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model sykes lock and block signalling system

Railway Models

1875

Demonstration model of Sykes lock and block system, 1875, with glazed shade.

Catgut suture cord preserved in oil

Surgery

1875

Catgut in carboiled oil, prepared by Lister, 1875

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981

Lithograph of Daniel Spills Ivorideworks by Daniel Greenaway, 1875

Art

1875

Lithograph, one of two copies, col., Daniel Spills Ivoride Works, by Daniel Greenaway, n.d. [1875-?]. Aerial view of Works site bounding from [122-124] High Street Office and Mackintosh Lane up to Homerton Station, North London Railway; terraced housing, factory activities. 31x51.5cm on sheet 39x56cm. In frame 52x72x2cm

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Ereiniog prepared peat, from Portmadoc, and specimen of charcoal

Metallurgy

before 1875

Ereiniog prepared peat, from Portmadoc, and specimen of charcoal made from the same, examined by R. Smith, 1875, This peat yields on an average 27.8 percent charcoal

'The Goblin Court', Royal Polytechnic Institution lantern slide

Cinematography

1875

A hand-painted, large format magic lantern slide, painted by W R Hill and shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London over Christmas 1875. This slide is from 'Gabriel Grub and the Grim Goblin' a production based on 'The Story of The Goblin Who Stole A Sexton' by Charles Dickens which appeared in 'The Pickwick Papers'.

'The Goblin Court', Royal Polytechnic Institution lantern slide

Cinematography

1875

A hand-painted, large format magic lantern slide, painted by W R Hill and shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London over Christmas 1875. This slide is from 'Gabriel Grub and the Grim Goblin' a production based on 'The Story of The Goblin Who Stole A Sexton' by Charles Dickens which appeared in 'The Pickwick Papers'.

Repeating Theodolite, Horizontal and vertical circles

Surveying

1875

Repeating Theodolite, Horizontal and vertical circles 14 & 12cm. respectively

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Medallion Award to Kendall & Gent Limited

Local History

1875

A medallion awarded to Kendall & Gent Limited by the Society for the Promotion of Scientific Industry, at their Exhibition of Appliances for the Economy of Labour, in the Slotting, Planing, Drilling & Screwing Machines category, in original box.

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

Magic lantern slide showing a portrait of Charles Dickens

Cinematography

1875

A magic lantern slide featuring a photograph of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London over Christmas 1875. This slide was used to open the presentation of 'Gabriel Grub and the Grim Goblin' a production based on 'The Story of The Goblin Who Stole A Sexton' by Charles Dickens which appeared in 'The Pickwick Papers'.

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1875

Steam locomotive and tender, North Eastern Railway, 2-4-0 No 910, designed by Edward Fletcher, built at Gateshead in 1875, withdrawn in 1925.

Commemorative plate, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1875

Plate, ceramic, commemorating golden jubilee of the Stockton-Darlington Railway, September 27th 1875, manufactured by B. Wardle, Middlesbrough, black transfer on white depicting statue of Joseph Pease. Dimensions 8 1/2" diameter.

Fred Taylor

1875 - 1963

1875-1963, poster artist; decorator; watercolourist; artist; architectural painter, British

10-Inch JuniorTrig 0902 Aristo slide rule from the

Mathematics

1970-1875

10-Inch JuniorTrig 0902 Aristo slide rule from the 1974 catalogue, with instruction leaflet.

Notice, Midland Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Bridge notice, Midland Railway, signed James Williams, 1875, white letters on red

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma, showing his withered right leg, plaster copy of Egyptian original, 2000-1001BC. Made in Dantes Plad in Copenhagen (Denmark).

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Aragonite slab with 7 holes for cosmetic ointments, each labelled in hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 1991BC-1786BC

Ship's biscuit, England, 1875

Wellcome (general)

1875

Ship's biscuit, intact, belonging to ship's carpenter on Nares' expedition to Arctic, 1875

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium, first half 20th century

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

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

Scale Model of an American locomotive with tender

Railways

c. 1875

Model (scale 1:8) of an American locomotive with tender. This is said to represent a locomotive built for the Erie RR in about 1875 and was made by by William R. Lendrum, a machinist in the railway workshops of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western RR in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The tintype photograph on the clack-box is thought to be of Ledrum: the photo on the smokebox is of Ulysses S. Grant, US President 1869-1877.

Two glass revenue hydrometers by Tagliabue, New Yo

Experimental Chemistry

1875

Two glass revenue hydrometers by Tagliabue, New York. Lead weights and paper scales. In mahogany box, also containing copper jug with integral thermometer. No. 1 equals range 100 - 140 and No. 2 equals range 130 - 170.

Burette with stopcock, 1876

Experimental Chemistry

1875

Burette with glass stopcock, graduated to 100 cc. by Warmbrunn, Quilitz & Co., Berlin, Germany, 1875

Molecular models

Experimental Chemistry

c. 1875

Atomic models, stick and balls (59) on stand in wooden box, c. 1875. Labelled as 'after A.W. Hofmann, made by Manuel Gonzalez, Verdiguier, Madrid'. The set comprises five stands, coloured balls with attached spokes, labelled with chemical formulae and brass collars. The carbon atoms are tetrahedral.

Cast iron bridge notice, Midland Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Notice, cast iron, Midland Railway, Bridge weight limits, signed by James Williams, April 28th 1875, black letters on white background

Portrait of Marc Seguin

Art

1875

Portrait of Marc Seguin (1786-1875). Locomotive Engineer. Overall size 12 3/4"x19 3/4" high. Lithograph

Medal, gilded metal, commemorative of Elopatak, 18

Wellcome Medals

1875

Medal, gilded metal, commemorative of Elopatak, 1875, place(?) or event(?), probably Hungarian, 1875

Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in cream paper wrapper with black printing over cardboard tube

Mining & Ore Dressing

1877-192

Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in cream paper wrapper with black printing over cardboard tube, cardboard tube cut away to expose inner cylinder wrapped in waxed brown paper printed with black roundels, outer wrapper printed: ‘SHEATHED’; ‘ONLY FOR BRINGING DOWN COAL’; ‘A1. ROUNKOL’; ‘Alfred Nobel’; Nobel's Explosives Company Limited Trademark; ‘1 7/16” GLASGOW 3oz’; ‘NOT MORE THAN 18ozs’; ‘IN ANY ONE SHOT HOLE’, by Nobel's Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Scotland, 1877-1926

Carriage door

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1875

Carriage door, ex Pullman Car built by the Pullman Palace Car Company, USA and assembled in the Midland Railway Derby Works, 1875, removed from car body at Cheadle Heath.