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Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

Computing & Data Processing

1871

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

A steam hammer at work

James Hall Nasmyth

1871

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

lithographic printing press

Printing & Writing

1871

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

Printing & Writing

1871

Mill furnace slag showing iron olivine crystals, f

Metallurgy

1871

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

Water Transport

1866 (original) 1871 (model); 1906 (rigging modified)

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

The Island Pagoda

Photographs

c. 1871

Ross 'Wheel of Life' magic lantern slide

Cinematography

c. 1871

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Grover and Baker two-thread chain-stitch sewing machine, 1871.

Textiles Machinery

1871

Ross 'Wheel of Life' magic lantern slide

Cinematography

1871

The Altar of Heaven

Photographs

c. 1871
Whitworth's workshop length measuring machine for measuring to an accuracy of 1/40,000 inch.

Whitworth's workshop length measuring machine for

Industrial Metrology

1871

Inmates sharpening tools

Photographs

1871

The Foreign Settlement

Photographs

c. 1871

Lockstitch sewing machine head of a Howe treadle driven mach

Textiles Machinery

1871
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959

Field Women

Photographs

c. 1871

The Lovers' Leap

Photographs

c. 1871

A Farm House

Photographs

c. 1871

Foochow Church

Photographs

c. 1871

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

A Small Temple at Ku-Shan

Photographs

c. 1871

Yuen Fu Rapid

Photographs

c. 1871
Notice, North Eastern Railway, Instructions to Pointsmen, on wooden board, 1871, chessboard carved on back.

Station sign, North Eastern Railway - Instructions to Pointsmen

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1871

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Clay from the bottom of a copper furnace, showing

Metallurgy

1871

Fishing with Cormorants

Photographs

c. 1871

Rocks in the Rapids

Photographs

c. 1871

Part of Lower Bridge

Photographs

c. 1871

Beggars

Photographs

c. 1871

Road to the Plantation

Photographs

c. 1871

Coolies

Photographs

c. 1871

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

The Banker's Glen

Photographs

c. 1871

"Refinery slag" from Sutton Copper Works, St. Hele

Metallurgy

1871

A Rapid Boat

Photographs

c. 1871

Yuen Fu Monastery Cave

Photographs

c. 1871

A Pine Raft

Photographs

c. 1871

Buddhist Monks

Photographs

c. 1871
Ceremonial trowel, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, silver with bone handle, engraved "Presented to J P Knight Esq, General Manager, LB&SCRy by Fred Furniss "Contractor" on fixing Key Stone in completion of the Eastbourne & Hastings Junction railway, 18th July 1871".

eastbourne & hastings junction railway ceremonial trowel

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1871

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promot

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-120

"Nine foot" coal, Venallt Colliery, Glynabont, Nea

Metallurgy

before 1871

Venallt coal, no.1 Glynabont, Neath, Glamorganshir

Metallurgy

before 1871

Result of experiments on the production of silicid

Metallurgy

1871

Sulphate of soda and copper, from Widness Metal Wo

Metallurgy

1871