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Operative splint, used by Lister

Surgery

1865

Operative splint, used by Lister, made by Arnold and Sons, English, 1865

Reis telephone, 1863.

Telecommunications

1863

Reis telephone consisting of a transmitter, receiver and a glass dome, made by J W Albert, Frankfurt, 1863

Patent model of orrery planetary mechanism, 1865

Astronomy

1865

Patent model of improved orrery by John G. Moore of Philadelphia, US Patent 51072 dated 21st November 1865, with original tag.

Station Master's jacket, North Eastern Railway

Railway Uniform & Costume

c.1865

Railway uniform jacket, North Eastern Railway, Station Master's jacket, c.1865.

Date Palms

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'Date Palms'. Image shows three men in traditional dress sitting near a copse of palm trees in the Punjab region of northern India, near Lahore, Pakistan. The image was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia.

Engraved Copper Plate for Map Printing, 1866

Printing & Writing

1866

Engraved copper plate for map printing

Emery composition lathe operated grinding wheel

Hand and Machine Tools

1866

Emery composition lathe operated grinding wheel

1866 transatlantic cable sample

Telecommunications

1866

Sample of 1866 transatlantic cable (shore end) with end rings, made by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited, Greenwich, London, England, 1866. Cable end rings embossed with ‘Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company Limited’ and ‘Contractors. London Atlantic Shore End. 1866’.

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for caramel,

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for caramel, USA, 1862-1863

Iron tray coated with tortoise-shell lacquer, made

Metallurgy

1865

Iron tray coated with tortoise-shell lacquer, made at Taganrog in Russia in 1865, communicated by John Hughes, manager of the works

Coloured engraving, International Exhibition, Dubl

Art

1865

Coloured engraving, International Exhibition, Dublin, 1865

Gettysburg - 3rd Day. Rocks Opposite Little Round Top Hill

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of dead bodies on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, taken by an unknown photographer in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Chairing Canning at Heart's Content

Robert Charles Dudley

1866

Watercolour drawing, 'Chairing Canning at Heart's Content' / Robert Dudley, painted on the 1866 Atlantic Telegraph Cable-laying expedition

Gettysburg - 3rd Day...

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of a dead soldier at Devil's Den on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, by Alexander Gardener (1821-1882) from a negative produced by Timothy H O'Sullivan (1840-1882) in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Bust of Berzelius in selenium, 1862

Metallurgy

1862

Bust of Berzelius in selenium. Berzelius discovered selenium in Sweden in 1817. From the International Exhibition of 1862

Beatrice

Photographs

1866

An albumen print photograph entitled 'Beatrice', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. The print forms part of the Herschel Album.

The Lake - Kandy

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'The Lake - Kandy'. Image shows betel nut palms overlooking the artificial Kandy Lake (Kiri Muhuda) in the Sri Lankan capital of Kandy. The photograph was once part of a 19th century album showing views of colonial India and Asia.

One-Tree Hill - Matheran

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Francis Frith, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'One-Tree Hill - Matheran'. Image shows an Indian man sitting near scrub brush looking toward One Tree Hill, in the hill station of Matheran, Maharashtra, India. The image was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia.

Clementina

Photographs

c. 1862

Woman on balcony. A photograph of Clementina Hawarden (b. 1847), taken by her mother, Viscountess Clementina Hawarden in about 1862.

Model of Grimston's twine-balling machine

Textiles Machinery

1862

Model of Grimston's twine-balling machine, patented in 1860.

Confederate defensive works around Atlanta

Photographs

1866

A photograph of the interior of Fort Sumter at Charleston in South Carolina, America, taken by GN Barnard (1819-1902) in 1866. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Confederate defensive works around Atlanta, Georgia

Photographs

1864

A photograph of a Confederate artillery battery defending the city of Atlanta in Georgia, America, taken by GN Barnard (1819-1902) in 1864. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

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

Whitworth Shaping Machine No. 298

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1865

Shaping machine, made by Joseph Whitworth & Co., Manchester, 1865. Number 298.

Gettysburg - 3rd Day, Culps Hill...

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of dead bodies on Culps Hill on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, taken by an unknown photographer in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

Therapeutics

1862

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases, dynamo with steel magnet and brass and ebony terminals to apply to patient, all in polished wood case dated, unsigned, Europe, 1862

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Model of Stevenson thermometer screen, 1864.

Meteorology

1864

Model of Stevenson thermometer screen, 1864.

'Love', 1864

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'Love' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Elizabeth 'Topsy' Keown (born 1859), Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), and Alice Jessie Keown (born 1861), forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Four fragments, of emery composition lathe operated grinding wheel

Hand and Machine Tools

1866

Four fragments, of emery composition lathe operated grinding wheel

Emery composition lathe operated grinding wheel

Hand and Machine Tools

1866

Emery composition lathe operated grinding wheel

Kelvin Quadrant Electrometer, 1866

Geophysics

1866

Kelvin type quadrant electrometer, made by J. White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1866.

The 'Yarrows' - Simla

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'The "Yarrows" - Simla". Image shows the "Yarrows" house in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, then-owned by the Rajah of Nahun. Possibly taken from "Peterhof", the house rented by the Governor General. The hill station of Shimla was a summer retreat for British citizens living in India during the Raj. The image was originally part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia.

Photographs albumen prints, by Clementina Lady Hawarden

Photographs

c. 1862

Photographs albumen prints, by Clementina Lady Hawarden

View on the Railway Incline - Ceylon

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original album page, titled 'View on the Railway Incline - Ceylon'. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia. From negative Bourne 2127

George Frederick Watts, 1864

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'George Frederick Watts' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of the artist George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Known as 'England's Michelangelo', Watts was one of the most important painters of the late Victorian period.

'St. Agnes', 1864

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'St Agnes' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), posed as St Agnes, forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Domestic lock stitch sewing machine made by the Florence Sew

Textiles Machinery

1864

Domestic lock stitch sewing machine made by the Florence Sewing Machine Company, Florence, Massachusetts, United States, 1864. Built for treadle drive but without treadle and base.

Glazed frame for letter from Philip Reis

Telecommunications

1863

Glazed frame for Reis letters from, Framed letter from Philip Reis, dated 13.7.1863, reworking Reis telephone

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, m

Plastics and Modern Materials

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, mottled blue and white in colour, wavy profile. Steel-plated blade with four fake hallmarks. Plating lifting off along one edge of blade. Base of blade decorated with moulded leaf decoration.

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for infusion

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for infusion of chamomile flowers, U.S.A., 1862-1863

Lignite from Nicaragua

Metallurgy

before 1865

Lignite from Nicaragua, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1865, presented by Hart and Co.

Summit of the Manirung Pass, 18600 feet - Spiti

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print on original card mount by Samuel Bourne, titled "Summit of the Manirung Pass, 18600 feet - Spiti", taken ca. 1865. Title written in ink on mount below print. From negative 'Bourne 1469'.

Minimum thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

Meteorology

1862

Mercurial minimum thermometer by Negretti and Zambra, 1862.

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for elixir of

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for elixir of vitriol, USA, 1862-1863

James Goddard type Cloud Mirror, 1862

Meteorology

1862

Cloud mirror, nephoscope, designed by James T. Goddard, unsigned, British, 1862. Used for observing cloud direction.

The Dialogue

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled 'The Dialogue' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936) and Mary Emily 'May' Prinsep (1853-1931) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Photograph of an original photograph of Clover dem

Anaesthesiology

1862

Photograph of an original photograph of Clover demonstrating how chloroform was administered with his apparatus, 1862

Changing back for Billcliff st

Photographic Technology

c. 1865

Changing back for Billcliff studio camera, dark slide, c. 1865

Painting of SS "Scotland"

Art

1865

Painting. SS "Scotland" / by J Scott, 1865. Oil on canvas; in gilt frame [880 x1440 x35mm]. Signed and dated brc. Portrait, ship. Iron-clad 3-masted barque rigged screw steamer, at sea under sail and steam. National Steam Navigation Company; completed 1865 by Palmer's, Jarrow. Destroyed in collision with the Kate Dyer off Fire Island, New York, 1 December 1866, driven to wreck ashore; the position marked by the Scotland lightship. In the year of her life she was regarded as the most advanced transatlantic ship of her time