Therapeutics
1916-1917
Brooch made of wire from the first Zeppelin brought-down in England, mounted on card by the British Red Cross, presumably for fund-rising purposes, c.1917
Clinical Diagnosis
1871-1900
Speculum, vaginal, mirror interior, elastic gum covering, by Simpson, late 19th century, English, Fergusson type
Radio Communication
1889
Spark gap or knob coherer, unknown maker, England, 1889. Used by Sir Oliver Lodge to first show the coherer effect and detect electric surgings by closing the circuit of a galvanometer during experiments on lightning guards.
1902
Original wheel or steel-disc coherer (thin-film detector), made by E E Robinson, England, 1902. Made for Oliver Lodge and Alexander Muirhead
Road Transport
1916
Ford model T Tourer car, Reg. No. PP7963, Engine No. 1,122,607, by Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan, United States, 1916
Anatomy & Pathology
1901
Anatomical model of the spine, papier mâché, in two parts, labelled, by Dr. Auzoux, French, 1901.
Microbiology
1875-1884
Chamberland filter used by Pasteur and Chamberland in work on anthrax and chicken cholera
1895-1905
Life size standing female anatomical figure, made of plaster, with detachable parts to reveal additional anatomical details, probably c.1900.
Radiomedicine
1914-1918
Box of X-ray plates.
Textile Industry
c.1900
Braiding machine made around 1900, used at Croft Mill, Manchester.
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
1910-1914
Shell fragment, metal, used as charm, German, 1910-1914, from Lovett collection
X-rays
1895-1899
Large pear shaped x-ray tube of form originally used by Prof. Röntgen, manufactured in Germany about 1896. Inside of glass at end of tube eroded by bringing cathode rays to a focus with a magnet; on stand.
Electronic Components
1897
Early 'Braun Tube'. Cathode ray tube.
Telecommunications
1895-1910
Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver No. 477, made by the Typewriting Telegraph Corporation Limited, London, England, 1895-1910
1898-1899
National Telephone Company UK telephone directory for 1898-9, published by the National Telephone Company, British, 1898-1899
1890-1910
Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, invented by Charles Wheatstone, unknown maker, probably British, 1890-1910. Wheatstone two unit stickpunch with paperslip dispenser.
Amulet, tin, gilt, brooch in form of shoe and riding crop on horseshoe, reputedly worn by soldier of the Middlesex Regiment, from Lovett collection, British, 1914-1918
Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
1898-1908
Fechner's double sound pendulum for testing aural discrimination, by E. Zimmerman, Leipzig and Berlin
1878-1890
Experimental microphone consisting of two carbon pencils having knife edges in contact, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1878-1890
1870-1920
Pegging Clock device, by John Moore and Sons, Clerkenwell, London, for recording warder patrols at Sussex Lunatic Asylum/Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath, 1870-1920
1880-1889
Two syntonic Leyden jars, unknown maker, Germany, 1880-1889. Possibly the actual ones used by Oliver Lodge in March 1889 at the Royal Institution to demonstrate resonance in adjacent circuits when at the same frequency.
Papermaking
Paper tensile tester made in Austria and supplied by J. J. Marshall and Co. Wooden body with dial in middle of one long side, reading 0-50 pounds. Patent Paper Testing Machine, J.J. Marshall & Co, London and Dartford, Made in Austria. Paper clamped with steel plates and thumb scres on top, one side adjustable in half inch lengths, handle at right endtensions right clamp. Brass end plates at both ends
1880-1910
Trademark printing block, used to stamp cotton cloth, around 1900.
1873-1920
Section of submarine telegraph cable, made by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, Greenwich, London, England, 1873-1920. The cable was laid in 1873 and recovered 1906. It is encrusted with marine growth.
Cinematography
1886-1887
Sixteen lens cinematographic camera, made by Louis Le Prince in Paris in 1887 (with electrical connections)
Orthopaedics
1915
Left above elbow prosthesis with a wooden socket connected to a wooden forearm. Metal mechanical hand with passive flexion and extension of the wrist. Elbow flexion is combined with pronation / supination of the wrist. Made by Carnes Arm Company, United States of America 1915.
Asian Medicine
Ivory figure, depicting a doctor feeling the pulse of a woman patient, signed Chikaaki, Japan, late 1800s
1894
Iron borings coherer (Branly type), probably made by Oliver Lodge, England, 1894. Mounted on wooden baseboard with electric bell components mounted alongside as vibrator for restoring the coherer.
1890-1900
The main circular unit of the Finsen ultraviolet lamp, presented by Princess Alexandra to the London Hospital in 1900
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1900-1910
Metal chest with hinged lid, `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910
1890-1896
Ebonite coherer with adjustable contacts, unknown maker, British, 1890-1896. Used in August 1896, in experiments carried out by Captain Henry Jackson
1900-1909
Five-line single cord switchboard, unknown maker, British, 1900-1909.
1903-1920
Strowger two-motion selector with vertically mounted relays, less switching banks, made by the Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Company, Liverpool, England, 1903-1920
1899
Notice, Platt Brothers and Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1899, regarding the Workmens Compensation Act 1897 and employee behaviour, by order Jno [Jonathan] Wynne, Secretary, square with black lettering on cream background.
Astronomy
1898-1900
Walnut and brass scale model (1:50 approx) of the 'Great Paris Telescope' exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition, a stationary 1.25 metre refracting telescope (57 metres long) with a 2 metre mirror siderostat.
Public Health & Hygiene
1874-1900
Mallam's vaccinator, cased, patented and manufactured by Arnold and Sons, London, 1874-1900
1900-1920
Thirty-inch terrestrial globe showing telegraph cable routes, made by W & A K Johnston Limited, British, 1900-1920
Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
1915-1918
Colt's stretcher for narrow trenches, first World War, British, 1915-1918
1900-1911
Wall telephone No. 1, purchased by the National Telephone Company for use in Britain from Western Electric, Antwerp, Belgium, 1900-1911
1875-1885
Main body of endoscope (for aural, rectal or urethral use). Unknown maker. c.1875-1885 CE.
Automatic telephone wall set made by Automatic Electric Company, Chicago, United States, 1900-1910
1879
50-line manual telephone switchboard, made by Jones Brothers, Cincinatti, USA, 1879
c. 1898
Demeny-Gaumont chronophotograph camera/projector, c 1898. Serial No 1292. L Gaumont et cie, Paris. Cine camera and projector for 35mm film, Edison perforation; eccentrically mounted beater; two continuous prockets. Provision for frame, by moving gate; adjustable sector shutter; lens missing; external 400 foot magazines; direct vision viewfinder; film punch; handle missing.
Audiology
Ear trumpet with flexible tube, usually known as a conversation tube
1914
London bronchitis necklet, Chelsea, London, English 1914
1910-1920
Lens from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment used in experiments carried out by Kenwrick Cecil Cox, made by Clement and Gilmer, Paris, France, 1910-1920
One experimental microphone consisting of steel needles suspended in contact with blocks of gas carbon, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1878-1890
1901-1905
Exercise chair for patients with poliomyelitis, made by Rossel, Schwarz and Co., Wiesbaden, Germany, 1901 to 1905
1900
Morse paper tape, unknown maker, probably British, 1900. Used to record signals received by means of a coherer in 1900 at a distance of 135 miles by Captain Henry Jackson
Time Measurement
"Ingersoll" wrist watch with leather strap, pin pallet escapement and luminous hour hand, 1915
