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Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer by Elliott Bros.

Terrestrial Magnetism

1883

Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer by Elliott Bros. 1883

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

Railway carriage window, London, Brighton & South Coast Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1882

Railway carriage window glass, unframed, etched with London, Brighton & South Coast Railway second crest, reputedly ex 1st saloon No 589 built by Brown-Marshall, Birmingham, 1882.

Silver plated sugar bowl, North Eastern Railway - Royal Station Hotel Hull

Passenger Comforts

1884

Sugar bowl, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, 2-handled, engraved shield between two decorative bands, garter "NER Royal Station Hotel Hull", by Elkington & Co,16635, 1884.

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

Copy of Rudge Phantascope Projector

Cinematography

1930 (1884)

Copy of Rudge projector, c. 1884 and two reproduction glass positives made for replica of Rudge's phantascope (wholeplate black and white positives).

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma, showing his withered right leg, plaster copy of Egyptian original, 2000-1001BC. Made in Dantes Plad in Copenhagen (Denmark).

Gower-Bell telephone transmitter, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

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

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

Model apparatus for transmitting pictures by telegraph, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

Model apparatus for transmitting pictures by telegraph (phototelegraphy).

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.

Bench micrometer made by Joseph Whitworth and Co.

Hand and Machine Tools

1883

Bench micrometer, made by Joseph Whitworth and Co., 1883, Openshaw, Manchester.

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

Motive Power

1884

Parsons' original Steam Turbine generator,1884

Gunmetal scale, forming part of Mascart's apparatu

Terrestrial Magnetism

1883

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

53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph Lister, 1883

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph & Agnes Lister during a trip abroad to the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern day Slovakia and Hungary). The majority of the specimens were collected during a trip in 1883.

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 4th 1883.

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

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.

Cast-steel sprocket wheel for use with pitch chain

Mechanical Power Transmission

c. 1883

Cast-steel sprocket wheel for use with pitch chain contained in Inv.1883-227 Pt1, c. 1883

Beaconsfield medallion made in manganese steel, 1882-1884

Metallurgy

1882-1884

"Beaconsfield" medallion, manganese steel, 1882-1884

Silver plaque, London & North Western Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1883

Silver plaque, London & North Western Railway, engraved 'Presented to Mr Luke Longbottom by the employees in the L&NW Loco Dept at Preston Lancaster & Carnforth as a small token of their esteem after being 12½ years their foreman, Jan 19th 1883'.

Standard resistor, 1 ohm, c.1883, serial no.52

Electricity and Magnetism

1883

Standard resistor, 1 ohm, c.1883, serial no.52

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.

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

Seismoscope by Fratelli Brassart, 1884

Geophysics

1884

Seismoscope made by Fratelli Brassart, Rome, Italy, 1884

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.

"The Manchester" Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1883

The 'Manchester' plate camera designed and sold by J. T. Chapman Ltd in around 1883; it was probably made by Joshua Billcliff.

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.

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.

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum me

Optics

1882, Nov 6

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal, grating area 80 x 52 mm, with scratched markings reading 'Ruled on Rowland's machine / Johns Hopkins University Baltimore / 14438 lines to inch / to Capt. Abney / with kind regards / H. A. Rowland, Nov. 6 1882', almost certainly on a plate prepared in J. A. Brashear's works, with remnant of film used for cleaning grating on part of surface.

"Wash-out patent" water closet

Domestic Appliances

1883

"Wash-out patent" water closet with panelling and stuffing box supply valve, c.1883

Hammond 'Ideal' typewriter

Printing & Writing

1884

Hammond "Ideal" typewriter with case, by Hammond Typewriter Company Limited, United Sates, 1884

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).

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.

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.

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.'