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Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881

Pumping Machinery

1881 (original)

Gower-Bell telephone, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1881

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Carbon filament lamp made by Swan Electric Light Co. Ltd

Lighting

c. 1881

1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009

1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952

Hagemann hand anemometer, c. 1881.

Meteorology

1881

Wax death mask of Benjamin Disraeli, England, 1881

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1881

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Hall typewriter in portable walnut case, 1881

Printing & Writing

1881

Gower-Bell telephone transmitter, Post Office pattern with porcelain mouthpiece, made by Scott and Wollaston, England, 1881

Gower-Bell telephone transmitter, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

One Penny Postage and Inland Revenue Stamps

Art

1881

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Two si

Lighting

1881

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Circular bronze medal, commemorates the 7th International Medical Congress held in London, 1881, designed by L.C. Wyon after Sir John Tenniel, made in England, 1881

International Medical Congress Medal, London, 1881

Wellcome Medals

1881

Water from the River Jordan

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881

Set of four silver catheters in box, by Arnold, on

Surgery

1881

Silver lancet case, empty

Therapeutics

1881

diffraction grating on speculum metal, gra

Optics

1881

Platform scale, made by Bartle

Weighing & Measuring

c.1881

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Vacuum tube used in an unrecorded experiment on ca

Electricity and Magnetism

1881

Albumen photograph of John Stringfellow, c.1881

Art

1881

Engraved share certificate: Illinois & St Louis Br

Art

1881

Albumen photograph of John Stringfellow, c.1881

Art

1881

active 1881-1945, pen maker, French

Blanzy-Poure and Company

1881

active 1880s-1966, manufacturer of vaccine preparations, Battersea, London

Jenner Institute for Calf Lymph Limited

1881 - 1966

active 1881-1990, lithographer; printer, York, England

Ben Johnson and Company Limited

1881 - 1990

Ceramic plaque 110x147mm; head and shoulder portrait of bearded man; on reverse: "The memory of the Just is blessed JCC 1881."

Ceramic plaque with portrait of grandfather of Dr Frances Hamer

Photographs

1881

1881-1974, railway signal manufacturer, British

Railway Signal Company Limited

1881 - 1974

1881-1938, astronomer, American

Pease, Francis Gladheim

1881 - 1938

1881-1973, artist; painter, British

Wells, Denys George

1881 - 1973

1881-1965, medallist, British

Gillick, Mary

1881 - 1965

1881-1934, artist; illustrator; poster artist; designer

Taylor, Horace

1881 - 1934

active 1881-1924, rope makers, Wakefield, England

George Cradock and Company

1881 - 1924

1881-1963, illustrator; poster artist, Italian

Matania, Fortunino

1881 - 1963

1881-1961, medallist, French

Benard, Raoul

1881 - 1961

active 1920s, electrical engineer, British

Round, Henry Joseph

1881 - 1966

1881-1943, railway company, Bengal

Bengal North Western Railway

1881 - 1943

1881-1891,railway company, Cheshire

Seacombe, Hoylake & Deeside Railway

1881 - 1891

1881-1957, artist, British

Aitken, John E

1881 - 1957

Fleming, Arthur Percy Morris (C.B.E., D.Eng., M.Sc., M.I.E.E.)

1881 - 1960

1881-1894, railway company, United Kingdom

Oldbury Railway

1881 - 1894

1881-1967, printmaker, British

Beresford, Frank E

1881 - 1967

1881-1963, glass technologist; university professor, British

Turner, William Ernest Stephen

1881 - 1963