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Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, invented by Thomas Edison, United States, 1878.

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Pair of Bell telephones, made by S. M. James, British, 1878

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Bell telephone receiver, mahogany case, made by the India Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Telegraph Works Company Limited, Silvertown, Newham, London, England, 1878. Handle stamped '7082' and the 'crossed telephones' trade mark. One of the earliest Bell telephones to be made in England.

Kelvin's harmonic analyser

Mathematics

1878

Kelvin harmonic analyser by R.W. Munro, London, in glass case.

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Submarine telegraph cable laid across the River Medina, Isle of Wight, 1878, recovered 1977. Believed used in A.G. Bell's telephone experiment between Cowes and Osborne House.

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

wooden base for submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Wooden base for submarine telegraph cable laid across the River Medina, Isle of Wight, 1878, recovered 1977. Believed used in A.G. Bell's telephone experiment between Cowes and Osborne House.

Scarificator from cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Scarificator, brass, part of cupping set made by Arnold of London, 1878

Nested cupping glasses

Therapeutics

1878

Two nested cupping glasses, part of cupping set made by Arnold of London, 1878

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

Civil Engineering

1878

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point, Clapton, on 12 July 1878

Nested cupping glasses

Therapeutics

1878

Two nested cupping glasses, part of cupping set made by Arnold of London, 1878

Panorama de Paris

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1878

Medal, Panorama de Paris. 1878. Gilt bronze; diameter 51mm. with suspension ring, bar and ribbon attached, overall height 85mm. Obverse, title Panorama de Paris 1878; scene of Giffard's captive balloon above a view of Paris. Reverse, legend, Souvenir de mon ascension dans le grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr Henry Giffard (1825-1882).

Wooden case for cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Wooden case for cupping set, 1878, by Arnold of London

Wick, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Wick, tow, for brass lamp, part of cupping set by Arnold and Sons.

Glass bottle, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Glass bottle, stoppered, part of cupping set made by Arnold of London, 1878

Scarificator from cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Scarificator, brass, part of cupping set made by Arnold of London, 1878

Brass lamp

Therapeutics

1878

Brass lamp, part of cupping set made by Arnold of London, 1878

European celestial globe

Astronomy

1878

Celestial globe (42-inch diameter) on wooden pillar stand by Charles Delagrave, Paris, France, 1878. Thought to be a 19th century copy of a globe by Vincenzo Coronelli, a Venetian map maker and geographer. Cartouche is signed as being delineated by Arnold Deuvez and engraved by J. B. Nolin, 1693. Globe gores may be 18th or 19th century copies.

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

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

Charles Robert Darwin

Photographs

1878

A Woodburytype entitled 'Charles Robert Darwin', taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1878. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time.

Edison's Original Micro-Tasimeter, 1878

Heat

1878

Tasimeter (radiation detector), original form, invented by Thomas Edison and made by the Automatic Telegraph Co., New Jersey, USA, 1878.

Margaret Sanger

1878 - 1966

American; birth control advocate; nurse

Submarine cable laid across the River Medina, Isle of Wight, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Submarine telegraph cable laid across the River Medina, Isle of Wight, circa.1878, recovered 1977. Believed used in A.G. Bell's telephone experiment between Cowes and Osborne House.

John Scott Russell

Photographs

1878

A Woodburytype entitled 'John Scott Russell', taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1878. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time. A brief biographical essay by Thompson Cooper (1837-1904) accompanied each portrait.

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

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

Samples of crystals used in the development of ASDIC transducers, 1917-1918

Acoustics

1917-918

Samples of crystals, probably quartz piezoelectric crystals, used by Canadian physicist Albert B. Wood in the development of transducers for ASDIC, a prototype active sound detection system later known as SONAR, developed by the British Admiralty and Royal Navy in 1917. This was a key part of research into the hydrophone, a method of underwater detection to combat the German U-boat threat during the First World War. These crystals were associated with the work of Albert B. Wood at the Admiralty Research Laboratory at Teddington, London. The ASDIC hydrophone consisted of an electronic sound transmitter and receiver housed in a metal dome beneath the ship's hull or sometimes towed behind the ship. High-frequency beams - audible 'pings' - were sent out and bounced back when they hit a submarine. The time that passed before an echo was received showed the range of the submarine. The pitch of the echo revealed if it was approaching or moving away. A highly trained operator was required to use the equipment effectively.

early metric micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1878

First type of one inch size micrometer caliper made by Brown and Sharpe in 1878. This one reading metric sizes, 0 to 25 mm. with graduated scale to read to 0.02 mm.

Shergold Safety Bicycle by Thomas Shergold

Road Transport

1878

Shergold's bicycle, built to a safety pattern, and reputed to have been made by Thomas Shergold, Gloucester, in 1878.

Tasimeter, improved form

Heat

1878

Tasimeter, improved form

Ordinary Cycle 'The Windsor'

Road Transport

1878

Ordinary cycle 'The Windsor' complete with saddle, fitting and bell

Standard apothecary's reference measure

Weighing & Measuring

1878

One of six bronze gunmetal standard Apothecary's Reference Measures, cup with glass strike plate for 3 fluid Drachms, dated 1878.

Crookes' Radiometer, 1878

Heat

1878

Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W. Crookes' researches on the radiation of heat in high vacua: otheoscope (an instrument in which the driving surface is not the glass of the bulb but a disc within the instrument which becomes heated), 1878

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

Water Transport

1991-1783 BCE

Original model of an Egyptian Boat with 11 human figures, found in a XII Dynasty Tomb at Beni Hasan (c. 2000 B.C.), mast and sails replaced later by replicas

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

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).

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

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

Richard Owen

Photographs

1878

A Woodburytype portrait of Richard Owen, taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1878. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time. A brief biographical essay by Thompson Cooper (1837-1904) accompanied each portrait.

Anthony Trollope

Photographs

1878

A Woodburytype portrait of Anthony Trollope, taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1878. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time. A brief biographical essay by Thompson Cooper (1837-1904) accompanied each portrait.

Three of the first microphones, 1878.

Telecommunications

1878

Five microphones consisting of wood-charcoal blocks in contact

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-120

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health, Kemp Collection, from Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1880-1920

One of four photographs showing an enlarged portions of the Sun's visible disc

Astronomy

1878

One of four photographs in window mounts showing an enlarged portions of the Sun's visible disc. Taken by Dr Janssen at the Meudon Observatory, Paris on 10th May 1878.One of four photographs in window mounts showing an enlarged portions of the Sun's visible disc. Taken by Dr Janssen at the Meudon Observatory, Paris on 10th May 1878.

Enlarged Photograph of Part of the Sun's Disc

Astronomy

1878

One of four photographs in window mounts showing an enlarged portions of the Sun's visible disc. Taken by Dr Janssen at the Meudon Observatory, Paris on 10th May, 1878.

Standard apothecary's reference measure

Weighing & Measuring

1878

One of six bronze gunmetal standard Apothecary's Reference Measures, cup with glass strike plate for 4 fluid Drachms, dated 1878.

fox walker & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Locomotive Worksplate, Fox Walker & Co (Bristol) No. 410, ex works November 1878, 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive inside cylinder, new to North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway "Margaret", to Great Western Railway February 1898 No. 1378, sold to Gwendraeth Valley Railway as No. 2 in 1910, to Kidwelly Tinplate Co. Ltd in 1923, out of use from 1941, now preserved at Scolton Manor Museum, near Haverfordwest.

brighton ship bell

Railway Shipping

1878

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

Brass plate of London

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Brass plate of London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive inscribed "Brighton Works 1878"

Electrotype copy of a 7 lb avoirdupois weight, one of four

Weighing & Measuring

1878

One of four Electrotype copies of a set of 4 avoirdupois weights, 7 lbs. Supposed to be of the date of Edward III. The originals are the property of the City of Winchester