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Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

Motive Power

after 1859

Bust of Robert Stephenson, English mechanical and civil engineer, 1859.

Art

1859

Bust of George Stephenson, English railway engineer, 1859

Art

1859

Letter from Queen Victoria mentioning chloroform use in childbirth

Archive

1859

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Plaster death mask of Alexander Humboldt

Art

after 1859

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

Water Transport

1991-1783 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Samples of crystals used in the development of ASDIC transducers, 1917-1918

Acoustics

1917-918

Crowland: The Triangular Bridge

Photographs

1859-06-23

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Lithograph, entitled: 'The first drinking fountain'

C.J. Culliford

1859

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Piece of Belgian retort after use in smelting the lead (Parkes' Process) Llanelly Lead Works

Metallurgy

1859

Five German flat square iron weights: 100, 50, 20, 10 & 5-grammes

Weighing & Measuring

1859

Lead fume deposited at the bottom of the stack (a white powder)

Metallurgy

1859

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Achromatic microscope "Society of Arts"

Microscopes

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

Scheutz Difference Engine, third model, 1859

Computing & Data Processing

1859

Christian Augustus Siebe

Ernst Augustus Becker

1859

Brass plaque, inscribed "To Joseph Lister", 1859

Microbiology

1859

Lunar Photographs No 3

Photographs

1859-12-05; 1860-08-27

Grey slag from the ores of the district. Dee Bank Lead Works

Metallurgy

1859

Charge after setting up previous to pulverisation. Dee Bank Lead Works

Metallurgy

1859

Small piece of white pig-iron

Metallurgy

1859

Roasted ore

Metallurgy

1859

Silver powder left as residue, after zinc distilled off

Metallurgy

1859

Ingot of desilvered lead now ready for the softening furnace in Parkes's process. From the Llanelly Lead Works

Metallurgy

1859

Desilvered softened lead after poling (Parkes' Process) From the Llanelly Lead Works

Metallurgy

1859

Coke produced by a mixture of equal weights of pitch and slack

Metallurgy

1859

Statue of The Wanderer after Ellen Marion Shenton

Wellcome (general)

1859

Silvery micaceous litharge

Metallurgy

1859

Uterine probe

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Zinc distilled from the liquated zinc, cast as a bar

Metallurgy

1859

Ingot of lead after softening (Parkes' Process) From the Llanelly Lead Works

Metallurgy

1859

Lead liquated out of the zinc crust. (Parkes' Process) Llanelly Lead Works

Metallurgy

1859

Metal amulet in the form of a Canadian one cent coin minted 1859

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1859
Station Bell, brass, Norwich & Spalding Railway, embossed 'N & S Railway 1839' [1859] with bracket.

Station bell, Norwich & Spalding Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1859

Six's thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

Oceanography

1859

Eastern Counties Railway Company General Meeting notes

Archive Collections

1859

Psychrometer on stand

Meteorology

1859

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

German set of 11 cylindrical brass weights, and a set of 12 sheet brass weights in wooden box

Weighing & Measuring

1859

Cinder first run off

Metallurgy

1859

Part of an ingot of puddled steel made at the Ebbw Vale Iron Works

Metallurgy

1859

Small bar of best iron

Metallurgy

1859

Calcined ore

Metallurgy

1859