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Glass bottle labelled to contain sulphonal

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Bottle, labelled "Tabloid' brand Sulphonal'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Sulphonal' written in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

De Luxe frena camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1892

Magazine box camera for notched cut films 2 1/2 x 3 /12 inches. Fitted with a beck Steinheil Orthostigmat lens No. 10395 US 8-255, four apertures in rotating plate. Rotary shutter 5/10/20/40/ aperture and shutter setting visible through lens. Shutter set through panel in base. With two reflecting finders, spirit level in film change handle with two Taylor Taylor Hobson double levels added. Covered in stitched calf leather with gilt fittings. R & J Beck.

Brass stereotaxic apparatus, English, c. 1905.

Surgery

1900-1910

Stereotaxic apparatus, brass with wooden case used by Sir Victor Horsley and Richard Clarke made by Swift and Son, London, c.1905

Sir Charles Tomes’ LLD robes, London, England, 1909

Surgery

1909

Academic dress of LLD of Birmingham University, consisting of cap, gown and hood, belonging to Sir Charles Tomes FRCS, LLD, in steel box, by Ede, Son and Ravenscroft, 93-94 Chancery Lane, London, England, 1909

Miniature mortar and pestle, silver, c 1901.

Pharmacy-ware

1900

Silver miniature mortar and pestle, circular outsplayed mortar with 2 horizontal globular handles, hallmarked in London, probably imported from Europe, 1901

One Frame of Bromide Prints From Films by Robert Paul, c 1897

Cinematography

1895-1899

One frame containing bromide prints of six consecutive frames from 24 moving picture films taken by Robert Paul.

Jackson type X-ray tube, United Kingdom, 1896

Radiomedicine

1896

Jackson Focus X-ray tube

HMS 'Albion' Just Before Launching

Photographs

1898-06-21

A photograph entitled 'HMS 'Albion' Just Before Launching', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in June 1898.

The Front, Hastings

Photographs

1899-03-01

A photograph of the promenade at Hastings, Sussex, with the pier in the background, taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in March 1899.

Woman with a spinning wheel

Photographs

1899

A photograph of a woman with a spinning wheel, taken by James Arthur in 1899. This staged studio photograph shows a woman wearing an apron sitting next to a spinning wheel.

Launch Of HMS 'Albion' At Blackwall

Photographs

1898-06-21

A photograph entitled 'Launch Of HMS Albion At Blackwall', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in June 1898. The photograph was taken from the slipway immediately after the ship's launch at the Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London.

Woman with hourglass

Photographs

c. 1900

A photograph of a woman holding an hourglass, taken by James Arthur, c. 1900. The woman is dressed in an exotic costume and stands in front of an elaborately painted background.

part of 35mm film 'Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

Cinematography

1895

Part of 35mm negative film, "Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Drawing Kaiser Wilhelm II", made by Birt Acres in 1895.

Glass bottle containing codeine and benzoic acid pills

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Stoppered glass bottle, empty but with pink residue inside the bottle. Labelled "Tabloid' brand Codeine and Benzoic Acid Compound (Without cocaine) (Codeine, Gr. 4 1/2 per ounce)'. Hand written inscription on label reading 'l. q. h. for cough'. Stored inside the 'Livingstone' medicine chest. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, England, 1900-1910.

Photograph of the emission nebula, Eta Carina (12 hour exposure)

Astronomy

1909

One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, showing a view of the emission nebula, Eta Carina. A 12 hour exposure taken with the Astrographic Telescope by Howard Grubb made for the 'Carte du Ciel' photographic sky survey.

Well's Kettle Torch Lamp, 1910

Lighting

1910

Well's Kettle Torch Lamp, 1910

Potain type sphygmomanometer, Paris, France, 1898-1910

Clinical Diagnosis

1898-1910

Potain sphygmomanometer, in case, which belonged to T. Lauder Brenton. Made by Charles Verdin and G. Boulitte Sr, 7 rue Linne, Paris, France, 1898-1910.

Kinora Cinematographic Viewer with picture reels

Cinematography

1908

Lumiere Kinora with eight picture reels, including a box containing six.

Rectangular Vesta matchbox

Plastics and Modern Materials

1897

Rectangular Vesta match box of black ebonite, hinged side flaps for opening, top decorated with jubilee portrait of Queen Victoria, reverse marked R, encircled by leaf and flower decoration, c. 1901

Two iron boring coherers (Branly type), 1894

Radio Communication

1894

Two iron borings coherers (Branly type), probably made by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1894. Used by Sir Oliver Lodge for signalling to a Thomson marine galvanometer at the British Association meeting at Oxford on 14 August 1894

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

Medicine chest used on Scott’s Antarctic Expedition of 1910, England, 1900-1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Tabloid medical chest for Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., British, parts 1-10, inside flap in lid, rest in base

Man and woman in a Ford motor car

Photographs

c. 1910

A photograph of a man driving a Ford Motor Car, probably a 'Model T', introduced in 1908, with an elegantly dressed female passenger, taken by Edgar Tarry Adams

Unknown woman

Photographs

c. 1900

A photograph of an unknown woman, taken by Edgar Tarry Adams, c. 1900. The woman wears Eastern-style dress with a headdress and pillbox-style hat.

Turning Capstan at Deal

Photographs

c. 1900

A photograph entitled 'Turning Capstan at Deal', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams, c. 1900. The photograph shows a group of women and children, probably members of the Adams family, turning the capstan on the beach at Deal in Kent. An old man pushes the lever whilst some small children help.

Criminal record sheet

Photographs

1903

A page from a criminal record ledger compiled by the West Yorkshire police in 1903. The ledger contains portraits, personal details and criminal records of convicted criminals. This page is about Thomas Davidson, aged sixty-two of no fixed abode, who had a string of convictions for burglary, larceny and petty theft.

Napier Arms Public House

Photographs

c. 1900

A photograph of the Napier Arms public house in Halstead, Essex, taken by Edgar Tarry Adams, c. 1900. The photograph shows a group of children standing on the pavement outside the building.

Woman with vase of flowers

Photographs

1899

A photograph of a woman holding a vase of flowers, taken by James Arthur in 1899. The woman in this studio photograph sits against a backdrop painted with a landscape view. She holds a large vase, the flowers strewn over her lap.

Study of Man Fishing by River

Photographs

c. 1900

A photograph entitled 'Study of Man Fishing by River', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in 1900.

Small wooden box to hold calf lymph, England, 1900-1910

Public Health & Hygiene

1900-1910

Small wooden box, to hold lymph from calves after inoculation, used by Army Vaccine Institute, English, 1900-1910

Heart shaped basket made entirely from cloves

Classical & Medieval Medicine

before 1907

Heart shaped basket, constructed entirely from cloves, for warding off diseases

Lady of Lynn

Railway Models

1906

Model steam locomotive, `Lady of Lynn', Great Western Railway, `Saint' class 4-6-0 No.2906, prototype built 1906, 1/16 scale.

Recording drum, part of Galitzin seismograph.

Geophysics

1910

Recording drum, part of Galitzin seismograph.

Lee and Turner Three-Colour Projector

Cinematography

1902

Lee and Turner three colour projector, 1901.

Glass bottle labelled as containing quinine, belladonna and camphor

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Glass bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Quinine, Belladonna and Camphor'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Quin: Bellad: Camph.' written on the object in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Intermediate Monarch Gramophone

Sound Reproduction

1908

"Intermediate Monarch" gramophone, 1908.

Glass bottle labelled as containing laxative vegetable

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Laxative Vegetable'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Lax: Veg:' written on the object in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Model of Martin's Patent Swathe-turner

Agricultural Engineering

1907

Working model (Scale 1:4) of Martin's patent swathe-turner 1903-4, embodying Boehm's coupling for parallel axles, 1834.

Commemorative plaque, Shrewsbury accident - London & North Western Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1907

Plaque, London & North Western Railway, wooden plaque with "Five Seats" notice attached, inscribed "18 killed 44 injured. Shrewsbury Railway Disaster. Oct 15th 1907".

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

Receiving ‘jigger’ or oscillation transformer with single layer split secondary coil and superimposed moveable two-part primary coil, used by the Marconi Company, probably made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company, Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1899

Inspection Saloon ex. Bicester Military Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1907

LSWR dining car no.72 was built in 1907 renumbered 4134 in 1912. It was in use as a Diner until 1923 when ‘Ironclad’ Dining Cars came into service. It was then relegated to secondary service and gained the Southern Railway number of 7834 remaining in service to 1930. In 1931 it was rebuilt, losing its clerestory roof and became a ‘Nondescript’ saloon. In 1943 it was sold to the USATC and rebuilt as an Ambulance Car and given the number 201. At the end of the Second World War this saloon along with USATC 202 and 204-7 went to the Longmoor Military Railway and from there to the Bicester Military Railway where it acquired the Army number 3018. Here it was converted to an Inspection Saloon, losing its gangway along with rebuilding inside and gaining end windows 16th May 1978 it was used to convey HM. the Queen around the Bicester site

Buttons Ltd

1907

1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Esbach type albumenometer, Europe, 1895-1905

Clinical Diagnosis

1895-1905

Esbach albumenometer, in wooden cover

Williamson Cinematograph Camera

Cinematography

c. 1910

Williamson cinematograph camera. Manufactured by The Williamson Kinematograph Co. Ltd., London and Brighton. 'English Pattern' upright cine camera for 35mm film in internal 300 foot magazines. Zeiss Tessar lens F:5cm f/3.5, Serial No 116208; fixed sector shutter; claw mechanism, two continuous sprockets. Helical focusing mount. Critical focusing through rear of gate; Vinten matte celluloid focusing screen and circle and binocular mattes in clip inside door. Footage counter (pointer missing) shoe fitting for viewfinder; carrying strap broken. Hand turned; single frame shaft. (Handle inside).A Vinten matte celluloid focusing screen (and circular and binocular mattes) are in the clip inside the door.

Model of a manual fire engine

Firefighting

1894

model of a manual fire engine, scale 1:4.8, (partly in section), such as was used by the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Made by T. Coates Esq., 1894

stock exchange printing telegraph, 1907

Telecommunications

1907

Stock Exchange printing telegraph, made by the Exchange Telegraph Company, England, 1907. Comprises transmitter unit, two receiver uniits or tickers, one power pack, and cover.

Portable Aitken type Dust Counter, 1900-1908

Meteorology

1900-1908

Portable Aitken type dust counter in wood and leather case, designed by Dr. John Aitken, unsigned, British, 1900-1908. The original bulky instrument was used at the Observatory on top of Ben Nevis in Scotland.

Hines' 'Patent Weight and Quantity Calculator', c.1908.

Mathematics

c.1908

Mechanical ready reckoner patented by J. Hine, 1905

Diagram of Simple Trick Valve

Jones, T and TG

1905

Diagram of 'Simple Trick Valve'. one of a boxed set of 8 engine slide valve models, printed on card, designed by T and TG Jones, each 10.5x13cm, with box 12x18cm. With letter press instruction booklet 'Notes on slide valve models' [4th edition, John Heywood Ltd, Manchester 1905].

Glass bottle labelled to contain phenacetin compound

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Glass bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Phenacetin Compound'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Phenacetin Co.' written on the object in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.