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Aneroid barometer by Darton, F. Darton & Co., Lond

Meteorology

1875

Pair of straight cut involute bevel gears in mesh.

Kinematics

c. 1883

Cast iron gas standard lamp mo

Lighting

1877

Stanley 5 5/8-inch lifting nib drawing pen, Great

Mathematics

1876

Gas Meter

Gas Industry

1882

Stanley's 5-inch improved drawing pen, with liftin

Mathematics

1876

Boxwood contour gauge, c. 1880, by J. Short, Londo

Mathematics

1878-1882

Combined Abney Level and Clinometer, 1875-1885

Surveying

1875-1885

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

'Road' 6-inch drawing pencil

Mathematics

1876

Bust of Sir William Fairbairn

Motive Power

1875

Proportional compass

Mathematics

1876

Bisschop single-cylinder Vertical Gas Engine

Motive Power

1882

c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944

Planting and manufacturing of indigo: Indigo factory (beating the Vats)

Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte

1877

Planting and manufacturing of indigo: Planter's Bungalow

Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte

1877

James Prescott Joule

Charles Henry Jeens

1876

Ordinary Cycle 'The Windsor'

Road Transport

1878

Specimens illustrating the unintentional welding together of two steel surfaces

Metallurgy

before 1880

Francis Norris Adams

Photographs

c. 1885

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Two si

Lighting

1881

Steel drawing pen, old style; 6 inch, Great Turnst

Mathematics

1876

Self winding pocket watch in square, silver case

Time Measurement

1875-1885

Inside the Entrenchments

Photographs

1882-12-06

Lithographic drawing pen, 6 7/8 inch, Great Turnst

Mathematics

1876

Adze, manganese steel, 1882-1884

Metallurgy

1882-1884

London & North Western Railway Notice

Railways

1883

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

Notice, Midland Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Crompton switch, 1880

Electricity Supply

1880

1:4 scale model of straw trusser for attaching to back of threshing machine

Agricultural Engineering

1882

Model illustrating the Surface of Luminous Waves

Mathematics

1876

Combination ejector for automatic vacuum brake, standard type, patented by J. Gresham in 1878-1881, sectioned, on stand.

gresham combination ejector for vacuum brake

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878-1881

Leather disc from Brotherhood flexible coupling

Mechanical Power Transmission

1883

Carbon arc lamp

Lighting

c.1881

Ship's bell, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'BRIGHTON 1878', ex Paddle Steamer Brighton III, built J. Elder & Co., Govan, 1878.

brighton ship bell

Railway Shipping

1878

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister, United Kingdom, 1875-1878

Microbiology

1875-1878

Morgan-type ether inhaler, United Kingdom, 1881-1890

Anaesthesiology

1875-1885

10-Inch JuniorTrig 0902 Aristo slide rule from the

Mathematics

1970-1875

small heliostat on mahogany base/stand with clockw

Astronomy

1875-1885

John Everett Millais

Photographs

1876

Sir Phillip Cunliffe Owen

Photographs

1880

Charles Robert Darwin

Photographs

1878

William Powell Frith

Photographs

1880

Rackwork polarising magic lantern slide

Cinematography

c. 1880

Sigsbee waterbottle, by H. Haecke, Berlin, 1875-85

Oceanography

1875-1885

Victor Hugo

Photographs

1877

The 'Multiplicateur Enfantin' ready reckoner, c 1880.

Mathematics

1876-1884