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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Modern Vivex colour print made from negatives of Clerk Maxwell

Photographs

c. 1930s (original 1861)

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Rigged model of the PS 'Scotia'

Water Transport

1861

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
model of Grew's locomotive for ice, 1861, scale 1:8. This model is of a second ice engine designed by Grew and built by Neilson & co. of Glasgow.

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

Road Transport

c. 1861

Portrait bust of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1861

Looking down stream

Photographs

1861-09-18

Binocular Compound Microscope

Scientific Instruments & Research

1861

Walker's harpoon log with rotator and recording mechanism combined into one

Navigation

1861

Photoheliograph of the Sun

Astronomy

1861

Binocular Microscope by J.B. Dancer, 1861. Includi

Microscopes

1861

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

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

Looking up stream

Photographs

c. 1861

Looking down stream…

Photographs

c. 1861

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE
Oil painting, A Street Scene in Manchester by Thomas Armstrong, 1861.

A Street Scene in Manchester

Textile Industry

1861

Stephenson family (Birthplace of the locomotive)

John Lucas

1861

compound microscope barrel

Scientific Instruments & Research

1861

Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in cream paper wrapper with black printing over cardboard tube

Mining & Ore Dressing

1877-192

Double tongue commutator used by Wheatstone

Electricity and Magnetism

1861

Model, of navy frigate stern, fitted with Crispin's patent 1860 screw propellor

Marine Engines

1861

Photoheliograph of the Sun

Astronomy

1861

Model, of Crispin's patent 1860 screw propellor

Marine Engines

1861
Walking Stick, Great Wester Railway, head-topped. Used by Thomas Ellis, Manager of Rail Rolling Mill at Swindon from 1861. Overall: 800 mm 45 mm.

Walking stick used by Thomas Ellis, Manager of Rail Rolling Mill

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1861

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Photoheliograph of the Sun

Astronomy

1861

Speculum Mirror, 1861

Astronomy

1861

Varley's globe vacuum lightning protector, 1861

Telecommunications

1861

Specimen of 1861 cable recovered in September 1871

Telecommunications

1861

"Blue metal" of characteristic colour, from the Ha

Metallurgy

1861

Binocular compound microscope

Scientific Instruments & Research

1861

Photoheliograph of the Sun

Astronomy

1861

Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in brown paper wrapper with red printing and red parallelogram pattern, printed: ‘POLAR THAMES POWDER

Mining & Ore Dressing

1877-192

Tap cinder calcined, from the Brader Works, Oldbur

Metallurgy

1861

Lignite from the right bank of the Saskatchewan Ri

Metallurgy

before 1861

Cased set of catheters, silver and plated(?), with

Surgery

1870-190

camera lens

Photographic Technology

1870-890

Laboratory compressed air reservoir.

Experimental Chemistry

1861

Gentleman's holiday travel diary, English, 1861

Wellcome (general)

1861

Instrument sterilizer, probablyu English, late 19t

Surgery

1871-130

Photoheliograph of the Sun

Astronomy

1861

Iron from a piece of plate knocked out by a shot i

Metallurgy

1861

Model, of blade from Crispin's patent 1860 screw propellor

Marine Engines

1861

Varley's Lightning Protector, 1861

Geophysics

1861

Yard bed standard measure, inscribed: 'WEST RIDING, YORKSHIRE..'

Weighing & Measuring

1861

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE
Model of locomotive frame fitted with radial axles, scale 1:4, patented by Adams in 1861 with two brass diagrammatic models showing two forms of radial axles.

frame showing adams radial axles

Railway Models

1861