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Gower-Bell telephone transmitter, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

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

Fellaheen Boy on Bison

Photographs

1882-12

A photograph entitled 'Fellaheen Boy on Bison', taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882.

Cairo

Photographs

1882-12

A photograph of people in a street in Cairo, Egypt, ' taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882.

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

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

Lady Strangford's Hospital

Photographs

1882-12

A photograph entitled 'Lady Strangford's Hospital', taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882. The photograph shows wounded soldiers receiving treatment in hospital. The full title of the photograph is 'Lady Strangford's Hospital in Arab's House - Cairo - Dr Liviking. Egyptians wounded at Tel-el-Kebir.'

Provision shop in Cairo

Photographs

1882-12

A photograph entitled 'Provision shop in Cairo', taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882. The photograph shows a posed scene with a group of people outside a food shop in Cairo, Egypt.

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Crompton 6" voltmeter no.179- c.1882, 0 - 300v.

Electricity Supply

c. 1882

Crompton 6" voltmeter no.179- c.1882, 0 - 300v.

Photograph of a reflecting telescope with silvered

Astronomy

1884

Photograph of a reflecting telescope with silvered glass mirror of 1.20 metres at the Paris Observatory.

A mercury vacuum gauge by Carsartelli, Manchester,

Motive Power

1884

A mercury vacuum gauge by Carsartelli, Manchester, 1884

Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer by Elliott Bros.

Terrestrial Magnetism

1883

Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer by Elliott Bros. 1883

Magnetic and non-magnetic manganese steel bar, 188

Metallurgy

1882-1884

Magnetic and non-magnetic manganese steel bar, 1882-1884

One of eleven photographs, taken by Andrew Ainsli

Astronomy

1883

One of eleven photographs, taken by Andrew Ainslie Common of the Orion Nebula (M42) using a 36-inch reflecting telescope with a silver-on-glass mirror in the garden at his home in Ealing, London. Taken with an exposure of 20 minutes on January 5th 1883.

Gunmetal scale, forming part of Mascart's apparatu

Terrestrial Magnetism

1883

Gunmetal scale, forming part of Mascart's apparatus, 1883, by Carpentier

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009

1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Our National Church the Aegis of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Francis Carruthers Gould

1883

Engraving, caricature, Our National Church, Sir Francis Carruthers Gould, John Heywood, Gordon E. Flaws, issued June 1883; cartoon view of the relation of Church with outside sects, heresies etc.; 26 named figures including Darwin, Tyndall and T.H. Huxley. First issue 1873? as no.1 in series of six by "Geefeef" [Gordon E. Flaws]. - This issue "reconstructed, revised, and brought down to date" with "the pencil of Mr. F.C. Gould to invest with artistic merit my dry bones of design". - Monogrammed in plate: ION Cartoon "birds-eye view of the relations of the ... Church with outside Sects, Heresies and Schools of Thought..." with 26 named figures of dissention including among Agnosticism those of Darwinism, Tyndall, Huxley and Herbert Spencer; in centre, ecclesiastical dignitaries beneath the falling dome of St. Paul's, the Throne pulled away by the rope of the Liberation Society

Leather disc from Brotherhood flexible coupling

Mechanical Power Transmission

1883

Leather disc forming part of a Flexible coupling by Peter Brotherhood.

London & North Western Railway Notice

Railways

1883

London & North Western Railway warning notice, c.1883.

Carbon arc lamp

Lighting

c.1881

Carbon arc lamp made by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, c.1881.

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister on 10 Sept 1883 in Kohlbach Valley, Tatra Mountains. Specimens are loose on a grey sheet of paper. See inscription field.

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Two si

Lighting

1881

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Two single loop filaments, one longer than the other. One support for each filament, attached to side of bulb. Each filament attached to platinium passing through seperate pinch seals. Pear shaped bulb, clear, with shoulder to base. Top P.P. Bayonet type cap, with shoulder, but with unusual bottom contacts, and with horizontally projecting pin and knob from base. Base attached with plaster but insulation at bottom is fibre, and there are three segmental contacts, with a gap for the rest of the circle. (? Is this a switch - use the knob to turn the lamp between off/dim/bright). Ediswan - etched (faintly) on glass. 100 - 8, 100 - 16 etched faintly on glass (volts-c.p.). Also, '32' etched on glass nearone filament support, in script.

Pig-iron produced at the Summit Foundry, West Brom

Metallurgy

1881

Pig-iron produced at the Summit Foundry, West Bromwich, communicated by R. Farley, 1881

Inside the Entrenchments

Photographs

1882-12-06

A photograph entitled 'Inside the Entrenchments', taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882. The photograph shows Egyptian entrenchments on the battlefield of Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt. Three months after the battle, a dead body still awaits burial.

Hall typewriter in portable walnut case, 1881

Printing & Writing

1881

Hall typewriter no.5537 in portable walnut case, 1881. This is an index-type typewriter and was patented in 1881 by Thomas Hall of New York, who had been working for some years on the problem of producing a simple typewriter.

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium, first half 20th century

Set of eyepieces, for 6-inch aperture refracting telescope, in mahogany box

Astronomy

1884

Set of eyepieces in wooden case for refracting telescope of 6-inch aperture, on equatorial mounting by Grubb, 1884

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Aragonite slab with 7 holes for cosmetic ointments, each labelled in hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 1991BC-1786BC

Gower-Bell pattern carbon-rod microphone, mounted on thin plywood sheet, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

Gower-Bell pattern carbon-rod microphone, mounted on thin plywood sheet, made by Scott and Wollaston, England, 1881

Current indicator with slip connections, Crompton

Electricity Supply

1883

Current indicator with slip connections, Crompton and Kapp, 1883

Brick from calcining furnace showing absorption of

Metallurgy

1883

Brick from calcining furnace showing absorption of silver. Presented by J.F. Williams. From Llanelly Lead Works, 1883

Tensile testbar, manganese steel, 3.89% Mn, 1882-1

Metallurgy

1882-1884

Tensile testbar, manganese steel, 3.89% Mn, 1882-1884

Specimen of steel which has been bent and shows la

Metallurgy

1882

Specimen of steel which has been bent and shows lamination, from Messrs. Cammell and Co., Sheffield, 1882

Gas burner assembly

Optics

1881

Gas burner assembly from Anvil Point lighthouse, Swanage, 1881.

Model, of Johnson's stiff plastic brick moulding machine and 3 model bricks

Building Construction

c. 1884

Model of Johnson's stiff plastic brick moulding machine, 1884, belt driven and 3 model bricks.

Beaconsfield medallion made in manganese steel, 1882-1884

Metallurgy

1882-1884

"Beaconsfield" medallion, manganese steel, 1882-1884

One copy of "the Sphygmograph," by R.E. Dudgeon, p

Clinical Diagnosis

1882

One copy of "the Sphygmograph," by R.E. Dudgeon, possibly the author's own copy, English, 1882

The Great Nebula in Orion

Astronomy

1883

One of eleven photographs, taken by Andrew Ainslie Common of the Orion Nebula (M42) using a 36-inch reflecting telescope with a silver-on-glass mirror in the garden at his home in Ealing, London. Taken with an exposure of 60 minutes on February 26th 1883.

Confederate Prisoners...

Photographs

1882-11-12

A photograph of a group of Confederate prisoners of war at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia, America, by Alexander Gardener (1821-1882) from a negative produced by Timothy H O'Sullivan (1840-1882) in June 1862. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867. These soldiers were probably taken prisoner during the battle at nearby Chantilly Plantation on 1 September 1862.

London & North Western Railway gate sign

Railway Infrastructure

1883

Sign, cast iron, square with white letters on black background, London & North Western Railway, Notice about shutting gate. Penalty 40 shillings, 1883.

Seismoscope by Fratelli Brassart, 1884

Geophysics

1884

Seismoscope made by Fratelli Brassart, Rome, Italy, 1884

Lucas King of the Road cycle oil lamp, c. 1882

Road Transport

c.1882

Lucas King of the Road cycle oil lamp, c. 1882

bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

c. 1882

Brass micrometer by Siemens Bros & Co.,London; No 236 with two independentjaws readingto 1/100mm and 1/1000 inch respectively; c1882.

Set of Eight Apothecaries, cylindrical and conical glass measures, with case

Weighing & Measuring

1881

Set of 8 Apothecaries graduated cylindrical and conical glass measures. Original Board of Trade Standards 1881. (New models substituted 1895). In fitted case with lock and key. Stds. Dept. No.105

Gettysburg - 3rd Day...

Photographs

1882-12

A photograph of dead soldiers lying at the foot of Little Round Top Hill on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, by Alexander Gardener (1821-1882) from a negative produced by Timothy H O'Sullivan (1840-1882) in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Gas Meter

Gas Industry

1882

Gas meter made by J. & J. Braddock of Oldham; used at St Thomas' church, Oldham.

Citadel and Mosque of Mohamed Ali

Photographs

1882-12

A photograph entitled 'Citadel and Mosque of Mohamed Ali', taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882. The photograph shows the imposing Citadel built on an outcrop of the Muqattam Hills and dates from the reign of Salah al-Din (Saladin) (1176-1193).

Ancient Egyptian relief

Photographs

1883

A photograph of an Ancient Egyptian relief carving, taken by an unknown photographer in 1883.

Fort Mex, Alexandria

Photographs

1882-11-12

A photograph entitled 'Fort Mex, Alexandria', taken by N Cornianus in November 1882. The photograph shows damaged artillery on the walls of Fort Mex in Alexandria Harbour, Egypt.

Booklet containing six carbon prints marking the International Health Exhibition

Therapeutics

1884

Booklet containing six carbon prints marking the International Health Exhibition, by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1884