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Signal lever frame, 57 levers, Webb No 1 power frame ex London & North Western Railway Gresty Lane Box, Crewe, 1898.

57 lever signal lever frame

Signalling & Telecommunications

1898

Invitation card to the opening of the South Hams Line to Yealmpton by Lady Morley, issued by W E P Bastard, chairman of the local committee, Great Western Railway

invitation card

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1898

Movement of electrical clock by the National Self-winding Clock Co., Bristol, Connecticut, United States, 1898.

Movement of electrical clock

Time Measurement

1898

Butter knife, silver pated, reeded handle with shield and band, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel, Saltburn, made by Elkington & Co., 1898. Overall: 8 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm, 0.05kg.

Silver plated butter knife, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel

Passenger Comforts

1898

Dessert fork, silver plated with mother of pearl handle (broken), Great Eastern Railway, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1898; "GER" in interlocking script surmounted by dragon's wing on handle. Overall: 11 mm x 158 mm x 17 mm, 0.03kg.

Silver plated dessert fork, Great Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1898

Fish fork, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel, Saltburn, made by Elkington & Co., 1898. Overall: 15 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm, 0.06kg.

Silver plated fish fork, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel, Saltburn

Passenger Comforts

1898

Fish knife, silver plated, ribbed handle with shield, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel Saltburn, made by Elkington & Co., 1898. Overall: 10 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm, 0.08kg.

Silver plated fish knife, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel

Passenger Comforts

1898

Table fork, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel, Saltburn garter. Made by Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1898. Overall: 23 mm x 211 mm x 26 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated fork, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel, Saltburn

Passenger Comforts

1898

Table fork, silver plated, East Coast Joint Stock, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1898; oval "ECJS" garter on handle. Overall: 20 mm x 213 mm x 26 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated table fork, East Coast Joint Stock

Passenger Comforts

1898

Prestwich 35mm cine camera, Model 4, serial number 596 with Aldis Anastigmat F/3.0 2 inch lens no 110208 (2 external magazines 2007-5005/7/2 and 2007-5005/7/3).

Prestwich 35mm Cine Camera, Model 4

Cinematography

c. 1898

Prestwich kinematograph camera for wide film, 1898. No lens. Feet per second dial. Film magazine fitted. Prestwich Manufacturing Co, London.

Prestwich Kinematograph Camera

Cinematography

1898

Aron clock-type ampere hour meter, no. 62736, by Aron Electricity Meter Ltd.

Aron clock-type ampere hour meter, no. 62736, by A

Electricity Supply

1898

Round 1lb poison bottle for cantharides liquid, with contents, from Savory and Moore's shop, English, 1898

Round 1lb poison bottle for cantharides liquid, wi

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1898

Photograph by George Davison, possibly an oil transfer onto satin. Titled "Ring Horses", this image was displayed at the Salon of 1898 and published in Photograms of the Year, 1898, pp 102.

Ring Horses

Photographs

ca. 1898

Kodak No 2 Bulls-eye folding camera for roll or cut film, 1898.

Kodak No 2 Bulls-Eye Camera

Photographic Technology

1898

Six vacuum tubes (see stroke numbers).

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Rail gauge, end, for Great Western Railway Section 76lb, bullhead rail, Blaenavon, 1898.

Rail gauge

Railway Infrastructure

1898

Box camera for 101 rollfilm 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures, rotary flip-flop shutter T/I. Circular reflecting finder. Eastman Kodak. 1898.

No 2 Bullseye Special camera

Photographic Technology

1898

Box camera for 103 rollfilm 4 x 5 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens, US 4-128, Eastman triple action shutter, B/I/T, slow-fast adjustment, rack and pinion focusing, two reflecting finders, no 231. Eastman Kodak, 1898.

No 4 bullseye special model 1898

Photographic Technology

1898

Aluminium medal to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of India, by Vasco da Gama and Luis de Camoes, Portugal, 1898

Aluminium medal to commemorate the 400th anniversa

Wellcome Medals

1898

Hand loom, c. 1898; formerly the property of Katie Grasett, founder of the London School of Weaving.

Hand loom, c. 1898; formerly the property of Katie

Textiles Machinery

1898

Calipers, inside, NER Carriage shop, York, steel, dated 1898

Calipers

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1898

Folding plate camera.1898

Folding plate camera

Photographic Technology

1898

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railway, Leeds to Harecastle for Kidsgrove, Third Class, Parliamentary, fare 5/8, No 2061, 22 December 1898.

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railw

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1898

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, half ticket, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, Leeds (GN) to Stainforth, Cheap Excursion, fare 2/-, No 156, 24 September 1898.

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, half ticket, Manchester Shef

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1898

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railway, Boxmoor to London (Victoria Pimlico) via Willesden and Battersea, Third Class, Parliamentary, fare 2/1, No 7222, 6 August 1898.

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railw

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1898

Bronze medal to commemorate the marriage of Dr. Carl Schon and Auguste Rieger, Vienna, 20 Sep 1898, by Pawlik, Austria, 1898

Bronze medal to commemorate the marriage of Dr. Ca

Wellcome Medals

1898

Box camera for 103 rollfilm 4 x 5 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-128. Eastman triple action shutter, B/I/T slow-fast speed adjustment, rack and pinion focusing and two reflecting finders. Sectioned to show internal construction. Eastman Kodak 1898

No 4 bullseye special camera model of 1898

Photographic Technology

1898

Wooden folding plate camera for 5 x 4 inch plates. Rapid rectilinear lens f/8-128. Bausch & Lomb Unicum shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/T/B. Sliding and rising front, rack and pinion focusing to 5ft. Rotating reflecting finder on baseboard, ground glass screen. No 9425. G Gennert.

Golf Montauk camera

Photographic Technology

1898

Vacuum tube with wire in elongated annex, for investigating reflections of cathode rays

Vacuum tube with wire for investigating cathode rays

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Baseboard with projection lantern, two lenses, limelight apparatus, arc lamp, resistances, mirror, switches etc. for Duddell's oscillograph

Baseboard and accessories for Duddell's oscillograph

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Duddell's double oscillograph

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Ediswan switched lampholder, 1898

Lighting

1898

Drawing of the De Dion surface vaporiser, 1899. Following the invention by Gottlieb Daimler in 1885 of the surface vaporiser for supplying an ignitable air-petrol mixture, various specialised types were evolved for both cars and motor cycles. The example shown in this drawing is one of the best known of this period, and was used extensively on the De Dion motor tricycle.

Drawing of surface vaporiser

Road Transport

1898

Electrotherapeutic machine, in wood case containing coil and fittings, with electrodes, by A. Gaiffe of Paris, 1898

Electrotherapeutic machine, in wood case containin

Therapeutics

1898

Linos plate camera, made by Romain Talbot, Berlin. Folding wooden plate camera for 9 x 12 cm plates. RR lens F:6", f8.4-64; one blade shutter settings marked 1-9 and Z cocked by key. Sliding rising front ; swing front, sliding focussing. (M4635)

Linos plate camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1898

Guidebook, North Eastern Railway, Guide to Hotels and Furnished Lodgings, 1898, containing a description of the areas covered, with photographs and lists of accommodation available, soft cover, depicitng Durham Cathedral and Barnard Castle, 80 pages.

NER Guide to Hotels and Furnished Lodgings

Library Collections

1898

Darracq car, 1898. This car was built to the designs of M. Leon Bollee in 1898 (who sold the production rights for his design to Alexandre Darracq for 250,000 francs). It has a single cylinder, horizontal, air-cooled motor at the front, which drives the rear wheels through a belt change-speed gear, clutch, spur-gearing and differential. The motor develops 5 h.p at 800 r.p.m

Darracq motor car

Road Transport

1898

Rotogravure print showing empoyees at work in the Charles Urban Trading Co., located at 48 Rupert Street, Soho, London.

Charles Urban Trading Co Ltd

Cinematography

1898

Two photographs showing Urban Bioscope and Biokams. Warwick Trading Co Ltd, High Holborn.

Bioscope and Biokams

Cinematography

ca. 1898

Semaphore signal arm, lower quadrant, cross arm, London & South Western Railway, shunt, by Saxby & Farmer, dated 1898.

Semaphore signal arm, London & South Western Railway

Signalling & Telecommunications

1898

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

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Magnesium ribbon burner. G.M. - sold at Esposizione Nazionale di Torino 1898. Circular case 65mm diameter, with ratchet action ribbon feed worked by push-button; pivoted circular reflector.

Magnesium ribbon burner

Photographic Technology

1898

Table fork, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel, Saltburn garter. Made by Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1898. Overall: 22 mm x 211 mm x 26 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated fork, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel, Saltburn

Passenger Comforts

1898

Table fork, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel, Saltburn garter. Made by Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1898. Overall: 24 mm x 211 mm x 26 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated fork, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel, Saltburn

Passenger Comforts

1898

Fish knife, silver plated, ribbed handle with shield, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel Saltburn, made by Elkington & Co., 1898. Overall: 12 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated fish knife, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel

Passenger Comforts

1898

Cover, round, silver plated, Great Western Railway - Refreshment Department, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1898; GWR Refreshment Dept garter. (BTH 146W) Overall: 58 mm x 210 mm, 0.3kg.

Silver plated cover, Great Western Railway - Refreshment Department

Passenger Comforts

1898

Bronze pendant medal, by A. Sialetti commemorating 25th anniversary of Francisco Durante " restorer" of surgery at Rome, Italian, 1898

Bronze pendant medal, by A. Sialetti commemorating

Wellcome Medals

1898

Bronze medal to commemorate F. Durante, surgeon in Rome, by A. Sirletti, Italy, 1898

Bronze medal to commemorate F. Durante, surgeon in

Wellcome Medals

1898

Rectangular silver-plated bronze medal, to commemorate 50th Anniversary of History of Medicine Exhibition held in Turin, designed by Johnson, made by A.C. Inc. (?), Italy, 1898.

Rectangular silver-plated bronze medal, to commemo

Wellcome Medals

1898