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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.

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.

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

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

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.

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of

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

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.

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

Scarificator from cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

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

Glass bottle, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

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

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.

Brass lamp, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Brass lamp, 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

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.

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

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

Kelvin's harmonic analyser

Mathematics

1878

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

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

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

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.

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Cast-iron rim lock, single lever (no key)

Locks & Fastenings

1878

Cast-iron rim lock, single lever (no key) by James Hill, 37 Upper Thames Street, London, England, 1878.

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.

Ordinary Cycle 'The Windsor'

Road Transport

1878

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

Brass plate of London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

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

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.

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

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

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.

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

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Panorama de Paris

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1878

Medal, Panorama de Paris 1878. Copper, some gilding evident, with suspension ring, bar and ribbon attached, diameter 50mm. obverse, title Panorama de Paris 1878 below view of Paris from captive balloon. reverse, legend, Souvenir de mon ascension dans le grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr Henry Giffard (1825-1882).

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.

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.

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.

Electrotype copy of the 'Stirling Jug'

Weighing & Measuring

1878

Electrotype copy of the "Stirling Jug". The original was the property of the Smith Institute, Stirling

Three of the first microphones, 1878.

Telecommunications

1878

Five microphones consisting of wood-charcoal blocks in contact

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.

Rover Company

1878

1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

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.

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promot

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

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.

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

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.

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.

2 Boys straight single-spiral fluoroscent alcohol

Heat

1878

2 Boys straight single-spiral fluoroscent alcohol thermometers, 1878

Solar Corona 1878 July 29, Wyoming, glass transpar

Astronomy

1878

Solar Corona 1878 July 29, Wyoming, glass transparency no,46, 6 1/4" sq, from photograph by W. Harkness, diameter of Solar disc =1 1/2"

Numberplate no. 136, London, Brighton & South Coast Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Locomotive numberplate, "London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 136", ex 0-6-0 locomotive no. 136 " Brindisi", built 1878.