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his or

Industrial Metrology

earliest 1857

Longcase clock by Isaac Jackson, Wylam, ordered by Robert Stephenson in 1857 and installed in the General Manager's Office at R. Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works, Newcastle, 14.12.1858

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

Railway Timepieces

1857

First divided ring (semicircular) electrometer

Electricity and Magnetism

1857

Prototype brass model of beam for equal-arm balance

Weighing & Measuring

c. 1857

Serrin's gravity fed and electromagnetically contr

Lighting

after 1857

Spherical glass lens for sunshine recorder, 1857

Meteorology

1857

Collodion positive stereoscopi

Photographic Technology

1857

Medal of yellow metal struck by G.R. Collis, to co

Wellcome Medals

1857

Gap gauge for marquetry

Industrial Metrology

c. 1857

Wood's embossing apparatus for use by blind people

Printing & Writing

1857