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

Mining & Ore Dressing

1877-192

Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in cream paper wrapper with black printing over cardboard tube, cardboard tube cut away to expose inner cylinder wrapped in waxed brown paper printed with black roundels, outer wrapper printed: ‘SHEATHED’; ‘ONLY FOR BRINGING DOWN COAL’; ‘A1. ROUNKOL’; ‘Alfred Nobel’; Nobel's Explosives Company Limited Trademark; ‘1 7/16” GLASGOW 3oz’; ‘NOT MORE THAN 18ozs’; ‘IN ANY ONE SHOT HOLE’, by Nobel's Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Scotland, 1877-1926

My Niece Julia Jackson Now Mrs Herbert Duckworth' 1867

Photographs

1867

Photograph entitled 'My Niece Julia Jackson Now Mrs Herbert Duckworth' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Julia Jackson (1846-1895 ) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Julia Jackson married the barrister Herbert Duckworth who died in 1870. She then married Sir Leslie Stephen, the editor of The Dictionary of National Biography. They had four children, including artist Vanessa Bell and author Virginia Woolf.

Kelvin Quadrant Electrometer, 1866

Geophysics

1866

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

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’.

Black plates in the tinned plate process, which se

Metallurgy

before 1866

Black plates in the tinned plate process, which separate into two and rise into blisters, from the Cambrian Iron Works, Newport, Mon. communicated by R.S. Roper, 1866

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1867

Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. Doncaster, makers No.1 1867", brass, oval, Stirling 0-4-2, reboilered May 1881, became GNR Class F2 June 1900, scrapped January 1903.

Polarising apparatus signed Dollond London, 19th c

Optics

183-1866

Polarising apparatus signed Dollond London, 19th century B4489

2nd Version The Dialogue', 1866

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled '2nd Version The Dialogue' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936) and Mary Emily 'May' Prinsep (1792-1879) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

'Your Carry', 1867

Photographs

1867-04

Photograph entitled 'Your Carry' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in April 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Caroline 'Carry' Emillia Mary Herschel (1830-1909), the daughter of Sir John Herschel (1792-187) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her close friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). John Herschel and his wife had nine sons and three daughters, of whom Caroline was the eldest.

Cherub and Seraph', 1866

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled 'Cherub and Seraph' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of William Frederick 'Freddy' Gould (born 1861) and Elizabeth 'Topsy' Keown (born 1859) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Specimen of iron broken by a shot at Shoeburyness,

Metallurgy

1866

Specimen of iron broken by a shot at Shoeburyness, 1866

Adolphus Liddell', 1867

Photographs

1867

Photograph entitled 'Adolphus Liddell' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Adolphus Charles George Liddell (1846-1920) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Agra: The Fort

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card, titled 'Agra: The Fort', ca. 1866. Image shows the Ummer Singh Gate of the Agra Fort, with the Taj Mahal pictured on the right in the distance. Bourne 1218

A Banian Tree

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled "A Banian Tree", ca. 1866. Possibly taken in Barrackpore Park, near Calcutta, India. Image was once part of a 19th century album containing photographs of India and Asia.

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.

Alfred Tennyson

Photographs

1866

A photographic portrait of the poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1866. This albumen print forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Tennyson was the most popular poet of the Victorian period. He was made Queen Victoria's poet laureate in 1850.

filing and grinding

Hand and Machine Tools

1866

Single file from a selection of 25 emery composition wheels and 8 files for grinding and filing

Elastic bituminous substance from Australia, analy

Metallurgy

before 1866

Elastic bituminous substance from Australia, analysed by W.J. Ward, in 1866

Coal from Springfield, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia,

Metallurgy

before 1866

Coal from Springfield, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1866, presented by J. Livesey

The Affianced

Photographs

July 1867

Collodion print mounted on album page, by Julia Margaret Cameron, titled "The Affianced". Portrait of Henry John Stedman Cotton and Mary Ryan, July 1867. Title, date, and photographer's signature in ink on front. "Sir Henry & Lady Cotton Mary Ryan 1 month before their marriage" written in pencil on verso.

One of two cases for three prism spectroscope

Astronomy

1867

One of two cases for three prism spectroscope made by Troughton and Simms, London, for the Royal Society in 1867. Case No.1 [1' 3 1/4" x 1' 3 1/4" x 1' 6"] lock but no key

John Frederick William Herschel

Photographs

1867

Albumen print cabinet card, by Julia Margaret Cameron. Portrait of Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1867. "From life copy right Julia Margaret Cameron" printed on front below image.

My Son Eugene Of The RA', about 1867

Photographs

c. 1867

Photograph entitled 'My Son Eugene Of The RA' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in about 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Eugene Cameron (1840-1885) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Eugene was the eldest of Cameron's five sons. He joined the Royal Artillery at the age of fourteen.

2nd Version Of Study After The Elgin Marbles', 1867

Photographs

1867

Photograph entitled '2nd Version Of Study After The Elgin Marbles' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Cyllena Margaret Wilson (1851-1883) and Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), posed as sculptures from the Parthenon Frieze forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

'The Neapolitan', 1866

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled 'The Neapolitan' 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).

Holy Family - Other Study', 1867

Photographs

1867

Photograph entitled 'Holy Family - Other Study' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Percy Keown (born 1864), Cyllena Margaret Wilson (1851-1883), and Alice Jessie Keown (born 1861) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). The 'Holy Family' most often applies to the Madonna and child with St. Joseph.

Siemens syphon recorder, 1867

Telecommunications

1867

Siemens syphon recorder, 1867

Julia My Niece', 1867

Photographs

1867-04

Photograph entitled 'Julia My Niece' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in April 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Julia Jackson (1846-1895 ) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Julia Jackson married the barrister Herbert Duckworth who died in 1870. She then married Sir Leslie Stephen the editor of The Dictionary of National Biography. They had four children, including the artist Vanessa Bell and author Virginia Woolf.

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by

Froude

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by William Froude on River Dart in 1867 measuring 12 foot in length.

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by

Froude

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by William froude on River Dart in 1867 measuring 12 foot in length.

Apparatus for detecting harmonics in musical notes

Acoustics

1866

Apparatus for detecting harmonics in musical notes, consisting of eight spherical Helmholtz resonators with manometric gas flames and long rotating four-sided mirror

Prospect Hill, a peep from near the club

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card/album page, titled 'Prospect Hill, a peep from near the club', ca. 1866. View of snow-covered cedar trees in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Originally part of a 19th century album containing photographs of India and Asia. Bourne 1775

Simla, from Prospect Hill

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card, titled 'Simla, from Prospect Hill', ca. 1866. Image of Shimla, as seen from Prospect Hill, Himachal Pradesh, India. Bourne 14

Medal 1867 Paris Exhibition Universelle

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1867

Medal: 1867 Paris Exhibition Universelle. Silver; 50mm diameter, in circular red case 7cm diameter. rim legend: Argent. obverse: edge legend: Exposition Universelle de MDCCCLXVII A PARIS; in exergue: A. Parkes For the Invention of Parkesine or Artificial Caoutchouc. Birmingham. reverse: head profile to L, goatee beard, legend Napoleon III Empereur, at base H Ponscarme F

Pratt "Pterotype" typewriter, c. 1866

Printing & Writing

1866

Pratt "Pterotype" typewriter, c. 1866

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’.

Mass of cuprous oxide found in a furnace bottom, c

Metallurgy

1867

Mass of cuprous oxide found in a furnace bottom, coating a piece of copper, from the Greenfield Copper Works at Holywell, 1867, presented by Mr. Hughes

"Blue metal" from Keates' furnaces, Bagillt, Holyw

Metallurgy

1867

"Blue metal" from Keates' furnaces, Bagillt, Holywell, 1867, presented by J.H. Henry

Crystals in an ore-furnace slag, at Morfa Copper W

Metallurgy

1866

Crystals in an ore-furnace slag, at Morfa Copper Works, Swansea, 1866, presented by Mr. Terrill

Medal of Grand Prix, Exposition Universelle plaster cast

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1867

Plaster cast: Medal of Grand Prix, at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867. 62mm diameter. reverse only: head profile to L, goatee beard, designer at base H Ponscarme F; legend Napoleon III Empereur

Tin or canister containing plaster dressing to dra

Surgery

1867

Tin or canister containing plaster dressing to draw infection from the skin, by Harvey and Reynolds, Leeds, English, 1867

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for aromatic

Medical Glass-ware

1867

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for aromatic spirits of ammonia, U.S.A., 1867

Periostotome by Charriere of Paris, France, steel

Surgery

1870-1867

Periostotome by Charriere of Paris, France, steel and ebony, 1840 to c. 1867

One of two cases for three prism spectroscope

Astronomy

1867

One of two cases for three prism spectroscope made by Troughton and Simms, London, for the Royal Society in 1867. Case No.2, [1' 3 1/4" x 1' 8"] in bad condition, no lock or key

Pocket surgical instrument set, in leather case, i

Surgery

1866

Pocket surgical instrument set, in leather case, incomplete, by William Lawley, 78 Farringdon Street, London, England, 1866.

Case containing 10 microscope slides

Microscopes

1867

Case containing 10 microscope slides comprised of animal specimens, labelled ‘Prize Medal, Paris, 1867’, prepared by Arthur C. Cole and Son, England, 1867

Great Western Railway cabside number plate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1866

Locomotive Cabside Numberplate, brass, Great Western Railway No 354, ex "322" Class 0-6-0, built by Beyer Peacock & Co, 1866 (Work's No 585) withdrawn 8/1934.

Alfred Tennyson

Photographs

1867

Photograph entitled 'Alfred Tennyson' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of the poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Tennyson was the most popular poet of the Victorian period. He was made Queen Victoria's poet laureate in 1850.

Alfred Tennyson, about 1867

Photographs

1867

A photographic portrait of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in about 1867. 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). Tennyson was the most popular poet of the Victorian period. He was made Queen Victoria's poet laureate in 1850.

'Alfred Tennyson', about 1866

Photographs

c.1866

Photograph entitled 'Alfred Tennyson' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in about 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of the poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Tennyson was the most popular poet of the Victorian period. He was made Queen Victoria's poet laureate in 1850.