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One pair of screw wheels in gear or sometimes cal

Kinematics

c. 1883

One pair of screw wheels in gear or sometimes called a helical worm and pinion; having involute tooth form.

Swinton's microphonic telephone transmitter

Telecommunications

1884

Swinton's microphonic telephone transmitter, with bell (1884)

Case for Shelton regulator clock

Time Measurement

1882

Replacement glazed mahogany case for Shelton regulator clock with mounting bracket and grid iron pendulum. Made by the United States Coastal and Geodetic Survey in 1882.

Eastern & Midlands Railway cast iron spandrel

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1882

Spandrel, Eastern & Midlands Railway, cast iron, interlocking initials, ex Norwich City Station, opened 2nd December 1882, closed 2nd March 1959.

Locomotive worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1884

Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway 131, Darlington Works 1884", cast iron, oval, J22 0-6-0 North Eastern Railway No. 59, renumbered LNER 131 in 1923, withdrawn December 1930.

hawthorns & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1883

Locomotive worksplate, brass, Hawthorns & Co (No 459) of 1883, ex 0-4-0WT, new to Glasgow Corporation Gas Department, Dalmarnock Works, to Chalk Adercrombie & Co and Alexander Stephen & Sons, 1924, scrapped, c1940.

Silver coloured metal, twenty centime piece, perfo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1884

Silver coloured metal, twenty centime piece, perforated for suspension, Swiss, 1884

Vacuum tube used in an unrecorded experiment on ca

Electricity and Magnetism

1881

Vacuum tube used in an unrecorded experiment on cathode rays from a sphere of aluminium, on stand, 1881

6-inch aperture for refracting telescope object glass, in wooden case

Astronomy

1884

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

Platform scale, made by Bartle

Weighing & Measuring

c.1881

Platform scale, made by Bartlett & Sons Ltd, Bristol, c.1881.

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.

Early type of Richardson sphygmograph

Clinical Diagnosis

c. 1883

Early type of Richardson sphygmograph, c.1883, English

Carbon filament lamp made by Swan Electric Light Co. Ltd

Lighting

c. 1881

Carbon filament lamp, made by Swan Electric Light Co. Ltd, Newcastle, c. 1882.

Necklace, possibly galvanic, sold as a cholera pro

Therapeutics

1884

Necklace, possibly galvanic, sold as a cholera prophylactic, made in Paris, French, 1884. Written on amulet: 'Collier Anti-Cholerique Epidemie 1884 *Q* A Paris'.

Solar Corona 1883, May 6, Caroline Island, glass t

Astronomy

1883

Solar Corona 1883, May 6, Caroline Island, glass transparency no.48 6 1/4 sq, from photograph by Lawrence and Woods, diameter of solar disc = 1 1/2"

Part of a spoke of a cast-iron spoked car-wheel, w

Metallurgy

1881

Part of a spoke of a cast-iron spoked car-wheel, which shows a hollow cavity in its interior, made at the London Road Foundry, Edinburgh, 1881, communicated by H. Louis

Wire form electro-deposited copper, from Morfa Cop

Metallurgy

1883

Wire form electro-deposited copper, from Morfa Copper Works, Swansea, 1883, presented by Mr. Cady

Part of an ingot of copper from Lake Superior, pre

Metallurgy

before 1881

Part of an ingot of copper from Lake Superior, presented by Dr. Mattheisen, 1881

Turning off copper roll for calico printing works,

Metallurgy

1881

Turning off copper roll for calico printing works, from Newton, Keats, and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire, 1881

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1888-185

Viewer, bead lens held in lid of tin by a collar, the tin being square section, with a central aperture and square hole in base cap, American patented 1888

Thacher's cylindrical slide rule, 1884

Mathematics

1884

Thacher's cylindrical slide rule, in fitted mahogany box (no lock), made by Keuffel and Esser, model no. 4012, serial no. 3412, plates engraved by W.F. Stanley, with W.F. Stanley instruction booklet (1884)

diffraction grating on speculum metal, gra

Optics

1881

Diffraction grating on speculum metal, grating area 44 x 42 mm, with scratched markings reading 'Made by D. C. Chapman with / L. M. Rutherfurd's Engine / 175, 2nd Avenue New York'. 'Tested by A. Hilger July 1881' and ' July 1881 / 29880 spaces / 17296 per inch', in velvet-lined mock fish skin covered case.

Silver plated tankard, London & North Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1884

Tankard, 1 pint, silver plated, London & North Western Railway, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1884; plain, LNWR Britannia logo on side. Overall: 140 mm x 90 mm x 130 mm.

A sheet of rolled cobalt, produced and communicate

Metallurgy

1882

A sheet of rolled cobalt, produced and communicated by Mr. W. Wiggin, at Evans and Askin' s Cobalt and Nickel Works, Birmingham, 1882

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Unbaked clay figure of animal, one ear damaged, amuletic, unsigned, Egyptian, 2000BC-1000BC

Eight pronged cuneiform comb

Asian Medicine

1882

Cuneiform comb with 8 large prongs, painted, inscribed "from Mysore 1882", Indian, 1882

Standard weight, brass, bell-shaped, 1 lb, as used

Pharmacy-ware

1884

Standard weight, brass, bell-shaped, 1 lb, as used by the Borough of Huntingdon from 1884

Trade Mark Bolt Stamp

Textile Industry

1882

Cotton bolt end stamp.

Ben Johnson and Company Limited

1881 - 1990

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

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952

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

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburg

Hole, W.

1884

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburgh 1884. Portrait of William Rutherford.

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburg

Hole, W.

1884

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburgh 1884. Portrait of Fleeming Jenkin.

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

drawing: chalk and crayon, col; no 69. 1883, Dec. 7, 4.30pm Crimson at horizon, green above, with under-curved strata of crimson. Lavender at zenith. Weather supervening. Snow lying on the ground on 7th. No snow since yesterday. / John Sanford Dyason

'All Through Obliging A Lady', music cover

Hopwood & Crew

1882

Music cover with medical themes (19th century): All through obliging a lady.

'Vivisection', print, London, England, 1883

Tomkins, C. J.

1883

Mezzotint, `Vivisection', by C J Tomkins after J McLure Hamilton, issued by Henry Graves 23 June 1883

Colour lithograph of solar protuberances

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Lithograph in colour: Solar protuberances; observed 5 May 1873.

Colour lithograph of Mars

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Lithograph in colour, by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot: The planet Mars; observed 3 September 1877.

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

drawing. chalk and crayon, col; no 51. 1883, Nov. 20, 3.15pm. Pale yellow at horizon, with heavy nimbus. Weather supervening. Squall began at 3.15pm lasting 20 minutes, with sleet etc. Finer next day, but showery with Wly winds. Very unsettled over all the British Isles. / John Sanford Dyason

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

drawing. chalk and crayon, col; no 38. 1883, Sept. 26, 6.15pm. Bright scarlet and crimson at horizon, pale purple with small pink cumuli above. Weather supervening. Windy and overcast. Showers of hail at noon on 27th with gale of Sly to SWly winds. / John Sanford Dyason

Small etching of a labourer using a breast plough

Art

1882

Small etching of a labourer using a breast plough, by R. Farrier, 1882

[Letter]: Combe, Barbour and Combe of Belfast, [to

Art

1883

[Letter]: Combe, Barbour and Combe of Belfast, [to] R. Jenkins, 18th October 1883. With letterhead engraving of the factory. 26 x 21cm

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburg

Hole, W.

1884

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburgh 1884. Portrait of Peter Guthrie Tait.

portrait. chromolithograph. [Sir John Bennet Lawes

Art

1882

portrait. chromolithograph. [Sir John Bennet Lawes] Vanity Fair

Chromolithograph

Art

1882

Chromolithograph. Vanity Fair Portrait of: Lord Walsingham [Tommy de Grey] with descriptive sheet.

George Thomas Smith-Clarke

1884 - 1960

1884-1960, automobile and medical engineer; designer, England, British

Albumen photograph of John Stringfellow, c.1881

Art

1881

Albumen photograph of John Stringfellow, c.1881

Sheet Music Cover

Alfred Concanen

1882

Print. Sheet music cover by Alfred Concanen, det. HB. [1882]. Lithograph, col., trimmed to 29x21cm. Features gentleman, elegantly attired, with parachute style umbrella against rain at gate of patient's cottage; large 'doctor's bag' on ground

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburg

Hole, W.

1884

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburgh 1884. Portrait of Alexander Crum Brown.

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburg

Hole, W.

1884

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburgh 1884. Portrait of James Cossar Ewart.

Colour lithograph of the zodiacal light

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Lithograph in colour, in original binder: The zodiacal light; observed 20 February 1876.