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Lions head, Great Western Railway, wooden carved lions head for side mounting. From Queen Victoria's Saloon, GWR of 1874 (as built). Dimensions 10 1/2"x10 1/2"x9"

Lions head, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Small periscope, of cardboard and brown paper, mad

Optics

1897
Locomotive Worksplate, "Sharp, Stewart & Co Limited Atlas Works 4316, 1897 Glasgow", cast brass, oval, Class 0 0-6-0, Southern Railway No. 439, rebuilt to Class 01 in 1913 as SR A439/1439, withdrawn May 1949.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Two photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograph

Photographs

1897

Bronze medal commemorating Stanislao Cannizzaro, 1896.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1896
Dish, silver plated, by Elkington & Co, 1896, Great Western Railway, circular, garter on side with GWR script monogram.

Silver plated dish, Great Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1896
Sugar bowl, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, NER Refreshment Rooms Darlington garter marked on side within ornate shield with garlands, shield on opposite side empty, decorative bands above and below shields, by Elkington & Co, 16635, 1896, (BTH 236E, 77.37.61).

Silver plated sugar bowl, North Eastern Railway - Refreshment Rooms, Darlington

Passenger Comforts

1896

Experimental x-ray tube

X-rays

1896
Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of Loughborough.

stained glass panel from gorton works

Railway Infrastructure

1897
Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of Ashton.

Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway - Gorton Works boardroom

Railway Infrastructure

1897
Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of Southport.

stained glass panel from gorton works

Railway Infrastructure

1897

Postal scale

Weighing & Measuring

1896

Crookes X-Ray Photographic Negative

X-rays

1896-01-20

Gulley trap model

Sewerage & Sanitation

1896

Glazed ware Drain Fitting, 1896

Sewerage & Sanitation

1896

Glass Engraved to Commemorate a Mining Accident, 1896

Mining & Ore Dressing

1896

Glazed ware Drain Fitting, 1896

Sewerage & Sanitation

1896

Foot x-ray photograph by George Hugh Gabb

X-rays

1896-02-15

Pamphlet announcing 'The Rontgen Rays Demonstration, June 7th, 1896'

X-rays

1896

Original Duddell single loop oscillograph, 1897

Electricity and Magnetism

1897

Two photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograph

Photographs

1897

Four photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograp

Photographs

1897

Pear shaped Crookes' tube with cross engraved on i

Electricity and Magnetism

1896
One of three fluorescent screens for use with x-ray installation, c. 1896-1897.

uorescent screens for use with x-ray installation, 1896-1897

X-rays

1896-1897

Photograph of a half tone print

Radiomedicine

1896
Actinometer watch-type meter, full size, in engine-turned silver case. Hallmarked AW 'X' for 1897. Round meter with white face and insturction booklet.

Wynne's Infallible Exposure Meter in silver case

Photographic Technology

1897
Original enamel tin packing for Wynne's Infallible Exposure Photographic Exposure Meter, with chamois leather pouch, card of plate speeds and instruction book, marked 'June 1921'.

Wynne's Infallible Exposure Meter in silver case

Photographic Technology

1897
Desk, Highland Railway, ornate roll-top desk with engraved silver plaque: "Presented to David Jones Esq. Locomotive Engineer by the Employees of the Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Depts., Highland Railway on his retirement...." 31st October 1896.

highland railway desk presented to david jones on his retirement

Railway Furniture

1896
Serving dish cover, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, plain with button finial, garter "NER Refreshment Rooms Darlington", by Elkington & Co, 1896.

Silver plated cover for serving dish, North Eastern Railway Refreshment Rooms, Darlington

Passenger Comforts

1896

Lanchester Car No.2

Road Transport

1897

Edelmann moving magnet milli-a

Electricity Supply

c. 1897
Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of East Retford.

stained glass panel from gorton works

Railway Infrastructure

1897

Crookes X-Ray Photographic Negative

X-rays

1896-01-20

Record for gramophone by HMV, 1897.

Sound Reproduction

1897

Small pear shaped x-ray tube of English manufactur

X-rays

1896

Invitation to 'The Rontgen Rays Photography Demonstration, June 7th, 1986

X-rays

1896

cylindrical slide rule

Weighing & Measuring

1897
Locomotive Nameplate; "Swansea"; ex Hunslet Engine Co 0-4-0ST No.648 of 1897, purchased by Rowntree's of York from Cudworth & Johnson, Dealers, Wrexham in 1913, scrapped 1959.

locomotive nameplate - swansea

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Two photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograph

Photographs

1897

A photograph, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photographs f

Photographs

1897

Two photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograph

Photographs

1897

Four photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograp

Photographs

1897

Two photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograph

Photographs

1897

Two photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograph

Photographs

1897

Seven photographs, (7"x5), from a collection of 51 photograp

Photographs

1897

Two photographs, 7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photographs

Photographs

1897
Splasher plate, royal coat-of-arms, Great Western Railway, used on the locomotive 'The Queen' for the journey of Queen Victoria from Windsor to Paddington on 21 June 1897, Diamond Jubilee.

Splasher plate, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Reversing thermometer in Magnaghi frame, by Negret

Oceanography

1896
Locomotive worksplate, "Neilson & Co 5037 Glasgow 1896", brass, oval, ex Midland & Great Northern Railway "D" class 0-6-0 No 63, subsequently London & North Eastern Railway "J40" class No 063, built 1896, withdrawn February 1937.

Worksplate, Neilson & Co.

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1896

Two specimens - blades with intergral roots, 1896

Motive Power

1896