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Durn Mill Steam Engine

Motive Power

1864

This horizontal condensing engine was made in 1864 by Earnshaw and Holt in Rochdale, and used at Durn Mill in nearby Littleborough. It provided 250 horse power to the mill. The engine worked until 1946, and only ever had one part replaced during its 80-year working life (the governor, which was replaced with the Lumbs governor seen here in 1921). Horizontal condensing engines like this were much more efficient than earlier beam engines, and could withstand higher pressure, making them more powerful. The wooden cladding on the cylinder provides insulation, stopping the heat from escaping. This engine was used to make tartan at Durn Mill. Tartan was a popular fabric for clothes and home goods in the Victorian era, and factories like Durn produced both traditional and modern patterns. Durn was an integrated mill which both spun and wove wool.

La Contadina

Photographs

1866-06

A photographic portrait of Mary Emily 'May' Prinsep (1853-1931) entitled 'La Contadina', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in June, 1866. La Contadina is Italian for 'peasant girl'. The term was often used as a title for works of art in the Victorian period. Albumen print.

Benares - General View from Opposite Bank of the Ganges

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card, titled 'Benares - General View from Opposite Bank of the Ganges'. Image shows Indian men and women with a herd of cows on the bank of the Ganges at Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India, ca. 1865. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia. From negative Bourne 1165

View on the Chowk Point Road - Matheran

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, on original album page, titled 'View on the Chowk Point Road - Matheran', ca. 1865. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia. From negative Bourne 2218

The Taj, from the Fountain

Photographs

ca. 1865

Untitled albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, entitled 'The Taj, from the Fountain'. Image of the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The photograph was once part of a 19th century album showing views of colonial India and Asia.

A bit on the new road at Rogi, near Chini, Himalaya

Photographs

1866

Albumen print on original card mount by Samuel Bourne, titled "A bit on the new road at Rogi, near Chini, Himalaya", taken in 1866. 'Chini' written in ink on mount below image. From negative 'Bourne 1506b'.

Mahabaleshwar

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, ca. 1865. Landscape view of Mahabaleshwar, Satara District, India. Mahabaleshwar was the summer capital of Bombay province during the British Raj. Previously part of a 19th century album of photographic views of India and Asia.

Entrance to the Dhal Canal - Kashmir

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card/album page, titled 'Entrance to the Dhal [sic] Canal - Kashmir', ca. 1866. Originally part of a 19th century album containing photographs of India and Asia. Bourne 824

Dhul Canal, Kashmir

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original album page, titled 'Dhul Canal, Kashmir'. Image taken ca. 1865. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia. From negative Bourne 1833

The Taj

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne on original card mount, ca. 1865. 'The Taj.' View of the Taj Mahal from a corner of the Quadrangle. Agra, India. Formerly part of a 19th century album containing photographic views of India and Asia. Bourne 1080

The Mall, Near Raby Lodge

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card, titled 'The Mall, Near Raby Lodge', ca. 1866. Image shows a man in a turban walking along the Mall at Raby Lodge, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Bourne 85

Chini- Deodar Cedars in the Foreground

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled "Chini- Deodar Cedars in the Foreground", ca. 1865. Landscape photograph showing deodar cedars with Himalayas in the background. The image was once part of a 19th century album comprised of colonial views of India and Asia.

Cane Bridge over the Teesta River - Darjeeling

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled "Cane Bridge over the Teesta River - Darjeeling", West Bengal, India, ca. 1866. Image was once part of a 19th century album containing photographs of India and Asia. Bourne 1876

Dhobie's Glen

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Bourne and Shepherd, mounted on card, titled 'Dhobie's Glen', Bombay, Maharashtra, India, ca. 1865. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia. From negative Bourne 1368

The Cathedral and Bishop's Palace, Calcutta

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card, titled 'The Cathedral and Bishop's Palace, Calcutta', India, ca. 1865. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia. From negative Bourne 1708

Tree-ferns - Darjeeling

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'Tree-ferns - Darjeeling'. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia. From negative Bourne 1890.

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

Etched glass door panel from a door in the Great Hall, Cannon Street Station with the monogram of the Charing Cross Company

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1866

Etched glass panel, bearing the monogram of the Charing Cross Company, from a door in the Great Hall, Cannon Street Station, South Eastern Railway.

Handbell, Sutton Coldfield Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1862

Handbell, SCR (Somerset Central Railway). Brass with wooden handle. Engraved "SCR 1862". From Erdington signal box (LNWR). Overall: 300 mm x 187 mm.

Shaly lignite from Nicaragua

Metallurgy

before 1866

Shaly lignite from Nicaragua, presented by C. Bedford Pim, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1866

Tumbler, horn, Swiss, 1865

Wellcome (general)

1865

Horn tumbler, Swiss, 1865

Parkesine Medallion, red and green

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Parkesine Medallion, test piece. Obverse (red), Prince Albert in right profile, PRINCE ALBERT, CONSORT OF QUEEN VICTORIA, around rim. Under head J.MOORE BHAMM. Reverse (green) border of leaves and berries, PARKESINE/EXHIBITION/ MEDAL, AWARDED/1862/A.PARKES BHAMM /PATENTEE, Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862 (P84).

Parkesine handled cut throat razor in leathette box.

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Cut throat razor in leatherette box, steel blade, pea green Parkesine handle made by Alexander Parkes. Leather box (23 part) inscribed 'Taylor – Sheffield'. Blade marked, 'Samuel Barton' made by Needham, Veall & Tyzack, (label on box). Other inscriptions; c. 1862. (P252)

Lefebvre type clitograph, French, 1862

Surveying

1862

Lefebvre clitograph level fixed inside box lid. Instructions on clitograph in French. Paper instruction leaflet in English. As patented 1862.

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).

'Other Version Of Friar Laurence And Juliet', 1864

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'Other Version of Friar Laurence and Juliet' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of the author Henry Taylor (1800-1886) and Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), posed as literary characters from William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) 'Romeo And Juliet' forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

La Contadina', 1866

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled 'La Contadina' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Emily ' May' Prinsep (1853-1931) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). La Contadina is Italian for 'peasant girl'. The term was often used as a title for works of art in the Victorian period.

Henry Taylor

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'Henry Taylor' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of author Henry Taylor (1800-1886) forms part of the Herschel Album which was created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Prospero - Study of Henry Taylor', 1865

Photographs

1865-05

Photograph entitled 'Prospero - Study of Henry Taylor' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in May 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of the author Henry Taylor (1800-1886) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Prospero was the Duke of Milan who was stranded on a lonely island with his daughter, Miranda, in Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest'.

La Beata

Photographs

1865

A photographic study of Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936) and William Frederick 'Freddy' Gould (born 1861), entitled 'La Beata', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1865. This albumen print forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

'The Flower Girl', 1865

Photographs

1865

Photograph entitled 'The Flower Girl' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936 ), posed as a flower girl forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

'Young Astyanax', 1866

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled 'Young Astyanax' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of William Frederick 'Freddy' Gould (born 1861) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Astyanax was the son of Hector and Andromache, and therefore the eldest grandson of Priam. He died when only a baby during the fall of Troy, when the son of Achilles, Neoptolemus, threw him over the walls of Troy.

'Suspense', 1864

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'Suspense' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This print forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

The Mountain Nymph Mrs Keene', 1866

Photographs

1866-06

Photograph entitled 'The Mountain Nymph Mrs Keene' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in June 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Mrs Keene forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Mrs Keene, like Angelo Colarossi the model for Iago, appears to have been one of Cameron's rare professional models. She also sat for the Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898). The title for this photograph comes from John Milton's (1608-1674) poem 'L'Allegro' (1632): 'Com, and trip it as ye go/ On the light fantastick toe,/ And in thy right hand lead with thee,/ The Mountain Nymph, sweet Liberty.'

Jungle Scene - Matheran

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Francis Frith, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'Jungle scene - Matheran'. Image shows an arid, forested landscape in Matheran, Maharashtra, India. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia.

Midland Railway Kirtley number 158A

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1866

Steam locomotive, Midland Railway, 2-4-0 No 158A, designed by Kirtley, built at Derby in 1866, withdrawn in 1947.

Cornet

Local History

1865

Brass musical instrument, cornet made by J. Higham, Manchester, c.1865.

Signal block bell, South Eastern Railway

Signalling & Telecommunications

1862

Block bell, No 397, enamel plate attached reads "Train Signal System adopted by the South Eastern Railway Co, Charles Walker FRS Invent. International Exhibition 1862, Honorable Mention".

"Wellington" lock stitch sewing machine

Textiles Machinery

1866

Lock stitch sewing machine, the "Wellington", built by John Bradbury and Co., 1866.

Model of stern of vessel fitted with exhibitor's balance rudder

Marine Engines

1864

Model, scale 1:24, of a ship's stern fitted with John Scott Tucker's balanced rudder, by John Scott Tucker, England, 1864

Silver-framed spectacles

Ophthalmology

1864

Silver-framed spectacles in case, made by George Unite and retailed by James Hancock.

Changing back for Billcliff st

Photographic Technology

c. 1865

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

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for wine of p

Medical Glass-ware

1982-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for wine of pepsin, U.S.A., 1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for solution

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for solution of extract of ergot, USA, 1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, label missing

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, label missing, U.S.A., 1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for compound

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for compound decoction of sarsaparilla, USA, 1862-1863

Bottle, dark blue glass, empty, for potassium pell

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1862-1865

Bottle, dark blue glass, empty, for potassium pellets, (potassium permanganate?), English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for wine of f

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for wine of ferric citrate, U.S.A., 1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, empty, for tincture of digita

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, empty, for tincture of digitalis, USA, 1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace content, for tincture o

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace content, for tincture of krameria, U.S.A., 1862-1863