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3 photographs of sunspots (Nos.3,12 & 23) of the 39 taken on the photoheliograph at Kew Observatory by Elizabeth Beckley in 1870, Sept 21-24, 26-29.

Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

Elizabeth Beckley

1870

Statement, Metropolitan Railway, "Dividends on Consolidated Stocks for the Half Year Ending 30th June 1870" for Lydia Hutchinson.

dividends on consolidated stocks

Documents

1870

Provisional specification act dating A.D. 1870 18th January No.152 for the coupling railway carriages. Letters patent to James Mackenzie of Grange Place, Edinburgh, North Britain Accountant for the invention of "Improved apparatus for coupling railway carriages". WIth diagrams and patent seal.

coupling railway carriages

Documents

1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [11. Comets and Aerolites.] Taf.XI Kometen und Aerolithen. Published by Wilhelm Nitzschke. Printed by Institut Von Halder & Cronberger. ca.1870.

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [11. Comets and Aerolites.

Nitzschke, Wilhelm (publisher); Institut Von Halder & Cronberger;

c. 1870

GNR delivery note from Peterborough to Bingham dated 19th September 1870. For William Nicholls. Items include hard and soft soap, flannel, pens, hearth stone, ink, note paper and other station equipment.

Great Northern Railway delivery note

Documents

1870

Pen and ink, with grey wash on board, [design for a] Square Sociable carriage / LJB (monogram), Barker & Co., 66 Chandos Street, [London], W.C., [ca1870], [scale 1:24]

Design for a Square Sociable carriage

Art

1870

Pen and ink, watercolour, gilt and carriage oils on board, (brown, black, vermilion, yellow) [design for a] DE Luggage Wagon / [Barker & Co., London], [ca1870], 15.2 x 28.5 cm.

Design for DE Luggage Wagon

Art

1870

Coloured lithograph. The Bricklayers Arms Station. Ceremony at station decorated for the arrival of Princess Alexandra. c.1870. Shows the royal couple being greeted as they walk along the carpeted platform with stands of guests looking on from the right.

coloured lithograph The Bricklayers Arms Station.

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Timetable. The above Railway will be opened between Scots Gap & Rothbury for Passenger & Goods Traffic. 1870. Northumberland Central Railway.

the above railway will be opened between scots gap & rothbury

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1870

Dividend Statement, Midland Railway, for John B. Hutchinson from James Williams, secretary, for £37 9s 2d. Dated 31st August 1870.

Midland Railway dividend statement

Documents

1870

Trade card: John Roach, 540 Washington Street, near Montgomery, San Francisco, Cal. 1870. Optician. Thermometers, Barometers. Maker of the Large Transit to Re-Survey the City of San Francisco, 1862. (Calv. 321) (C.C. 58)

Trade card: John Roach

.Unattributed

1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [6. Telescopic appearance of the moon.] Taf. VI Der Mond durch das Fernrohr gesehen. Published by Wilhelm Nitzschke. Printed by Institut Von Halder & Cronberger. c1870.

Astronomical Diagram. 6. Telescopic appearance of the moon

Art

c. 1870

Pen and ink, with grey wash on board, [design for a] Lowboot Square Sociable carriage / Barker & Co., 66 Chandos Street, [London], W.C., [ca1870], [scale 1:24], 15.2 x 22.7 cm.

Design for a Lowboot Square carriage

Art

1870

Pen and ink, with grey wash on board, [design for a] Round Sociable carriage / LJB (monogram), Barker & Co., 66 Chandos Street, [London], W.C., [ca1870], [scale 1:24], 15.8 x 22.8 cm.

Design for a Round Sociable carriage

Art

1870

Pen and ink, watercolour and carriage oils on board (dark green, black, yellow) [design for a] DE Barouche carriage / Barker & Co., Chandos St., London, [ca1870], [scale 1:24], 15 x 27.8 cm.

Design for a DE Barouche carriage

Art

1870

Pen and ink, pencil on board, [design for a] DE Stanhope Wagonette / [Barker & Co., London], [ca1870], 15.2 x 24.5 cm.

Design for a DE Stanhope Wagonette

Art

1870

Ink and wash drawing by G H Andrews, 1870. Emden from the Oldenburg Railway.

Emden from the Oldenburg Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Statement, Metropolitan Railway, "Dividends on Consolidated Stocks for the Half Year Ending 31st December 1870", for William Wilberforce Morrell Esq.

dividends on consolidated stocks

Documents

1870

poster, The broad and narrow way. Moral cartoon

The broad and narrow way

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1870

Notice of collection of accounts due for sand, to be carried out at the Railway Office, on the wharf at Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway. Jan 1870.

notice of collection of accounts due for sand

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1870

Dividend Statement, Midland Railway, for John B. Hutchinson from James Williams, secretary, for £7 13s 10d. Dated 31st August 1870.

Midland Railway dividend statement

Documents

1870

Dividend Statement, Midland Railway, for John B. Hutchinson from James Williams, secretary, for £7 17s 2d. Dated 28th Februrary 1870.

Midland dividend statement

Documents

1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [2. Chart of the heavens shewing the stars visible on any night throughout the year.] Taf II. Himmels Karte mit den Sternen welche wahrend desganzen Jahres sichtbar sind. Published by Verlag u Wilh. Nitzschke. ca.1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [2. Chart of the heavens s

Nitzschke, Wilhelm (publisher); Institut Von Halder & Cronberger;

c. 1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [4. Comparative magnitude of the planets.] Taf IV. Verleichende Darstellung der Grosse de Planeten. ca.1870.

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [4. Comparative magnitude

Nitzschke, Wilhelm (publisher); Institut Von Halder & Cronberger;

c. 1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [12. Diagram of Meteorology displaying the various phenomena of the Atmosphere.] Taf.XII Abbildungen aus der Meteorologie die Vershiedenen Erscheinungen der Atmosphare Darstellund. ca.1870. Druck & Verlag von Wilh...

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [12. Diagram of Meteorolog

Art

c. 1870

Pen and ink, watercolour wash on board, [design for a] Round Sociable carriage / Barker & Co., London, [ca1870], scale 1/2": 1' (1:24), 14.4 x 22.7 cm.

Design for a Round Sociable carriage

Art

1870

Pen and ink, watercolour wash on board, [design for a] Square Sociable carriage / Barker & Co., [London], [ca1870], [scale 1:24], 15.2 x 28.5 cm.

Design for a Square Sociable carriage

Art

1870

Printed notices, paper, Wilts & Gloucestershire Railway Company half-yearly meeting notices. Notices with accounts and reports for the 9th, 10th and 11th half-yearly meetings, and a circular printed notice announcing the 10th meeting. Issued by the Chairman and Secretary, Devizes, 1869 and 1870. 4 items.

Wilts & Gloucestershire Railway Company half-yearly meeting notices

Documents

1968-1870

Report of Directors, Hull and Selby Railway, presented to the proprietors at the half yearly general meeting to be held at the Royal Station Hotel at Paragon Street, Hull, Monday 15th August 1870.

Report of Directors

Documents

1870

Victorian sheet music, The Railway Belle and the Railway Guard, illustration by J W Lee, depicting bearded guard with lady and rival, c1870.

railway belle music

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Consignment note, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, Blank, for 187?.

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway consignment note

Documents

1870

Notice, North British Railway, "Public Notice about Prosecuting for Trespassing on the Railway", printed by Hugh Paton and Sons, August 1870.

public notice

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1870

Victorian sheet music, Arthur Lloyd's popular song "The Railway Guard", illustration by Alfred Concanen, depicting bearded Guard in black, in front of green carriage at Euston (London & North Western Railway).

The Railway Guard

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Testimonial, illuminated book, address to Seymour Clarke, General Manager Great Northern Railway 1850 - 1870, gilt brass, purple velvet, ivory and enamel cover, with 346 signatures, by Waterlow & Sons, London 1870.

Testimonial, illuminated book, address to Seymour Clarke, Ge

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Caledonian Railway Goods Departmen note about invoice. Dated 10th November 1870

Caledonian Railway goods department

Documents

1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [7.Eclipses. The theory of the tides.] Taf. VIII Finsternisse Die Ansicht von Ebbe & Fluh. Published by Wilhelm Nitzschke. Printed by Institut Von Halder & Cronberg. ca.1870.

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [7.Eclipses. The theory of

Nitzschke, Wilhelm (publisher); Institut Von Halder & Cronberger;

c. 1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [5. The sun and solar phenomena.] Taf. V Die Sonne und verschiedene Erscheinungen derselben. Published by Wilhelm Nitzschke. Printed by Institut Von Halder & Cronberger. ca.1870.

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [5. The sun and solar phen

Nitzschke, Wilhelm (publisher); Institut Von Halder & Cronberger;

c. 1870

Notice, London & South Western Railway, "A New Station at Queen's Road Battersea is Now Open", 1870, timetable of trains from Waterloo to Reading with branch lines.

A New Station at Queen's Road Battersea is Now Open

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1870

Staff Notice. North Eastern Railway (Darlington Section). Caution. Station Masters, Engine Drivers, Firemen, Guards, and Pointsmen, are specially cautioned at this season of the year, when......Fogs may be expected, to use great care and pay great attention to the signals. 3 October 1870. Red text on white background. Printed by W H Brownless, Steam Printer, Bookbinder, etc, Central Buildings, Darlington.

staff notice

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1870

Notice, North Eastern Railway, "Meeting of Parochial Choirs, Alwick on Thursday July 28 1870", Printed by John Bell, Newcastle, 1870.

Meeting of Parochial Choirs

Documents

1870

Pen and ink, watercolour wash on board, [design for a] Round Sociable carriage / Barker & Co., [London], [ca1870], scale 1/2" : 1' (1:24), 15.4 x 28.3 cm.

Design for a Round Sociable carriage

Art

1870

Pen and ink, watercolour, gilt and carriage oils on board (dark green, yellow), [design for a] Round Sociable carriage / Barker & Co., London, [ca1870], [scale 1:24], 15.4 x 28.3 cm.

Design for a Round Sociable carriage

Art

1870

Pen and ink, watercolour, gilt and carriage oils on board (dark green, yellow), [design for a] Round Sociable carriage / Barker & Co., London, [ca1870], [scale 1:24]

Design for a Round Sociable carriage

Art

1870

Pen and ink, watercolour and carriage oils on board (black, yellow) [design for a] DE Stanhope Wagonette / [Barker & Co., London], [ca1870], scale 1/2":1 (1:24), 15.6 x 28.4 cm.

Design for DE Stanhope Wagonette

Art

1870

Victorian sheet music, Arthur Lloyd's popular song "The Railway Porter", illustration by Alfred Concanen, depicting porter on platform with luggage and passengers, c1870.

The Railway Porter

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Painting, oil, Charles John Viscount Colville of Culross K.T., G.C.V.O., a Director of the Great Northern Railway from 1863 - 1903 and Chairman from 1879 - 1895. Born 1818. Died 1903. Painted by Sir Francis Grant, 1870. Full length portrait in hunting kit, with a huntsman mounted and leading another horse.

Henry Edward Colville - Viscount Colville of Culross

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Handbill re a dramatic tragedy by H. Walker, `The Great Comet', bearing lithograph of a balloon. [c. 1870?]

Handbill re a dramatic tragedy by H. Walker, `The

Art

1870

Painting, oil on canvas, Samuel Beale, Chairman of the Midland Railway, 1849, MP for Birmingham.

Portrait of Samuel Beale

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Painting, oil on canvas, William Evans Hutchinson, Chairman of the Midland Railway, 1864-1870, by John Lucas 1870.

Portrait of William Evans Hutchinson

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [10. The earth and its atmosphere.] Taf.X Die Erde und Ihre Atmosphare. Published by Wilhelm Nitzschke. Printed by Institut Von Halder & Cronberger, Stuttgart. ca.1870.

Lithograph. Astronomical Diagram. [10. The earth and its atm

Nitzschke, Wilhelm (publisher); Institut Von Halder & Cronberger;

c. 1870