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Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

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

Telecommunications

1878

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of

Civil Engineering

1878

Glass bottle, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Wick, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Scarificator from cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Nested cupping glasses

Therapeutics

1878

Wooden case for cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Scarificator from cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Nested cupping glasses

Therapeutics

1878

Brass lamp, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

European celestial globe

Astronomy

1878
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966

Kelvin's harmonic analyser

Mathematics

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

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
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.

fox walker & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Telecommunications

1878

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

John Scott Russell

Photographs

1878

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Locks & Fastenings

1878
Model steam locomotive, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 1:20 scale, Terrier class 0-6-0T locomotive, 'Denmark', No. 39, 1878, made by H. W. Bellars, with glazed case.

model London Brighton & South Coast Railway Terrier class locomotive

Railway Models

1878

Ordinary Cycle 'The Windsor'

Road Transport

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

Brass plate of London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Charles Robert Darwin

Photographs

1878

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Richard Owen

Photographs

1878

Anthony Trollope

Photographs

1878

Bandage, British Army issue for campaign in Afghan

Surgery

1878

Oscillating ring, lock stitch sewing machine, c. 1878.

Textiles Machinery

c. 1878

Shergold Safety Bicycle by Thomas Shergold

Road Transport

1878
1878-1974, bookseller; stationer; printer; picture frame maker, British

Mawson, Swan & Morgan

1878 - 1974
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

Enlarged Photograph of Part of the Sun's Disc

Astronomy

1878

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promot

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-120

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

Astronomy

1878

Crookes' Radiometer, 1878

Heat

1878

Standard apothecary's reference measure

Weighing & Measuring

1878

Standard apothecary's reference measure

Weighing & Measuring

1878

Solar Corona 1878 July 29, Wyoming, glass transpar

Astronomy

1878

early metric micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1878