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Bottle, clear glass, trace content, for dill solution, USA, 1962-1963

Bottle, clear glass, trace content, for dill solut

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Etchings with coarse resin ground (later type: 1862 onwards). Experimental steel plate - trial grounds, fern leaves, 4" x 2 3/4".

Trial Ground, Fern Leaves

Photographs

1862

Etchings with resin ground showing flow lines (1862 onwards). Steel plate - plant leaves ( early impression), 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Plant Leaves

Photographs

1862

Salt spoon, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, Royal Station Hotel Hull garter, made by Elkington & Co., 1863 (BTH 128E). Overall: 15 mm x 108 mm x 26 mm, 0.02kg.

Silver plated salt spoon, North Eastern Railway - Royal Station Hotel, Hull

Passenger Comforts

1863

Ladle, barley twist handle, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, by Elkington & Co., 1863, bowl stamped 'Royal Station Hotel NER Hull' in garter. Overall: 52 mm x 375 mm x 82 mm, 0.15kg.

Silver plated ladle, North Eastern Railway - Royal Station Hotel, Hull

Passenger Comforts

1863

Collodion print on original mount, by Richard Henry Bleasdale of Aston, Birmingham. Hand-written inscription on verso. Front view of Wylam Dilly locomotive, showing fire door and smoke stack. The Wylam Dilly was used to transport coal between the river Tyne and Wylam Colliery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Wylam Dilly (Front View)

Photographs

ca. 1862

Glass harmonica, in mahogany case, made by E Pohl, Bohemia. L. 4 ft. 1 in., H. 3 ft. The Glass Harmonica consists of a series of glass bells, which are affixed in regular order to an iron spindle lying horizontally in a case, and which by simple machinery are set in motion by the feet. The sound is produced by the performer moistening his fingers and pressing them on the bells while these are rotating. The Glass Armonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) in 1761.

Glass Harmonica

Acoustics

1862

Copper medal to commemorate the opening of a channel from the river Lys to supply the towns of Robaix and Tourcoing, August 1863, French, 1863

Copper medal to commemorate the opening of a chann

Wellcome Medals

1863

Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE

Book, 'The lives of George and Robert Stephenson', by Samuel Smiles, a new and entirely revised edition with portraits and numerous illustrations, published by John Murray, 1862, hard covers, missing back cover, xx, 512 pages. Bookplate reads 'This book has been awarded as a prize to S. W. Jackson, pupil of E. E. Pricher Esq, B.A.L.C.P., of the City Collegiate School, Finsbury Square, as being the second in mathematics of the candidates examined at Christmas 1865.'

The lives of George and Robert Stephenson.

Library Collections

1862

Museum microscope by Smith, Beck & Beck, for the International Exhibition of 1862.

Museum microscope by Smith, Beck & Beck, for the I

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1862

Instrument sterilizer, probablyu English, late 19th or early 20th century

Instrument sterilizer, probablyu English, late 19t

Surgery

1871-130

Copper medal to commemorate the Universal Exhibition, London, 1862, by A. Bovy, England, 1862, possibly a prize medal

Copper medal to commemorate the Universal Exhibiti

Wellcome Medals

1862

Specimen bottle of Podophyllum pellatum root, no provenance dated 1863

Specimen bottle of Podophyllum pellatum root, no p

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1863

Scrap of cream sheet. Tape remains on lower side. Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862. (p17A)

Parkesine scrap of cream sheet

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Parkesine curtain ring, ivory colour, made by Alexander Parkes, c. 1862.(P59).

Ivory coloured Parkesine curtain ring.

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Book: Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association, in Exeter Hall (1863) [by J. Glaisher? et al.]

Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association

Printed Books

1863

One of five Swedish commercial weights, iron, with loop handles, stamped "A.F.H. 1862", for 50 lb

One of five Swedish commercial weights

Weighing & Measuring

1862

One of five Swedish commercial weights, iron, with loop handles, stamped "A.F.H. 1862", for 10 lb

One of five Swedish commercial weights

Weighing & Measuring

1862

One of five Swedish commercial weights, iron, with loop handles, stamped "A.F.H. 1862", for 1 lb

One of five Swedish commercial weights

Weighing & Measuring

1862

Early example of panoramic camera, patented in 1862 under the term "Pantoscopic camera" with winding key and extra vane in fitted wooden case.

Early example of Pantoscopic panoramic camera

Photographic Technology

1862

Collection of objects made by Alexander Parkes, inventor of Parkesine, c. 1862. Formerly in collection of the Plastics and Rubber Institute (PRI) (later amalgamated into the Institute of Minerals, Mining and Metallurgy) and then given to the Plastics Historical Society. Originally donated to the PRI by the Parkes Family c. 1960

Collection of Parkesine objects made by Alexander Parkes

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Hemispherical sundial, on porcelain stand with glass cover, inscribed "H Schmeisser Patent 1861 Berlin A Meissner".

Hemispherical sundial, on porcelain stand with gla

Time Measurement

1862

Henley's discharging rod

Electricity and Magnetism

1862

Etchings with coarse resin ground (1858 onwards). Copper plate - church, architectural details, 3 1/4" x 2 1/4", with proof dated May 31, 1862.

Architectural Detail of Church

Photographs

1862-05-31

Etchings with reticulated resin ground (1862 onwards). Steel plate - Lion of Lucerne, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Lion of Lucerne

Photographs

1862

Half a block of carte-de-visite studio portraits (two prints) of a woman standing behind a banister, taken at the studio of John Mayall in 1863. Inscribed in pencil on reverse '15345 / Mrs J Cost... / 26 March 63'.

Uncut Block of Carte-de-Visite Portraits of Mrs J Cost...

Photographs

1863-03-26

Uncut block of carte-de-visite studio portraits of a woman stood by a chair, taken at the studio of John Mayall in 1863. Inscribed in pencil on reverse '15179 / Mrs F Hoodley / 26 March 63 resitting'.

Uncut Block of Carte-de-Visite Portraits of Mrs F Hoodley

Photographs

1863-03-26

Uncut block of carte-de-visite studio portraits of a woman stood by a chair, taken at the studio of John Mayall in 1863. Inscribed in pencil on reverse '12 of this / 15262 / Miss Chessman / 16 March 63'.

Uncut Block of Carte-de-Visite Portraits of Miss Chessman

Photographs

1863-03-16

Uncut block of carte-de-visite studio portraits of a woman stood holding a chair back, taken at the studio of John Mayall in 1863. Inscribed in pencil on reverse '15213 / Miss Jones / 6 March 63'.

Uncut Block of Carte-de-Visite Portraits of Miss Jones

Photographs

1863-03-06

Uncut block of four carte-de-visite portraits, produced at the photographic studio of John Mayall in 1863. Inscribed in pencil on reverse '15222 / Mrs S Hardy / 6 March 63'.

Uncut Block of Four Carte-de-Visite Portraits of Mrs S Hardy

Photographs

1863-03-06

Bronze medal by A. Pieroni and B. Trompeo commemorating Francesco Puccinotti, Italian, 1862

Bronze medal by A. Pieroni and B. Trompeo commemor

Wellcome Medals

1862

Silver gelatin print from 19th c. negative by Richard Henry Bleasdale of Aston, Birmingham. Printed later by the Science Museum, South Kensington. Image shows a side view of the Wylam Dilly locomotive, built in 1813 by William Hedley. The locomotive was used to haul coal along the Wylam Wagonway, between the river and Wylam colliery, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Hedley's sons, William and George, are pictured standing next to the Wylam Dilly on the left. Science Museum, London, stamp on verso with negative number 18319 crossed out.

Wylam Dilly

Photographs

ca. 1862

Table spoon, silver plated, by Elkington & Co, London & South Western Railway, marked L&SWR in scroll script, (BTH 261M). Overall: 37 mm x 218 mm x 47 mm, 0.08kg.

Silver plated table spoon, London & South Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1863

Fish knife, two engraved lines on blade, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, by Elkington & Co., 1863. Handle stamped Royal Station Hotel Hull on garter around NER. Overall: 11 mm x 207 mm x 31 mm, 0.05kg.

Silver plated fish knife, North Eastern Railway - Royal Station Hotel, Hull

Passenger Comforts

1863

Wenham type achromatic binocular microscope, by Ross and Company, London, England, 1862

Wenham type achromatic binocular microscope

Microscopes

1862

Mountain barometer tables: "calculated and stereoglyphed by Messrs. Scheutz's calculating machine, no.2, and printed by machinery", London, 1862

Mountain barometer tables: "calculated and stereog

Computing & Data Processing

1862

Medal, awarded to A. M. Perkins [Baker Perkins Co], International Exhibition, London, 1862. Bronze; 77mm diameter, depth 10mm. Rim: A.M. Perkins. Class X. Obverse: Britannia seated with laurel wreath, lion at feet, receiving muses of industry, agruiculture, commerce, the arts; artist signed below, D Maclise RA Des. ; Leonard C Wyon Fec. Reverse, laurel wreath, legend 1862 Londini Honoris Causa, signed below Leonard C Wyon. Medal given to all exhibitors in the International Exhibition

International Exhibition 1862

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1862

Silver medal to commemorate the Universal Exhibition, London, 1862, by A. Bovy, England, 1862, possibly a prize medal

Silver medal to commemorate the Universal Exhibiti

Wellcome Medals

1862

Marine thermometer screen with wet and dry bulb thermometers, issued by the Meteorological Office in 1863

Marine thermometer screen with wet and dry bulb thermometers

Meteorology

1863

Square; cut off edges. Pink. Tape remains on lower side. Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862. (P11)

Parkesine sample, pink.

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Square off cut curved sheet; turquoise with textured upper surface. Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862.(painted P19)

Parkesine Square off cut curved sheet; turquoise

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Sample of Parkesine, sheet off cut, pink, made by Alexander Parkes, c. 1862. (P16)

Parkesine sample sheet

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Watercolour painting depicting The Tyne near Ryton, by Thomas H. Hair, c.1863

Watercolour painting depicting The Tyne near Ryton

Thomas H Hair

c. 1863

Engraving. London Improvements: Portion of the Site of st Thomas's Hospital and Charing Cross Railway Works, in Southwark. Engraved by M Jackson. Illustration from 'The Illustrated London News', 1863/02/07.

Engraving. London Improvements: Portion of the Site of st Th

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1863-02-07

Notice, opening of the Newtown & Machynlleth Railway, Saturday 3 January 1863, at Machynlleth.

Notice, opening of the Newtown & Machynlleth Railway

Documents

1863

Invoice for the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway Company dated 7 September 1863. For the transportation of goods to Drumlithie.

Invoice for the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway Company dated 7

Documents

1863-09-07

Invoice, Alyth Railway, 1863, (Other IDs 76/25/24).

Alyth Railway

Documents

1863

Oil painting, painted photograph by F Moore, Great Eastern Railway 2-2-2 locomotive decorated for the wedding of Edward VII (when Prince of Wales) and Princess Alexandra.

Royal Wedding

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1863

Dividend warrents (pro forma) for half year ending 31 December 1862, issued by Eden Valley Railway (two items).

dividend warrents

Documents

1862