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Strait jacket, Europe, 1925-1935

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1925-1935

Copy of a strait jacket, c. 1930

Cast steel pressure cooker by A. Kendrick & Sons, 1885-1895.

Domestic Appliances

1885-1895

Cast steel pressure cooker by A. Kendrick & Sons, 1885-1895.

East Coast Joint Stock, 3rd Class railway carriage, 1898

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1898

Railway carriage, No 12, East Coast Joint Stock, 3rd Class, built at York in 1898, teak body. Length over buffers: 56' 4". (Also listed as 60' 8")

Panhard Levassor 4hp motor car

Road Transport

1894-1895

Panhard Levassor 4hp motor car, 1894-5. The engine is a twin-cylinder Daimler. The first owner of this car, the Hon Evelyn Ellis, was one of a small number of pioneer British motorists who had the vision to see the importance of the developing motor car. The first car imported into Britain, it made its first road journey of 90 km (56 miles) on 5 July 1895. The car also took part in the first Emancipation Run from London to Brighton on 14 November 1896, which was held to celebrate the coming into force of legislation which freed motor cars of the need to be preceded by a pedestrian, and raised the speed limit to 19 km/h (12 mph). From this moment motoring in Britain was able to develop.

Single surface of revolution of constant negative

Mathematics

1910

Single surface of revolution of constant negative curvature

Filing coherer, glass tube, fitted on to mounting bracket with terminals, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Filing coherer, glass tube fitted on to mounting bracket with terminals, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1894-1904

Pathescope Motocamera 9.5mm Cine Camera With Loaded Charger

Cinematography

1928

Pathescope Motocamera 9.5mm cine camera. Pathe, Made in France. Carl Zeiss (Jena) Tessar lens F:2cm f/2.7-14, Serial Number 863648. Clockwork motor, claw intermittent. Run and lock lever. Rotary meter counter. Direct vision optical finder. Distribution No W 31797.Patent Number 252.283. With loaded Pathex charger. General operating instructions on card inside door of camera.

London & North Western Railway 1st class corridor brake no. 5154

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1906

Railway carriage, London & North Western Railway, 1st class corridor brake, No. 5154, Royal Brake Generator Car, built 1906 to diagram 127 no. 303, converted and transferred to royal duty in 1925, in 1942 fitted with a pair of diesel generators, remained in service until 1979.

Double surface of revolution of constant negative

Mathematics

1910

Double surface of revolution of constant negative curvature

V2A Marconiphone receiver (long-range model) , 1922-1924

Radio Communication

1922-1924

V2A Marconiphone receiver, long-range model, chassis manufactured by Plessey Company Limited, radio manufactured by Marconiphone Company Limited, Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1922-1924

Crowd gives Hitler salute at the Nurburgring

Photographs

1934

A photograph of a crowd of spectators giving the Hitler salute as soldiers parade at the Nürburgring. The salute was the mandatory form of greeting for civilians until 1944.Germany, taken by Zoltan Glass in 1934. This photograph was taken during the German Grand Prix, Nürburgring.

Radio Times volume 1 No. 1, 1923

Radio Communication

1923

Radio Times volume 1 No. 1, produced by the British Broadcasting Company and published by George Newnes Limited, England, 1923

Coconut charm to ward off evil spirits, Papua New Guinea, 1890-1920

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1920

Coconut charm or "Lakakare" carved to represent sword fish with separate bone sword jaw, secured inside cover strong bag with strap, worn to keep off evil spirits, Papuan Gulf area, New Guinea, 1890-1920

Animatograph camera by Robert Paul

Cinematography

1895-1909

Early kinematographic apparatus:-one small animatograph camera, including film counter, by R. W. Paul, c.1902.

Manufactured insulin, 'Iletin', United States, 1923

Therapeutics

1923

Ampoule of 5cc of Iletin (insulin) in carton, with instruction leaflet, manufactured by Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, USA, 1923.

AK Home Cinema toy projector

Cinematography

1900-1920

AK toy cine projector for 100 foot reels of 35mm film. Serial Number K745A on flywheel. Light source missing. Single condenser lens. Maltese Cross driven intermittent sprocket, hand turnde, no shutter. Wire frame springs for tensionin film. Single projection lens, provision for small lantern slides. Elevating foot. Maybe by Johann Falk, Nurnberg (see ACR 508).

Model railway carriage, 3rd class smoking compartment

Railway Models

1901

Model Railway Carriage, London & South Western Railway, 3rd class smoking compartment, with lavatory and communicating door, as exhibited in connection with the murder trial of George Parker who killed William Pearson on January 17th 1901 between Surbiton and Vauxhall.

Parts of Kymograph

Laboratory Medicine

1925-1935

Parts of Kymograph, by C.F. Palmer and Co., London, 1925-1935, used by Sir Henry Dale, 1930-1940, Box 1 of 4

'Rathbone' dental unit, London, England, 1932

Dentistry

1932

"Rathbone" dental unit, by the Dental Manufacturing Co., London, 1932

Model which represents the paddle steamers "Queen Victoria" and the ''Prince of Wales''

Water Transport

1887

Whole model, scale 1:48, representing the paddle steamer "Queen Victoria" (1887) and it's sister the 'Prince of Wales' with two steel plaques, possibly built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1886-1927

carriage ashtray from Quintinshill disaster

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1915

Railway carriage ashtray, brass, mounted on wooden plinth with brass plate engraved ‘Quintinshill 1915’, made by Thomas Henry Barnfather Smith.

Belsize two-seater motor car

Road Transport

c. 1912

Two-seater motor car with folding hood and dickey seat, made by Belsize Motors Ltd, Clayton, Manchester, c.1912, with an accompanying illustrated catalogue of cars manufactured by Belsize Motors Limited, Manchester printed in 1914.

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890-1899

Cast iron water pipe taken from Water Street; probably dates from the late 1890s; extracted by United Utilities during water pipe replacement which took place in Manchester City Centre 2007-2009

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

Metal notice made by Platt Brothers and Co. Ltd, Oldham, c.1899 regarding working hours.

Home made 30-line televisor, 1934

Radio Communication

1934

Home made 30-line televisor, made by Robert (Bob)Albert Lampitt, Wolverhampton, England, 1934.

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

Firefighting

c. 1885

Working model of a vertical cylinder steam fire engine, (scale 1:48)

Red Cross fund-raising brooch made from Zeppelin wire, 1917.

Therapeutics

1916-1917

Brooch made of wire from the first Zeppelin brought-down in England, mounted on card by the British Red Cross, presumably for fund-rising purposes, c.1917

X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

Large pear shaped x-ray tube of form originally used by Prof. Röntgen, manufactured in Germany about 1896. Inside of glass at end of tube eroded by bringing cathode rays to a focus with a magnet; on stand.

Bottle of water from the River Jordan

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930

Bottle of water from the River Jordan at the site of the baptism of Christ, collected in March, 1930

Brooch in the shape of a horseshoe with a riding crop

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914-1918

Amulet, tin, gilt, brooch in form of shoe and riding crop on horseshoe, reputedly worn by soldier of the Middlesex Regiment, from Lovett collection, British, 1914-1918

Artificial leg made for a child, England, 1903

Orthopaedics

1903

Peg leg made in the shipyard at Blyth (Northumbria) by the father of a 3 year old boy who lost his right leg below the knee in 1903. The patient was still wearing a conventional below knee prosthesis at the age of 79.

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

Spark gap or knob coherer, unknown maker, England, 1889. Used by Sir Oliver Lodge to first show the coherer effect and detect electric surgings by closing the circuit of a galvanometer during experiments on lightning guards.

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver

Telecommunications

1895-1910

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver No. 477, made by the Typewriting Telegraph Corporation Limited, London, England, 1895-1910

Experimental form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph), 1905

Radio Communication

1905

Experimental form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph for Experimental purposes) dated 14 November 1905 and made out to Ernest Dundas Gledall Esq BSc, issued by the General Post Office on behalf of the Postmaster General, British, 1905

Two-wire telephone repeater, 1923-1925

Telecommunications

1923-1925

Two-wire telephone repeater, made by Standard Telephones and Cables in collaboration with Western Electric Company, British, 1923-1925

Imperial motor car

Road Transport

1904

Motor car, made by the Imperial Autocar Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Manchester, 1904.

Central Battery transmitter (sectioned), 1903-1926

Telecommunications

1903-1926

Sectioned solid C.B. transmitter, made by the British L M Ericsson Manufacturing Company for the British Post Office, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, 1903-1926

Wireless World Diary, 1933

Radio Communication

1933

'Wireless World' diary for 1933, published by Iliffe and Sons Limited, City of London, England, 1933

two-valve short wave radio - telephonic receiver, 1927

Radio Communication

1927

Two-valve, short wave radio - telephonic receiver, made for the Science Museum by Frederick H Walker, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 1927

Fechner's double sound pendulum

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1898-1908

Fechner's double sound pendulum for testing aural discrimination, by E. Zimmerman, Leipzig and Berlin

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Drawing frame, made by Howard Bullough Ltd, Accrington, 1901.

D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction

Therapeutics

1890-1910

D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction, octagonal wooden frame, by Richard Heller of Paris, 1890-1910, used by Dr J.-A. Riviere. Patient was insulated from all contact with current carrying wire, and since the wire was carrying high-frequency alternating current, the patient didn't feel a thing, except a slightly warm sensation.

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

Telecommunications

1934

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, probably made by the Deutsche Museum, Munich, Germany, 1934. Copy of an original on display in the Deutsche museum, dating from 1846

Sibbit Tandem Bicycle

Road Transport

1928

Tandem bicycle made by Jack E Sibbit, c.1928.

Bottle of medicinal water from temple of Asklepios at Epidaurus

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930

Bottle, originally for Evian water, containing water from the medicinal well of the temple of Asklepios (Aesculapius) at Epidomos (Epidaurus), Greece, collected in 1930

loading coil, 1910-1930

Telecommunications

1910-1930

Loading coil, unknown maker, probably British, 1910-1930

Glass tube from throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria

Clinical Diagnosis

1901-1930

Glass tube. Usually contains throat swab, cotton wool on metal rod, in, in wooden case, supplied by Kent County Council, early 20th century, for diphtheria diagnosis

X-ray installation

X-rays

1896-1897

X-ray installation by Russell John Reynolds, London, England, 1896-97. Consists of:- 13-inch spark coil mounted on glass pillars, with mercury dipper break (motor control) and commutator, all mounted on wooden stand; condenser mounted in mahogany case; three-legged wooden tube stand; chromic acid battery.

Infant weighing machine

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1890-1930

Infant weighing machine, 1890-1920, by Salter, English

H.M.V. portable gramophone model 101, 1925.

Sound Reproduction

1925

H.M.V. portable gramophone model 101, 1925.