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Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Phellandrene" 59. Contains a clear orange liquid.

Essential Oil; Phellandrene

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "1:5 Dioxy Anthraquinone", Owens College Manchester, Chem. Museum, 38. Mustard powdery chemical inside.

Dioxy anthraquinone

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Pennyroyal". Reddish oil inside.

Oil of Pennyroyal

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Marjoram", 59. Clear reddish oil inside.

Oil of marjoram

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Pimento". Clear red / orange oil inside.

Oil of Pimento

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Bornylamine HCLl" 59. Contains white powder.

Essential Oil; Bornylamine HCLl

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Erigeron" 59. Contains a deep orange / brown liquid.

Oil of Cardomomo

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Cubebs", 59. Clear orange-brown oil inside.

Oil of Cubebs

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Menthyl Acetate" 59. Contains a clear, almost colourless liquid.

Essential Oil; Menthyl Acetate

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Linalol" 59. Contains a clear orange liquid.

Oil of Linalol

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Citral", 59. Dark reddish oil inside.

Citral

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Terpineol" 59. Contains a thick yellow liquid with solidified top.

Essential oil; Terpineol

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Bornyl Acetate" 59. Contains a clear yellow liquid.

Oil of Bornyl Acetate

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Cassia", 59. Clear reddish oil inside.

Oil of Cassia

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Carvene", Owens College Manchester, Chem. Museum, 59. Reddish oil inside.

Oil of Carvene

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Windmill wind direction vane with battery and buzzer registration, by Foster, 1875, Canadian M.O. pattern.

Anemometer, 1875.

Meteorology

1875
Drinking fountain, wall-mounted, Midland Railway, ex Skipton Station, cast iron, by A Handyside & Co, London and Derby, dated 1875.

Cast iron drinking fountain, Midland Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Carvonel" 59. Contains a clear orange / red liquid.

Essential Oil; Carvone

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass container with plastic lid and paper label reporting "Phenanthraquinone", 38. Yellow powder inside.

Phenanthraquinone

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Geranyl Formate, Owens College, Manchester,Chemical Museum" 59. Clear yellow oil inside.

Geranyl Formate

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Anethole" 59. Contains a clear yellow liquid.

Essential Oil; Anethole

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Citronella" 59. Contains a clear orange liquid.

Essential Oil; Citronellal

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Butter Orange" 59. Contains a clear yellow liquid.

Oil of Butter Oange

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Copaiba", 59. Clear reddish oil inside.

Oil of Copaiba

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Oil of Parsley", 59. Clear yellow-orangish oil inside.

Oil of Parsley

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Terpenyl Acetate" 50. Contains clear orange liquid.

Terpenyl Acetate

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Iso Bornyl Acetate" 59. Contains a clear red liquid.

Essential oil; Iso Bornyl Acetate

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Small glass bottle with paper label reporting "Dodeca-hydro squalene, 3", 59. Clear transparent liquid inside.

Dodecahydro squalene

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Rev. Henry Moule's earth closet, c.1875

Rev. Henry Moule's earth closet, c.1875

Domestic Appliances

1875
Glass bottle with paper label reporting "Amyrin", 60. Milky powder inside.

Amyrin

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
Prospectus, The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway Company, from Richard B. Looker, Secretary, 2nd September, London, 1875, printed on paper.

prospectus of the banbury & cheltenham direct railway company

Documents

1875
Book of Rules and Regulations, Taff Vale Railway, January 1875, black leather cover.

Book of Rules and Regulations, Taff Vale Railway

Library Collections

1875
Astatic sine-type galvanometer made by Sauerwald

Astatic sine-type galvanometer made by Sauerwald

Electricity and Magnetism

c.1875
Three hand printing blocks by T. Whittaker, c.1875

hand printing block

Textile Industry

c1875
Book entitled 'The Straits of Malacca, Indo-china and China, or Ten Year's Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad', by John Thomson, published by Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1875.

The Straits of Malacca, Indo-china and China, or Ten Year's Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1875
A self-registering barograph, by Redier, 1875.

A self-registering barograph, by Redier, 1875.

Meteorology

1875
Cropper platen treadle press, c. 1875, demi folio 17.5 x 11

Cropper platen treadle press, c. 1875, demi folio

Printing & Writing

c. 1875
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
White metal medal, commemorates the Societeit Minerva Geopend, medal Dutch, artist P. Somerwil, 1875

White metal medal, commemorates the Societeit Mine

Wellcome Medals

1875
Medal, silver, membership of Societe de Prevoyance et de Secours Mutuels des Medecins de l'Eure, by Bescher, French, 1875

Medal, silver, membership of Societe de Prevoyance

Wellcome Medals

1875
Chemical balance by L. Oertling Ltd, London, c.1875.

Chemical balance by L. Oertlin

Scientific Instruments & Research

c.1875
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
Letters patent of William Nickson Haggard, of Haggard Bros & Co, Tea Merchants, 3 & 4 Fowkes Buildings, London for his invention of "Improvements in Electro-magnetic signalling apparatus", with seal, 18 March 1875.

signalling letters patent

Archive Collections

1875
Medal for inauguration of Minho railway, Portugal, 20 May 1875. Bronze; 53mm diameter, 5mm deep. Obverse showing locomotive "Porto" in landscape; engineer JJ Mattos. Obverse, head profile left relief of Louis, King of Portugal; artist [P] Molarinho

Medal for Inauguration of Minho railway, Portugal

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1875
Circular protractor, made by Joseph Casartelli.

Circular protractor

Mathematics

1875
Notebook, with Mauchline ware cover, wooden, depicting "Locomotion No. 1", manufactured in 1875 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Inscribed on reverse "The First Engine Employed on a Public Railway, built by George Stephenson, Engineer, 1825".

Mauchline Ware notebook with Locomotion No. 1

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1875
Patent kaleidoscope by Charles G. Bush, Boston, c. 1875

Patent kaleidoscope by Charles G. Bush, Boston, c.

Optics

1875
Essential oils, probably analysed by MM Pattison Muir and Sigiura in the Owens College Chemistry Department, 1870s.

Essential oils, probably analy

Scientific Instruments & Research

1875
[B & w photograph of 'Dart' locomotive of 1840. 1875. The photograph, mounted on board, shows Hackworth's 'Dart' locomotive built at Shildon Works in 1839 for passenger traffic on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Speed attained was 30mph. On SM neg.no. 463/89]

[B & w photograph of 'Dart' locomotive of 1840. 1875. The ph

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1875