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Sauce ladle, silver plated, Great Western Railway - Dining Car, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1890; plain, garter on handle, "GWR DINING CAR". Overall: 43 mm x 185 mm x 60 mm, 0.08kg.

Silver plated sauce ladle, Great Western Railway - Dining Car

Passenger Comforts

1890

Before lens shutter on 27mm tube with achromatic lens, two sliding plates with V ends operated by pneumatic release valve with time stop. Of rectangular shape with rounded edge. Lancaster, 1891.

Lancaster see-saw shutter with landscape lens

Photographic Technology

1891

Tablespoon, silver plated, St Enoch Station Hotel (Glasgow & South Western Railway), made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1891; hotel garter on handle. Overall: 26 mm x 219 mm x 47 mm, 0.08kg.

Silver plated table spoon, Glasgow & South Western Railway - St Enoch Station Hotel

Passenger Comforts

1891

Canning Dynamo made of cast iron. 6 volts, 100 amperes, 1400 revs per minute. Manufactured by W. Canning & Co. Ltd, Birmingham. Donated by G. R. Ritherdon, Darwen, Lances.

Canning Dynamo

Motive Power

1890 ca.

Silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Portrait of George Davison's niece, Maudie Hiller, with her cat.

Maudie Hiller with cat

Photographs

ca. 1890

Photogravure entitled 'The Onion Field' by George Davison, 1890. It was taken using a pinhole camera and when first shown in the Photographic Society of Great Britain exhibition, 1890, it was entitled, 'The Old Farmstead'.

The Onion Field

Photographs

1890

Taff Vale Railway, timetable, 1939, 5 fold card.

Taff Vale Railway

Library Collections

1890

Model of a mangle wheel with varying velocity

Model; mangle wheel with varying velocity

Kinematics

1890

Hydrometer and jar, by L. Casella, c. 1890

Oceanography

1890

Three back frame for panels and an a-frame jack, from original switchboard from the Mansion House, c.1891. Used to support the interior marble panels, and jack support base plinth.

frame

Electricity Supply

1891

Silver medal, cased, to commemorate Emil Fischer, Germany, 1890

Silver medal, cased, to commemorate Emil Fischer,

Wellcome Medals

1890

Circular copper(?) medal, with suspension loop, commemorates Prof. Robert Koch and his discovery of the tubercle bacillus, designed by C. Lauren, German, 1890

Circular copper(?) medal, with suspension loop, co

Wellcome Medals

1890

Letter written by George Davison to the Board Members of the Eastman Kodak Company, dated 7 July 1891. The letter mentions that the Board decided to adopt the course of action set out in an enclosed rough draft of the proposed company circular letter [draft missing].

Letter from George Davison re: Eastman Kodak Company Board Meeting

Printed Materials & Ephemera

07 July 1891

Guidebook, Great Western Railway, Pic-nic or Pleasure Parties, containing information re return tickets at a reduced rate for parties, printed by Waterlow Bros & Layton Ltd, London, single sheet.

Pic-nic or Pleasure Parties

Library Collections

1890

Three bookform double darkslides. c.1890

Three bookform double darkslide

Photographic Technology

c.1890

Silver gelatin photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows a herd of sheep in a rural pasture.

Herd of sheep

Photographs

ca. 1890

Silver gelatin photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows members of an English village gathered leisurely by an outdoor well. The women are wearing sun bonnets and are engaged in converasation with the men in the photograph.

English village gathering

Photographs

ca. 1890

Silver gelatin photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows a man leaning over a railing, looking at a stream running through the woods behind an English village.

Woodland stream

Photographs

ca. 1890

Silver gelatin photograph by W.F. Baldry. Snapshot of photographer George Davison bathing in the sea. Location unknown, possibly Lowestoft. Date unknown.

George Davison bathing in the sea

Photographs

ca. 1890

Medal, silver, of Lawson Tait, probably a doctor, engraved by his friend, from life, Joseph Moore, 1890, English, 1890

Medal to commemorate Lawson Tait

Wellcome Medals

1890

Oval gilt lapel badge with pin, illustrates Hygeia, commemorates International Congress of Hygiene, possibly English (?), 1891

Oval gilt lapel badge with pin, illustrates Hygeia

Wellcome Medals

1891

Set of nickel-plate and ivory drawing instruments in a wooden box, made by A. G. Thornton & Co.

A.G. Thornton Drawing Set

Computing & Data Processing

1890

Sectional model, scale 1:12, (1"=1'), showing Admiralty specified amidships protective deck plating of the 'Royal Sovereign' class battleships, by Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 1891

Model of working protective deck plating on battleships of the Royal Sovereign class

Warships

1891

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

Cartridge Kodak No.4 folding bellows camera for cartridge film No. 4 size 5 x 4". Rack and pinion focusing.Front lens panel has rising front and side movement. Fitted with a Goerx Double Anastigmat Series III F.7.7 150mm f.1 mounted in a Goerz pneumatic diaphragm shutter, blades also act as diaphragm, with speeds 1sec - 1/150sec B. & T. With two brilliant waist-level viewfinders. Made of mahogany covered in black leather with brass fittings. c.1891

Cartridge Kodak No.4 folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1891

Silvered medal, souvenir of the inauguration of Lausanne University, May 1891, Swiss, 1891

Silvered medal, souvenir of the inauguration of La

Wellcome Medals

1891

Silvered bronze medal commemorating the School of Industrial Arts, founded by the French republican gent, at Roubaix, 1st October 1890, by J.C. Chaplain

Silvered bronze medal commemorating the School of

Wellcome Medals

1890

Small bronze medal commemorating Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer of central Africa, and town of Evora, Portuguese, 1890

Small bronze medal commemorating Serpa Pinto, Port

Wellcome Medals

1890

Marion's metal miniature camera for plates, 1 3/4" square, in leather carrying case, c.1890

Marion's metal miniature camera for plates, 1 3/4" square, i

Photographic Technology

1890

Imperial arming press (for use in book-binding), c. 1890

Imperial arming press (for use in book-binding), c

Printing & Writing

1890

Coil of 10,000 volt 1000 k.w. Ferranti dynamo, 1889

Coil of 10,000 volt 1000 k.w. Ferranti dynamo, 188

Electricity Supply

1890

Flushing vale, c.1890

Domestic Appliances

1890

"Latestas" county council closet, 1891

Domestic Appliances

1891

Davis gas cooker, circa 1890

Domestic Appliances

1890

Enlarged bromide print in opal glass. Subject: portrait of elderly lady with bonnet, c. 1890.

Enlarged bromide print in opal glass

Photographs

1890

Apple corer and peeler, c.1890

Domestic Appliances

1890

Silver-plated medal from the Leeds International Photographic Exhibition. Awarded John E Austin for lantern slides, 1891; reverse, city coat of arms, obverse profile of Apollo.

International Photography Exhibtion Award Medal

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1891

Mixer tap, c.1890

Domestic Appliances

1890

Crompton copper disc type alternator, 1891

Electricity Supply

1891

Photograph, signal lever frame, London & South Western Railway, Waterloo 'A' box, 236 lever frame, by Stevens & Sons, 27th April 1891, in glazed frame, 850mm x 540mm.

signal lever frame from Waterloo 'A' box

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1891

Jenny wheel hoist, c. 1890

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

1890

Dye sample, Diamond Black F. Made by Bayer.

Dye Sample; Diamond Black

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Lantern projector sold by W. I. Chadwick, Manchester, c.1890.

Lantern projector sold by W. I

Photographic Technology

c.1890

Instantaneous heater for lavatories mady by T. Fletcher of Warrington, 1890

Instantaneous heater for lavatories mady by T. Fle

Domestic Appliances

1890

Bronze medal, to mark the annual meeting of the Society for the Cremation of corpses, President Dr. Malachi de-Christofori, artist L. Broggi, medal Italian, 1890. The society was founded in 1876 by Gaetano Pini. The arms of Milan are on the obverse.

Medal for the Cremation Society

Wellcome Medals

1890

Bronze medal to commemorate C. Mazzoni and J. Lapponi, physicians to Pope Leo XIII, by P. Ferrea, Italy, 1890

Bronze medal to commemorate C. Mazzoni and J. Lapp

Wellcome Medals

1890

Two lemon shaped vacuum tubes with ball electrodes

Electricity and Magnetism

1891

Tin opener, patent 14,574, 1891

Domestic Appliances

1891

Shew 'Eclipse' 1/4-plate camera, with 3 slides, 1890.

Shew 'Eclipse' 1/4-plate camera, with 3 slides, 1890

Photographic Technology

1890

Photograph of 'Praesepe' the beehive star cluster (M44), taken by Isaac Roberts using a twin telescope (20-inch reflector & 7-inch refractor) by Howard Grubb of Dublin. Taken with an exposure of 90 minutes on 13 February 1891 at his observatory & home at Crowborough, Sussex.

Photograph of 'Praesepe' the beehive star cluster

Astronomy

1891