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16-mm cine camera

Photographic Technology

c.1925

Model B 16-mm cine camera in case made by the Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, USA, c.1925.

Spagnoletti intermediate signalling instrument

Signalling & Telecommunications

1885

Spagnoletti intermediate signalling instrument, c. 1885.

Radio tuning coil No. 400, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Burndept plug-in inductance coil No. 400 (in section), made by Burndept Limited, Blackheath, London, England, 1922-1923.

Carved wooden ancestral figure of female

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1925

Carved wooden ancestral figure of female in standing position with hands clutching navel, Baule tribe maker, Ivory Coast, West Africa, 1890-1925

Steiff donkey on wheels

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1913

Steiff donkey on wheels

Carved wooden fetish doll or "Akua Mma"

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910

Carved wooden fetish doll or "Akua Mma", with characteristic flat oval head on pillar shaped body, carried by pregnant women [........] having a perfect child, representation of beauty, Asante people, Ghana, 1890-1910

Clay tobacco pipe decorated with bust of Edward VI

Smoking

1900-1910

Clay tobacco pipe decorated with bust of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, by Southorn of Broseley, 1900-1910

Coherer, coarse iron turnings, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Coherer, coarse iron turnings in glass tube with brass caps with screw terminals at ends, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1894-1094

Filings coherer, Lodge pattern with two wires inserted into bulb at one end, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Filings coherer, Lodge pattern with two wires inserted into bulb at one end, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1894-1904

Filings coherer, glass tube capped at ends, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Filings coherer, glass tube, capped at ends, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge. England, 1894-1904.

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1899. Paper label stuck round tube marked in handwriting ’17 / Jan 3 / 1899’.

Filings coherer, glass tube bent at 45-degree angle at one end to form side-pocket, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

Filings coherer, glass tube bent at 45-degree angle at one end to form side-pocket, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1898. Paper label stuck round tube marked in handwriting ’15 / Dec 23 / 1898’.

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

Foot x-ray photograph taken by George Hugh Gabb

X-rays

1896-02-15

Foot x-ray photograph taken by George Hugh Gabb, 15 February 1896.

22 volt ringing generator

Telecommunications

1896

22 volt ringing generator made by the Lancashire Dynamo & Motor Co. Ltd in 1896.

Two-pin electrical mains plug

Therapeutics

1900-1910

Two-pin electrical mains plug, by Crabtree, England, 1901-1910

Trephine used in experiments on Neolithic trephination

Surgery

1918-1920

Trephining instrument, cutting edge of shark's tooth with wooden handle, presumably made and used by Dr.T. Wilson Parry in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1918-1920

Hand x-ray photograph taken by George Hugh Gabb

X-rays

1896-02-15

Hand x-ray photograph taken by George Hugh Gabb, 15 February 1896.

London bronchitis necklet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

London bronchitis necklet, for a child, Stoke Newington, 1914

Necklet to cure sore throats

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

Necklet to cure sore throats, north and north-west London, English, 1914

Amuletic pendant in form of moulded metal slipper

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1913

Amuletic pendant in form of moulded metal slipper with scrollwork design and painted gold, red and cream, from East London, English, 1900-1913

Case for 'Tabloid' first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1919

Case for Tabloid first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown, on their first transatlantic non-stop flight, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1919

Box magazine camera

Photographic Technology

c.1900

'Universal Special B' box magazine camera made by Newman and Guardia, London in around 1900. Quality camera of the late 19th, early 20th century. Made in various models the Special Pattern B was the most famous of the 'Universals'. Historically important, this is the same make and model that Herbert Ponting chose to take with him on Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1912.

Oval gilt and enamel lapel badge, worn by a delega

Wellcome Medals

1901

Oval gilt and enamel lapel badge, worn by a delegate to the British Congress on Tuberculosis, held in Great Britain(!), in 1901, badge made in England(?), 1901

Air pump

Telecommunications

c.1920

Air pump for cleaning manual switchboards, made in around 1920.

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Sample of Crystal Scarlet 6R dye.

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Sample of Diamine Green dye.

Enamel notice, Dinorwic Quarries Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1895

Notice, enamel, Dinorwic Quarries Railway, Rules Regulations & Conditions, 1895, in English and Welsh.

De Forest syntoniser, 1902-1907

Radio Communication

1902-1907

De Forest Syntonizer, probably made by the American DeForest Wireless Telegraph Company, Maine, United States, 1902-1907

Radio tuning coil No. 75, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Burndept plug-in inductance coil No. 75, made by Burndept Limited, Blackheath, London, England, 1922-1923.

Radio tuning coil No. 150, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Burndept plug-in inductance coil No.150, made by Burndept Limited, Blackheath, London, England, 1922-1923.

Burndept mark IV tuner with glass back, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Burndept mark IV tuner No. 5224 with glass back, made by Burndept Limited, Blackheath, London, England, 1922-1923.

Two bar magneto Wood wall telephone

Telecommunications

1904

Two bar magneto Wood wall telephone produced by Peel Conner. Early example of the company's products and dates from circa 1904. The K66 Magneto telephone was called the 'Handcom' and was a long-distance call, magneto telephone.

Cossor Wurncell W.1 output triode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1923

Electronic Components

1923

Cossor Wuncell W.1. output triode valve, B4 base, with blue printed label, made by A C Cossor Limited, possibly Highbury, London, England, 1923. McVitie Weston number = RMW/D1A

Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

Marine Engines

1886-1887

Model scale, 1:12, of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government steam yacht 'Sareea', by Ross and Duncan, Govan, Scottish, 1886-1887

Wrapping Block

Textile Industry

c. 1920

Wrapping block, made by John Nesbitt, Manchester, c.1920.

Biunial lantern slide projector

Photographic Technology

c.1900

Biunial (two-tier) lantern slide projector made by J. A. Furnivel, Manchester, c.1890. Originally lit by gas with special mixing valve. One projector sits on top of the other. Screw adjusters on both projectors to focus the beams together.

Filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1894-1904

Filings coherer, glass tube, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

Filings coherer, glass tube, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1898

Filings coherer, Lodge-Muirhead system, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910

Filings coherer, with arrangement for adjusting the compression of filings by using an external magnet to turn the head of a screw inside the tube, Lodge-Muirhead system, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, around 1902.

Filings coherer, glass tube curved into near U-shape at one end with coil winding at other end, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Filings coherer, glass tube curved into near U-shape at one end with coil winding at other end, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1894-1904

Filings coherer, glass tube almost of taper shape, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Filings coherer, glass tube almost of taper shape, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1894-1904

Filings coherer, Lodge-Muirhead system, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910

Filings coherer with arrangement for adjusting the compression of filings by using an external magnet to turn the head of a screw inside the tube, Lodge-Muirhead system, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, around 1902.

Coherer, with several needles, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Coherer, small glass cylindrical tube with several pointed needles at each end pointing to the middle and terminals at outer ends, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1894-1904

Filings coherer, Lodge-Muirhead system, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910

Filings coherer with arrangement for adjusting the compression of filings by using an external magnet to turn the head of a screw inside the tube, Lodge-Muirhead system, England, around 1902.

wooden pap boat

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900-1920

Wooden pap boat, half covered boat shaped, carved and with handle, unsigned, European,1900-1920

Tube of bismuth salicylate tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1919

Glass tube of bismuth salicylate tablets with cork bung, by Burroughs Wellcome, English, ( in part 2)

Electric hairbrush

Therapeutics

1896-1900

Klein's electric hairbrush, late 1890s, in leather-cloth case with velvet lining

Glassware from Carrel's apparatus for sterilizing wounds

Surgery

1914-1918

Main part of Carrel's apparatus for sterilizing wounds, used by British Army, made by Down Bros. Ltd., 21 and 23 St. Thomas's Street, London, SE, England, 1914-1918.

Thorpe 4-electrode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection) 1924

Electronic Components

1924

Thorpe 4-electrode valve, type K.4., 5-pin base, pinch moulded 2, made by Bower Electric Limited, probably British, 1924. McVitie Weston number = RMW/G15A