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Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

Road Transport

1884

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

Motive Power

1884

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

Wellcome Medals

1884

Caldwell automatic microtome, Cambridge, England, 1884

Microscopes

1884

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Plaster model of a sectioned human eye, French, 1884.

Plaster model of a human eye, France, 1884

Anatomy & Pathology

1884

Hammond 'Ideal' typewriter

Printing & Writing

1884

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Sir Douglas Maclagan

William Brassey Hole

1884

Haematite crystals in slag, from smelting precipit

Metallurgy

1884

Locomotive worksplate, "Manning Wardle & Co No 917 Leeds England 1884", brass, oval, ex Jersey Railways & Tramways 2-4-0T, 3'6" gauge, "St Aubyns", built 1884, scrapped 1937.

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & co

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1884

Photograph of a reflecting telescope with silvered

Astronomy

1884

Bronze International Health Exhibition medal, 1884

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1884

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

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

Astronomy

1884

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Copy of Rudge Phantascope Projector

Cinematography

1930 (1884)

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

brick moulding machine; model

Building Construction

c. 1884

Composite plates of iron and steel for plough moul

Metallurgy

1884

Willans Three-crank High Speed Steam Engine, 1884

Motive Power

1884

Original workshop micrometer, 3"-6", made and desi

Industrial Metrology

1884

Two 6-inch aperture refracting telescope extension tubes, with mahogany case

Astronomy

1884

Coffee pot, silver plated, by Elkington & Co, North Eastern Railway, decorative engraving, garter "NER Royal Station Hotel Hull". Overall: 250 mm x 210 mm 127 mm

Silver plated coffee pot, North Eastern Railway - Royal Hotel West, Hull

Passenger Comforts

1884

Dip circle and magnetometer by Brunner, 1884 in ca

Terrestrial Magnetism

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.

Locomotive worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1884

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

Astronomy

1884

Silver coloured metal, twenty centime piece, perfo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1884

Booklet containing six carbon prints marking the International Health Exhibition

Therapeutics

1884

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Thacher's cylindrical slide rule, 1884

Mathematics

1884

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1888-185

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.

Silver plated tankard, London & North Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1884

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

William Brassey Hole

1884

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

Hole, W.

1884

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

Hole, W.

1884

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

Hole, W.

1884

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

Hole, W.

1884

Galileo

Justus Sustermans

1884

Samuel Cousins

1884

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

Hole, W.

1884

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

Hole, W.

1884

Model steam locomotive, 1/14 scale, North Eastern Railway `BTP' class 0-4-4T branch line locomotive, prototype built 1874 model built by W.M. James, Hartlepool, 1884.

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

Railway Models

1884

Diagram of model interlocking apparatus made by William Smith, 1884, in glazed frame, the model was exhibited at Inventors Exhibition 1885 under the name of Cowdney and two years later it was patented by Saxby & Farmer.

Diagram of model interlocking apparatus made by William Smith

Railway Models

1884

1884-1965, railway company, United Kingdom

Staines & West Drayton Railway

1884 - 1965

1884-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway

1884 - 1922

1884-1922, railway company, England

Midland & South Western Junction Railway

1884 - 1922