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Negative film made by Wiliam Friese-Greene, unperforated, c. 1888 ("Rotten Row" - Hyde Park) (Nitrate film stock encased in glass).

Negative film made by Friese-Green

Cinematography

c. 1888

Materia medica chest, by Southall's, Birmingham, 1888

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1888

Owen, George Alfred

1888

Operating lever for brass steam whistle. Part of brass steam whistle, W Stroudley's design, from London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (LBSCR) locomotive No 194 'Bickersteth', 1888 (Gladstone Class).

Operating Lever For Brass Steam Whistle

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1888

Purvis, Tom (1880-1957)

1888

Medal, silver, Institut Pasteur, showing Louis Pasteur, 1888, Roty, artist

Medal, silver, Institut Pasteur, showing Louis Pas

Wellcome Medals

1888

Electromagnet with 450 turns, Henry, 1828, (replica)

Joseph Henry's electromagnet, 1888, reconstruction

Electricity and Magnetism

1888

Ryder microtome in case by J. Zentmayer, Philadelphia, c. 1888

Ryder microtome in case

Microscopes

c1888

Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Neo-cyclostyle duplicating machine, Gestertner's patent, 1888

Neo-Cyclostyle, duplicating machine, 1888

Printing & Writing

1888

Modified Cathcart freezing microtome, 1888

Microbiology

1888

active 1888-1948, dispensing opticians, Crewe, England

A R Turner & S W Jackson

1888

Metal component from the three wheeled motor car, by Benz, Paris, France, 1888

Metal component from the three wheeled motor car

Collection Unassigned

1888

Wooden tripod used by Le Prince in Leeds during his experiments for the production of moving pictures

Wooden tripod used by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

c. 1888

One large sparking plug used in conjunction with an induction coil and battery by Karl Benz in his first motor vehicles. This electircal system was better suited to moving vehicles than the flams and hot tube systemsthen used on stationary internal combustion engines. See TOP record for extended information about this car.

Spark plug from Benz motor car

Road Transport

1888

A Kodak circular snapshot photograph of ships taking part in naval manoeuvres, taken by an unknown photographer in 1888.

Naval manoeuvres

Photographs

1888

Negative stereoscopic film made by William Friese-Greene, unperforated, c. 1888 ("Rotten Row" - Hyde Park)

Negative stereoscopic film made by Friese-Green, unperforate

Cinematography

c. 1888

Bottom section of branch fuse, 8 small brass(?) screws and 1 long screw attached to the base.

Branch Fuse Base

Electricity Supply

1888

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Manchester (B) to Castleton, Third Class, Parliamentary, No 558, 1 May 1888.

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railw

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1888

Humber pattern safety bicycle of 1888. (Saddle re-made by Brooks in 1961.)

Humber pattern 'safety' bicycle

Road Transport

1888

Hekto-ampere balance from 10 to 500 amperes. Box containing sliding weights, counterpoises, reading glass and other accessory apparatus for use with the balance

Hekto-ampere balance from 10 to 500 amperes. Box c

Electricity and Magnetism

1888

Brotherhood's three cylinder hydraulic engine, in section, on base, with a spare valve in section and spanner let into the wood.

Hydraulic motor, 1888

Motive Power

1888

Medal, bronze, commemorating Luigi Galvani, stuck on centenary of his discovery of animal electricity, by Tommaso Mercandetti, Italian, 1888

Medal, bronze, commemorating Luigi Galvani, stuck

Wellcome Medals

1888

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE

Condiment stand, five sections, silver plated, Caledonian Steam Packet Company, by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; lion rampant pennant on front. Overall: 300 mm x 202 mm x 191 mm, 1.38kg.

Silver plated condiment stand, Caledonian Steam Packet Company

Passenger Comforts

1888

Vintage silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows three farmers tilling a field using a horse-drawn plow.

Tilling a field

Photographs

1888

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Fine New 'Errin'

NSMM

1888

Vintage silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Titled "Twitch Burning", this image was displayed at the Nottingham Photographic Exhibition, 1888.

Twitch Burning

Photographs

ca. 1888

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Main switch, 1888

Electricity Supply

1888

Four albumen prints made from circular negatives taken with the original Kodak camera, mounted on card with Kodak camera advertisement on reverse, c. 1888

Four albumen prints made from circular negatives taken with

Photographs

1888

Packet of gelatin sheets for transfering negatives from stripping film. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch size.

Gelatin skins for Eastman American stripping film

Photographic Technology

c. 1888

Geared Facile bicycle, 1888

Geared 'Facile' Bicycle, 1888

Road Transport

1888

Muirhead potential divider, No.590 & 591

Electricity and Magnetism

1888

Human skin, tattooed with inscribed badge, French, dated 1888

Human skin, tattooed with inscribed badge, French,

Anatomy & Pathology

1888

Dorman and Smith lampholder, Manchester, 1888

Lighting

1888

Lampholder by Dorman and Smith, Manchester, 1888

Lighting

1888

Metal component from the three wheeled motor car, by Benz, Paris, France, 1888

Metal component from the three wheeled motor Benz car

Road Transport

1888

Thirty-one screws and two nuts from the three wheeled motor car, by Benz, Paris, France, 1888

Thirty-one screws and two nuts from the three wheeled Benz motor car

Road Transport

1888

Component from the three wheeled motor car, by Benz, Paris, France, 1888

Component from the three wheeled Benz motor car

Road Transport

1888

Experimental Ferranti transformer, 1888

Electricity Supply

1888

Box camera for darkroom loaded rollfilm 2 1/2 inch diameter. Rapid rectilinear lens. Cylindrical shutter cocked by pulling string. Finder lines on camera top. Felt lens plug. No.3843. Eastman Dryplate company.1888

Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1888

Medal, bronze, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Royal Zoological Society of Amsterdam, 1 May 1888, Dutch, 1888

Medal, bronze, commemorating the fiftieth annivers

Wellcome Medals

1888

Bronze medal commemorating the 700th anniversary of the Confrerie des Charitables de Bethune French, 1888

Bronze medal commemorating the 700th anniversary o

Wellcome Medals

1888

Medal which belonged to Dr J. L. W. Thudichum (1829-1901), commemorating Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, Germany, dated San Remo 1888. Silvered bronze; 65mm diameter, [sight] 5mm deep. Obverse: head and shoulders relief profile portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany, in uniform with drape; edge inscription. Reverse: symbolic female figure, semi-nude, holding anchor with snake entwined, on her left a shield inscribed San Remo 1888. Friedrich Wilhelm wintered in San Remo 1887-1888, Emperor March 1888, reigned 99 days before death; nodule on larynx diagnosed; tracheotomy for cancer performed January 1888

Medal Commemorating Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, 1888

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1888

Crookes' tube for showing the phosphorescence of diamonds

Electricity and Magnetism

1979-1888

Photograph entitled 'The Forth Bridge. Fife Main Pier from N.' taken by Evelyn George Carey, 6 July 1888. Albumen print. The photograph shows one of the cantilever sections under construction for the Forth Railway Bridge at South Queensferry, Scotland.

The Forth Bridge. Fife Main Pier from N.

Photographs

1888-07-06

Map, system, Great Western Railway, 'Superintendents Division', May 1888, 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by Thos. Kell & Son, coloured, paper-backed linen, card cover.

Map, system, Great Western Railway, 'Superintendents Divisio

Railway Maps & Plans

1888

Photogravure picture postcard, mounted on card, by Victor Angerer, titled "Landschaftsstudie aus den Wildparke zu Lundenburg", 1888. Published by J. Blechinger.

Landschaftsstudie aus den Wildparke zu Lundenburg

Photographs

1888

Dr Mary Schalieb's M.D. gown, by Ede, Son, and Ravencroft, London, 1888

Dr Mary Schalieb's M.D. gown, London, England, 1888

Surgery

1888