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Edison telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

Lighting

1879

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

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

Telecommunications

1878

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

Telecommunications

1879

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Crossley table telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

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

Telecommunications

1878

Glass bottle, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Wick, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of

Civil Engineering

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

Engraving: Watt's first experiment

Art

1879

European celestial globe

Astronomy

1878

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Very early Edison carbon filament lamp.

Lighting

1879

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

Road Transport

1879
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Tasimeter, improved form

Heat

1878

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Kelvin's harmonic analyser

Mathematics

1878
Walking stick, made from telegraph wires which passed over the old Tay Bridge before the Disaster of 1879, made by John McKay a labourer of Tayport Harbour, (broken).

Walking stick made from telegraph wires from Tay Bridge

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1879

Antiseptic machine, England, 1879

Surgery

1879
Ilford Limited

Ilford Limited

1879

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Incandescent electric lamp with 'candlestick' cap

Lighting

1879
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
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

Ordinary Cycle 'The Windsor'

Road Transport

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

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Seal and stamp - Newhaven Gas and Coke Company

Gas Industry

1879

Richard Owen

Photographs

1878

John Scott Russell

Photographs

1878

Anthony Trollope

Photographs

1878
Model of a hand-power rock drill with 2 drills and spanner.

Model of a hand-power rock drill with 2 drills and

Mining & Ore Dressing

1879

Shergold Safety Bicycle by Thomas Shergold

Road Transport

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