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Spare engine parts for combing machine by Dobson and Barlow Ltd., Bolton, Manchester, England, 1894, being an improved form of Heilmann's comber.

Spare engine parts for combing machine by Dobson a

Textiles Machinery

1894

Psychrometer by Griffin, 1894.

Meteorology

1894

One of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 2oz. Tr., by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

doeskin camera bag. 1894

Newman & Guardia Universal camera Model Special B bag

Photographic Technology

1894

Callendar patent electrical temperature indicator, in mahogany case fitted with dry cell batteries, by The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, London, England, 1894

Callendar Electrical Temperature Indicator, 1894

Heat

1894

Newman & Guardia Universal camera Model Special B for plates 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". Uses the Taylor T. Hobson "Cooke" SEries III F.5.6, %.6 f.1. . With rising front and cross movement and bellows extensions. With changing box, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4". made of mahogany at the back of the camera. 1894

Newman & Guardia Universal camera Model Special B

Photographic Technology

1894

Doeskin bag for Newman & Guardia Universal camera Model Special B. 1894

Newman & Guardia Universal camera Model Special B bag

Photographic Technology

1894

Plan of Metroplitan lines and Suburban lines of London & South Western Railway. No scale. 1894.

1894 plan of suburban lines of London & South Western Railway

Railway Maps & Plans

1894

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

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railway, Llandudno Junction to Llanfairfechan, Third Class, Child, Parliamentary, fare -/8, No 8729, 4 September 1894.

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railw

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1894

Wooden shutter 18 x 10cm lens fitting. Ebonite slide with hourglass aperture (broken). Spring tensioned. 1894.

the gem-drop shutter

Photographic Technology

1894

Booklet, Cambrian Railways, Rules and Regulations1894 for Working Electric Train Tablet, paper cover.

Rules and Regulations booklet for Working Electric Train Tablet, Cambrian Railways

Library Collections

1894

Wallet containing pocket diary, leather cover with paper insert, Midland Railway, issued by the Company to their Directors and Chief Officers, 1893-94, pre-printed with dates of Directors Committees and days of meetings,red ocver with gilt wyvern on front, issued to W H Hodges, Company Accountant 1866-1897.

Leather wallet and diary, Midland Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1894

One of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 1lb Tr., by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

One of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 1/2 dr. (Avoirdupois), by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

One of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 4oz. Tr., by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

One of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 8 dr. (Avoirdupois), by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Page five from photographic album of Kodak circular snapshots, 'Elsham Paddocks' taken by an unknown photographer 1894.

Kodak Circular Snapshots

Photographs

1894

Bronze medal, to commemorate the 11th International Medical Congress, Rome, 1894, by Johnson, Italy, 1894

Bronze medal, to commemorate the 11th Internationa

Wellcome Medals

1894

Circular silver medal, with suspension loop, commemorates Larenzo Bruno, and golden (?) jubilee of his founding of a childrens home, Italian, 1894

Circular silver medal, with suspension loop, comme

Wellcome Medals

1894

Bronze medal to commemorate the 11th International Medical Congress, Rome, 1894, by Johnson, Italy, 1894

Bronze medal to commemorate the 11th International

Wellcome Medals

1894

Bennet gold-leaf electroscope

Electricity and Magnetism

1894

Substandard electric current balance, No.366, by James White, Glasgow, in glazed metal case with box of weights and fittings

Substandard electric current balance, No.366, by J

Electricity and Magnetism

1894

Specimen jar of saussurea lappa root, ladwar, from India, 1901-1930

Specimen jar of saussurea lappa root, ladwar, from

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-193

Portrait medal of W.T. Gairdner, Professor of Medicine at Glasgow University, bronze, 1984

Portrait medal of W.T. Gairdner, Professor of Medi

Wellcome Medals

1894

1894 Instantograph camera, by J Lancaster and Son, Birmingham. Folding bellows stand camera for 1/4 plate. Achromat Lancaster lens, iris calibrated 10-30. Time 1-8. Sliding rising front; swing back. Swing out ground glass screen.

1894 Instantograph camera

Photographic Technology

1894

Bronze medal to commemorate the 11th International Medical Congress, Rome, by Johnson, Rome, Italy, 1894.

Bronze medal to commemorate the 11th International

Wellcome Medals

1894

Silver medal to commemorate death of Billroth, by artist A. Nemecek and W. Pittner, Austria, 1894.

Silver medal to commemorate death of Billroth, by

Wellcome Medals

1894

Medal, bronze, commemorating Dr. Adolph Fischoff, 1816-1893, by F.X. Pawlik, Vienna, Austrian, 1894

Medal, bronze, commemorating Dr. Adolph Fischoff,

Wellcome Medals

1894

Silver medal to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Societe Medicale de l'Elysee, by Brevet, France, 1894

Silver medal to commemorate the 50th anniversary o

Wellcome Medals

1894

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 11th International Medical Congress held in Rome in 1894, made by Johnson, Milan, Italy, 1894.

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 11th Internation

Wellcome Medals

1894

Rectangular bronze plaque, dedicated to Hermann von Helmholtz by the Naturforscher-Versanmlung und Aerzte at their 66th meeting held in Vienna in 1894, designed by J. Tautenhayn, Austrian, 1894

Rectangular bronze plaque, dedicated to Hermann vo

Wellcome Medals

1894

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Dr. Paul Tillaux, an member of the French Academy of Medicine, designed by J.c. Chaplain, French, 1894

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Dr. Paul Tilla

Wellcome Medals

1894

Silver medal by Georges Hantz, commemorating botanist Alphonse de Candolle, Swiss, 1894

Silver medal by Georges Hantz, commemorating botan

Wellcome Medals

1894

Hand box camera for 3.25x4.25 inch plates; simple lens; Lancaster see-saw shutter; single reflecting finder; 6 x plates held in 3 double metal holders in changing box; each dropped in turn into exposing plane and returned to changing box after exposure.

Lancaster Omnigraph detective camera

Photographic Technology

1894

Apparatus for breaking iron bars by force produced by contraction through cooling, by J. J. Griffin & Sons, London, England, 1894.

Apparatus for breaking iron bars by force produced

Heat

1894

Newman & Guardia Universal camera Model Special B for plates 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". Uses the Zeiss Protar lens F.6.3 125mm f.1. With rising front and cross movement and bellows extensions. With changing box, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4". Made of mahogany at the back of the camera. With Anastigmat F.8 125mm. f.1. 1894.

Newman & Guardia Universal camera Model Special B

Photographic Technology

1894

Framed document, presented to Sir George Buchanan by the Royal Society, England, 1894. ie, a print: photomechanical engraving; image (sight) 9.5x20.5cm in wood frame, 15.7x27.3x2cm. Reproducing obverse and reverse of medal, 54mm diameter. Text reads: "In grateful recognition of the honour conferred upon GEORGE BUCHANAN, by the founding of a medal, bearing his effigies, to be awarded by the Royal Society for services to Public Health. May, 1894." Portrait, H profile to L; reverse, three winged muses

George Buchanan Medal

Wellcome Medals

1894

83mm diameter brass sprocket wheel, 56 teeth - 16 frames on shaft with worm gear.

Sprocket wheel from Edison Kinetoscope

Cinematography

c. 1894

Ceremonial spade, silver with wooden handle, used for cutting the first sod of the Exeter, Teign Valley & Chagford Railway, 1894.

exeter teign valley & chagford railway ceremonial spade

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1894

Winter plate electrical machine, 36 inch, with a conductor on a separate stand

Winter plate electrical machine, 36 inch, with a c

Electricity and Magnetism

1894

Bronze medal to commemorate the 11th International Medical Congress, Rome, 1894, by A.O. Ing. Johnson, Italy, 1894

Bronze medal to commemorate the 11th International

Wellcome Medals

1894

Human skin, tattooed with wreathed inscription and flower, probably French, dated 1894

Human skin, tattooed with wreathed inscription and

Anatomy & Pathology

1894

Modern print from original celluloid negative film. 36 sequential photograph frames of 'Chat chute' or cat falling about 1892. Taken by Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) using his Chronophotographe camera.

Chronophotograph of 'Chat chute' or cat falling

Cinematography

(1890-1894)

Plan, sections and elevations for bridge at 75 miles 34 chains of Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Extension to London, scale 1/8" to 1 foot, linen, coloured.

Plan of Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

Railway Maps & Plans

1894

Prize medal, silver 47mm, issued by the Catholic University School of Medicine, Ireland, awarded to P.O'G. Lalor, for medical jurisprudence, 1894

Prize medal, silver 47mm, issued by the Catholic U

Wellcome Medals

1894

Circular, silver-plated bronze medal commemorates The Danish novelist Vilhelm Bergsoe and his book "Piazza del Del popolo", designed by S.Lindahl, Danish(?) 1894

Circular, silver-plated bronze medal commemorates

Wellcome Medals

1894

White metal medal commemorating 500th anniversary of exploits of Don Henrique by Molarinho, Spanish or Portuguese, 1894

White metal medal commemorating 500th anniversary

Wellcome Medals

1894

Medal, 11th International Medical Congress, showing Aesculapius, Rome, 1894, by A.G. Johnson Inc.

Medal, 11th International Medical Congress, showin

Wellcome Medals

1894

Mounted black & white print of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway F19 0-6-0 goods locomotive no. 1241 in ex-works condition, taken at Horwich Works. The locomotive was built in July 1894.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway F19 0-6-0 goods locomotive (supplied title)

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c. 1894