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Glass copy negative of Roundhay Garden Scene

Cinematography

1930s (1888)

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

Glass copy negative of Leeds Bridge by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1933 (1888)
Model steam locomotive,1/8 scale, North London Railway 4-4-0 T No.60, in glazed painted case with coin-in-the-slot electric drive rig, model and prototype built at NLR Bow Works by J.C. Park, London, 1888, exhibited in Paris in 1889, ex LNWR exhibition collection and London Broad Street Station Concourse.

north london locomotive

Railway Models

1888

Crossley Otto 'Silent' Horizontal Engine

Heat Engines (non steam)

1888

Hipp chronoscope with small galvanometer and key

Time Measurement

1888

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

Railway Infrastructure

1888; 1984

Wooden box containing tube of calf lymph, England, 1888

Public Health & Hygiene

1888
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946

Electrostatic voltmeter, designed by Lord Kelvin,

Electricity and Magnetism

1888

Model of 4-tower annular gas condenser, c. 1880 in

Gas Industry

c. 1888

Mechanical counter, 1888.

Motive Power

1888
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
McInnes-Dobbie steam engine indicator, McInnes-Dobbie Limited, London, England. Design No.1 of 1888; external spring. No. 2618

McInnes-Dobbie steam engine indicator

Motive Power

1888 (design date)
active 1888-1930s, printer, Harrow; London

David Allen and Sons Limited

1888 - 1939
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888

Library interior

Photographs

1888

Three-wheeled motor car

Road Transport

1888

Narrow boat

Photographs

1888

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells

Photographs

1888

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Hipp chronoscope with small galvanometer and key

Time Measurement

1888

Man on a balcony

Photographs

1888

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Metal component from the three wheeled Benz motor car

Road Transport

1888

Metal funnel from the three wheeled Benz motor car

Road Transport

1888

Plate camera with bellows

Photographic Technology

c.1888

Percival and Vickers pressed glass dish

Glass Industry

c.1888
Boss of paddle box, North British Railway, wood, depicting scrolls and a woman's face, semi-circular, ex Paddle Steamer Lucy Ashton, built 1888 by T. B. Seath & Company, Rutherglen, withdrawn 1949, hull was fitted with Rolls Royce jet engines for experiments in hull design by British Ship Research Association, hull finally broken up in 1951.

Boss of paddle box, North British Railway - Paddle Steamer Lucy Ashton

Railway Shipping

1888

Twilight and afterglow effects at Chelsea

The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company

1888

Wimshurst Electrical Machine, English, 1888

Electricity and Magnetism

1888

Two children on a settee

Photographs

1888

Man on a balcony

Photographs

1888

Kilo-ampere balance (a) Box containing sliding wei

Electricity and Magnetism

1888

Compliment slip from Association for the Supply of Pure Vaccine Lymph

Public Health & Hygiene

1888

The Bell Commercial Inn

Photographs

1888

Metal component from the three wheeled Benz motor car

Road Transport

1888

Montague Place

Photographs

1888

Metal component from the three wheeled Benz motor car

Road Transport

1888

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

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

Drawing room interior

Photographs

1888

Metal cog from the three wheeled Benz motor car

Road Transport

1888

Carbon filament light bulb wit

Lighting

c. 1888