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Spirograph and examples of patterns drawn using it

Mathematics

1886

Crossley Horizontal Single-cylinder Engine

Motive Power

1886

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

'Manchester' dynamo, made by Mather & Platt Ltd

Electricity Supply

c.1886

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Sinclair line selector automatic switch board, 1886

Telecommunications

1886

'Columbia' typewriter, 1886.

Printing & Writing

1886

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Sir W. Thomson's absolute electrometer No. 12, on

Electricity and Magnetism

1886
active 1879-1986, pharmacist and surgical instrument makers, English

Brady and Martin Limited

1886 - 1986

Coradi planimeter and map, 1886.

Mathematics

1886

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Wheelwright's dowel or rung rounding plane. Marked

Hand and Machine Tools

1886

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Glass jar, contains gum resin from the Sudan, pres

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1886

Caddow Quilt

Textile Industry

1886
Spandrel, Midland & Great Northern Railway, cast iron, interlocking initials, ex South Lynn Station, opened 1st January 1886, closed 2nd March 1959.

Cast iron spandrel, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1886

Terrestial globe showing magnetic meridians c.1880

Navigation

1886

'Manchester' dynamo, around 1886.

Electricity Supply

c.1886
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926
Fireman's helmet, North Eastern Railway, leather and brass, used by the Fire Brigade formed on the 22nd September 1886 at West Hartlepool. '6 1/2' written inside. Overall: 225 mm x 180 mm x 310 mm.

Fireman's helmet - North Eastern Railway

Railway Uniform & Costume

1886
Milk jug, silver plated, by Elkington & Co, 1886 Great Central Railway, curved sides with decorative engraving, "GT CENTRAL RY" with GCR coat of arms engraved below spout

Silver plated milk jug, Great Central Railway

Passenger Comforts

1886

Bishop James Fraser Commemorative Plate

Local History

1886

Kreusler's fat extraction apparatus and stand

Experimental Chemistry

1886

Bakers calorimeter double form

Heat

1886

Replica of Ashley bottle making machine

Glass Technology

1886

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950
Window glass, Great Western Railway, framed, etched, 'GWR Llangeinor 1886'.

Window glass from Great Western Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1886

Model of Continental microscope having lever adjus

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1886
Locomotive cabside number plate, brass, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway No 29, 4-4-0, built by Beyer Peacock & Co, 1886, withdrawn c1933

Cabside number plate, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1886
Egg cup stand with four egg cups, silver plated, by Walker & Hall, North Eastern Railway, engraved 'presented to T James by the NE loco workmen of Tebay May 1886'.

Four silver plated egg cups on stand, North Eastern Railway - presented to T James

Passenger Comforts

1886
Stirn waistcoast detective camera, made by C.P. Stirn Photographische Camera, Berlin. DRP 38391. Circular metal camera for 14cm diameter plater, 6 pictures 4cm diamter. RR type lens, fixed focus aperture, roating shutter T or I, cord or direct release. Original wind on knob and pointer missing. Neck cord. Back retained by single knob. Brown enamel finish.

Stirn waistcoast detective camera

Photographic Technology

1886

Silver lancet case, empty

Therapeutics

1886

Pressure-plate anemometer (canvas sail acting on s

Meteorology

1886

Original experimental secohmmeter of Ayrton & Perr

Electricity and Magnetism

1886

Miner's Safety Electric Lamp, 1886

Mining & Ore Dressing

1886
Spandrel, Midland & Great Northern Railway, cast iron, interlocking initials, ex South Lynn Station, opened 1st January 1886, closed 2nd March 1959.

Cast iron spandrel, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1886

Sturgeon mercury break

Electricity and Magnetism

1886

Gold leaf electrometer with sliding condenser

Electricity and Magnetism

1886

Aeolipile (Steam Turbine) by Townson & Mercer, 1886

Heat

1886
Magazine box camera for 2 x 2 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, of fixed focus and aperture, viewfinder lens focusing on ground glass at rear of camera, both lenses on a common panel, slid by rod and knob at rear. Rotary shutter 12 plates carried in sliding magazine below camera body. Rack and pinion drive brings each plate in turn under slot below focal plane. Spring loaded slide allows plate to fall into magazine. Marion and Co.

The academy camera No 2

Photographic Technology

1886
Original box for a Stirn waistcoast detective camera, made by C P Stirn, Photographische Geheim Camera, Berlin. DRP 3891.

Box for a Stirn waistcoast detective camera

Photographic Technology

1886

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Traveller's Pocket Nephoscope, 1886

Meteorology

1886

Fitch typewriter, 1886.

Printing & Writing

1886

Original experimental secohmmeter of Ayrton & Perr

Electricity and Magnetism

1886
Model railway track, 1/1800 scale, Footner's system for gravitational wagon marshalling, London & North Western Railway Liverpool Edge Hill Gridirons, 1886, in glazed oak desk case, ex-LNWR exhibition collection.

model liverpool edge hill gridirons

Railway Models

1886

Laying the Memorial Stone admission ticket

Art

1886

Dutch luggers entering harbour

Art

1886