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Glass copy negative of Roundhay Garden Scene

Cinematography

1930s (1888)

Great Northern Railway brake van

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1887

Crookes' spiral periodic system

Experimental Chemistry

1888

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1888

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

Telecommunications

1888

photographic plates

Photographic Technology

c.1888

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

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

Water Transport

1887
Original Tesla Induction Motor presented by Tesla to Prof. Ayrton

Original Tesla induction motor, 1887-1888.

Electricity Supply

1887-1888
Steam locomotive and tender, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, 18" gauge 0-4-0T "Wren", built at Horwich Works in 1887, withdrawn 1962.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway locomotive, Wren

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1887

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

Railway Infrastructure

1888; 1984

Glass copy negative of Leeds Bridge by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1933 (1888)

'Dancing (Fancy)'. Plate 187 from 'Animal Locomotion'

Cinematography

1887
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Three-wheeled motor car

Road Transport

1888
Photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), taken by Isaac Roberts using a twin telescope (20-inch reflector & 7-inch refractor) by Howard Grubb of Dublin. Taken with an exposure of 4 hours on 29th December 1888 at his observatory & home at Maghull, near Liverpool.

Photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy

Astronomy

1888

Bronze medal commemorating Nicolas LeBlanc (1742-1806), 1887

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1887

Set of 11 coins for Queen Victoria's Jubilee

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1887

Leclanché battery

Electricity and Magnetism

1887

Jumping, standing broad jump

Cinematography

1887

Fencing

Cinematography

1887

Hipp chronoscope with small galvanometer and key

Time Measurement

1888

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Electrostatic voltmeter, designed by Lord Kelvin,

Electricity and Magnetism

1888

Barlow & Jones Limited Woven Banner

Textile Industry

1887

Crossley Otto 'Silent' Horizontal Engine

Heat Engines (non steam)

1888
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971

Man on a balcony

Photographs

1888

Compliment slip from Association for the Supply of Pure Vaccine Lymph

Public Health & Hygiene

1888

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells

Photographs

1888

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mechanical counter, 1888.

Motive Power

1888

Hipp chronoscope with small galvanometer and key

Time Measurement

1888

Two children on a balcony

Photographs

1888

'Original' horizontal spring clip eyeglasses, Fren

Optics

1888

Rain gauge (funnel, blue glass collecting bottle a

Meteorology

1888
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888

Wimshurst Electrical Machine, English, 1888

Electricity and Magnetism

1888

Two children on a settee

Photographs

1888

Library interior

Photographs

1888

Arrow used with the Original Boys' Bow for Shooting Quartz Fibres, 1887

Heat

1887

The Bell Commercial Inn

Photographs

1888

Narrow boat

Photographs

1888
Window glass, framed, etched, commemorating Queen Victoria's Jubilee Year, 1837-1887, no provenance.

Framed window glass commemorating Queen Victoria's jubilee, 1837-1888

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1887

Montague Place

Photographs

1888

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950
Block bell with tapper, large dome bell, Midland Railway, dated 1888.

Block bell with tapper, Midland Railway

Signalling & Telecommunications

1888

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE