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paper dispenser for Siphon recorder, 1870

Telecommunications

1870

Paper dispenser for siphon recorder, designed by William Thomson (Baron Kelvin) made by James White & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1870. Used by the Eastern Telegraph Co in Egypt, and later in India

Hong Kong Guangzhou Merchants & Compradore

Photographs

ca. 1870

Albumen print by an unknown photographer (possibly John Thomson), mounted on original card/album page. Studio portrait showing five Hong Kong Guangzhou merchants and a compradore gathered around a small cloth-covered table. The image was once part of a 19th century album comprised of colonial views of India and Asia.

First experiment in repulsion. (Phil. trans. vol 1

Heat

1872

First experiment in repulsion. (Phil. trans. vol 164 part II Dec. 1873) made in 1872

Vaccination lancet

Public Health & Hygiene

1875

Vaccination lancet, steel and tortoiseshell,1875

Coal from Canon City on the Arkansas river, Colorado, North America

Metallurgy

1874

Coal from Canon City on the Arkansas river in Colorado, North America, presented by A.G. Renshaw, 1874

Litharge from the lead-refining works at Utah, USA

Metallurgy

1875

Litharge from the lead-refining works at Utah, USA, 1875, presented by H. Blackwell

New Zealand coal; from the Brunner Mine, Nelson

Metallurgy

before 1873

New Zealand coal; from the Brunner Mine, Nelson; from the exhibits of the Colonial Museum in the Vienna Exhibition, 1873

Copper wire, cemented by heating in an annealing pot containing brass wire

Metallurgy

1871

Copper wire, cemented by heating in an annealing pot containing brass wire. Experiment by Thomas Hughes, Greenfield Copper Works, Holywell, 1871

Coal from Greta Colliery, near Newcastle, New South Wales

Metallurgy

before 1873

Coal from New South Wales, Greta Colliery, 35 miles from Newcastle, presented by J. Mackenzie, 1873

"Spilly" copper from smelting furnace bottoms

Metallurgy

before 1871

"Spilly" copper from smelting furnace bottoms, at Newton, Keats, and Co., Holywell. Presented by W. Keats, 1871

Syren

Acoustics

1870

Syren.

Bronze medal commemorating hospital or medical con

Wellcome Medals

1875

Bronze medal commemorating hospital or medical conference, Hungarian, 1875

Dissecting microscope by Field and Co. of Birmingh

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1870-1875

Dissecting microscope by Field and Co. of Birmingham, English, 1850-1875

Bladder from Jacobsen's water bottle

Oceanography

1872

Bladder from Jacobsen's rubber water bottle in frame, 1921-682 pt.1

Pohl commutator

Electricity and Magnetism

1872

Pohl commutator

Dipping needle with arc

Electricity and Magnetism

1872

Dipping needle with arc

Signalman's chair, North Staffordshire Railway

Railway Furniture

1870

Signalman's chair, North Staffordshire Railway, wooden, high-sided seat painted red, windows in either side, ex Leek Brook Junction South signal box, c1870.

Trade label for Joseph Casartelli

Scientific Instruments & Research

1870

Trade label for Joseph Casartelli, c1860

7 of 80 smoked glass slides

Ophthalmology

1874

Seven of eighty smoked glass slides recording blood pressures, with name, date, notes, etc., English, 1874. Unknown Maker.

Worksplate, Sharp Stewart & Co

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1873

Locomotive worksplate, brass, very worn, Sharp Stewart & Co [23]53 of 1873, ex Cornwall Mineral Railway 0-6-0T No. 5, rebuilt to ST 7/1883, Great Western Railway No. 1396, withdrawn 3/1934.

Harrison Flat-Bed Knitting Machine

Textile Industry

1870-1875

Flat-bed knitting machine made by Harrison Knitting Machine Company Limited.

Wooden panel, Queen Victoria's saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1874

Panel, wooden, Great Western Railway, bearing Royal coat-of-arms, from Queen Victoria's Saloon No 9001, built 1874, broken up February 1912.

Lancet, steel and tortoiseshell, by Wood, English,

Therapeutics

1873

Lancet, steel and tortoiseshell, by Wood, English, in silver case made in Birmingham 1873

Magic lanern slide: Skipping Clowns

Cinematography

c. 1870

Slipping magic lantern slide, hand coloured, three clowns skipping.

Plane for sharpening planing steel, Chinese, middl

Hand and Machine Tools

1874

Plane for sharpening planing steel, Chinese, middle 19th century, acquired from the Art Division of the International Exhibition, London, 1874

Mortar hod, wooden tub, Chinese, middle 19th centu

Hand and Machine Tools

1874

Mortar hod, wooden tub, Chinese, middle 19th century

Appunn's 'treble' Tonometer

Acoustics

1870

Appunn's "treble" Tonometer containing 33 reeds. C'(128) to C'(256).

Portable Six's maximum and minimum self-registerin

Heat

1875

Portable Six's maximum and minimum self-registering thermometer, in wooden case, with magnet

Thermopile by Elliott Brothers, 1872

Heat

1872

Thermopile by Elliott Bros., London, England, 1872 (see note).

Dines dew-point hygrometer, horizontal form, 1871

Meteorology

1871

Dines dew-point hygrometer, horizontal form by L. Casella, London, England, 1871.

Improved 'Academy' Quarter Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1875

Improved 'Academy', 1/4-plate' camera by Marion & Co., embodying view-finding device by Driffield; with spare plate changing box, c. 1875.

2 veterinary lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, by

Veterinary Medicine

1870

2 veterinary lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, by Arnold and Sons of London, 1866 to 1900, 'C R Anderson', in silver case, made in Birmingham, 1870

Coulomb's torsion balance

Electricity and Magnetism

1872

Coulomb's torsion balance

Huyghens eyepiece by Ladd, London, c.1872

Optics

1872

Huyghens eyepiece by Ladd, London, c.1872

Apparatus for producing Newton's Rings, by William

Optics

1870

Apparatus for producing Newton's Rings, by William Ladd, London, England (unsigned), 1870.

Biot type prism, in brass mount

Optics

c. 1872

Biot type prism in cylindrical brass mount, made by William Ladd, London, England, 1870-1872

Catheter, female, silver, made in London, 1873

Surgery

1873

Catheter, female, silver, made in London, 1873

Maximum Mercury Thermometer by Pastorelli & Co., 1875

Heat

1875

Maximum mercury thermometer, restricted tube type, oak frame by Pastorelli & Co., 208 Piccadilly, London, 1875.

Cast iron plaque from the head of a Spanish hospital bed

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1870

Cast iron plaque from the head of a folding iron Spanish hospital bed, 1870

Bedding from doll's perambulator, 1870

Road Transport

c.1870

Bedding from doll's perambulator, c. 1870

Substance resembling copper pyrites from a furnace bottom

Metallurgy

1870

Substance resembling copper pyrites from a furnace bottom

Set of geissler tubes

Electricity and Magnetism

c.1875

Four geissler tubes, c. 1875, displaying a range of tube sizes and shapes.

Hand printing block

Textile Industry

c1875

Onehand printing blocks by T. Whittaker, c.1875. Features the letter 'O'.

Dissected Cube puzzle

Mathematics

1870

Dissected Cube in boxwood in mahogany box, made in 1870

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Rail chair, for double-headed rail, Great Western Railway, 1875, marked '683' [catalogue number], embossed '1875 GWR P OUT' and 'STP' and marked on base '86 A', ex Crewe Collection.

Protector Lamp Co. Ltd Davy ty

Coal Mining

c. 1870

Protector Lamp Co. Ltd Davy type lamp, c. 1870

Oxide from near the charging door of the silver blast furnace in Cordurie's process

Metallurgy

1870

Oxide from near the charging door of the silver blast furnace in Cordurie's process. Par Smelting Works, 1870, presented by J. G. Hochstatter

Regulus from the first fusion of Chilian regulus

Metallurgy

1871

Regulus from the first fusion of Chilian regulus, as calcined and fused at the Sutton Copper Works in 1871

Part of sow from lead smelting in the Rachette Furnace, Clausthal Silver Hutte

Metallurgy

1873

Part of sow from lead smelting in the Rachette Furnace, Clausthal Silver Hutte, 1873

Furnace accretion "Ofenbruch," Finland Copper Works

Metallurgy

before 1872

Furnace accretion "Ofenbruch," Finland Copper Works, presented by E.L. Julin, 1872