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Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1888

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Gladstone

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1882

L&YR locomotive, number 1008

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1889

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Glass copy negative of Roundhay Garden Scene

Cinematography

1930s (1888)

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1880

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Midland Railway composite carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Great Northern Railway brake van

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1887

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Chronophotographe double-use camera

Cinematography

1890

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

Archive

1880-1890

Crookes' spiral periodic system

Experimental Chemistry

1888

Model steam locomotive, spirit fired live steam 'dribbler' 3

Railway Models

1890

Sixteen lens cine camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1886-1887

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

Road Transport

1884

Penny Farthing Bicycle

Road Transport

1880-1890

Tower's handcuffs

Wellcome (general)

1882-1890

Gower-Bell telephone, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

West Coast Joint Stock postal sorting van No 186, 1885

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, 1883

Astronomy

1883
Original Tesla Induction Motor presented by Tesla to Prof. Ayrton

Original Tesla induction motor, 1887-1888.

Electricity Supply

1887-1888

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Plaster model of a human eye, France, 1884

Anatomy & Pathology

1884

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

Smoking

1880-1890

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

Wellcome Medals

1884

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

Radio Communication

1880-1889

wall telephone using a Blake transmitter, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

Telecommunications

1888

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1880

Spagnoletti intermediate signalling instrument

Signalling & Telecommunications

1885

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

Firefighting

c. 1885

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

Sinclair line selector automatic switch board, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

Scutcher

Textile Industry

1889

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Set of 8 brass handled, inspector's Imperial standard testing weights

Weighing & Measuring

1890

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

photographic plates

Photographic Technology

c.1888

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Magneto wall telephone

Telecommunications

c1880

Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

Marine Engines

1886-1887

Wise's patent train staff

Signalling & Telecommunications

1886
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

Glass copy negative of Leeds Bridge by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1933 (1888)