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Edison telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

Lighting

1879

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

Telecommunications

1879

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Crossley table telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

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

Scarificator from cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Wick, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

European celestial globe

Astronomy

1878

Nested cupping glasses

Therapeutics

1878

Wooden case for cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Scarificator from cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Glass bottle, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

Nested cupping glasses

Therapeutics

1878

Brass lamp, part of cupping set

Therapeutics

1878

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Engraving: Watt's first experiment

Art

1879

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

Road Transport

1879

Incandescent electric lamp with 'candlestick' cap

Lighting

1879

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1878-1929, electrical engineer; cryptologist, German

Scherbius, Arthur

1878 - 1929

Kelvin's harmonic analyser

Mathematics

1878

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Very early Edison carbon filament lamp.

Lighting

1879

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

Telecommunications

1878

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

John Scott Russell

Photographs

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

Mawson, Swan & Morgan

1878 - 1974

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
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

Charles Robert Darwin

Photographs

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

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Solar Corona 1878 July 29, Wyoming, glass transpar

Astronomy

1878

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Antiseptic machine, England, 1879

Surgery

1879

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

Anthony Trollope

Photographs

1878