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

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

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

Vacuum tube with wire in elongated annex, for inve

Electricity and Magnetism

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

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

Rail gauge

Railway Infrastructure

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

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

Photograph showing an unidentified man posing next to an Urban Bioscope projector - 1897 model. The photograph was taken at the Warwick Trading Co Ltd offices in High Holborn.

Urban Bioscope, 1897 Model

Cinematography

ca. 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

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

Calipers

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

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

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

Receiving ‘jigger’ or oscillation transformer, single layer primary and secondary coils, used by the Marconi Company, probably made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company, Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1898

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

Radio Communication

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

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

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

Six vacuum tubes (see stroke numbers).

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Ediswan switched lampholder, 1898

Lighting

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

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

Presidential medal of the Association of Hospital and Welfare Administrators, silver gilt, in case, by Fattorini and Sons, Bradford Works, Barr Street, Birmingham, England, 1898.

Presidential medal of the Association of Hospital and Welfare Administrators

Wellcome Medals

1898

Rectangular alloy plaque, copy(?), designed by Mme. Marcelle Lancelot-Croie, commemorating Prof. Auguste Le Dentu, French, 1898

Rectangular alloy plaque, copy(?), designed by Mme

Wellcome Medals

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

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

Folding plate camera.1898

Folding plate camera

Photographic Technology

1898

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

The 1897 diary of Arthur Osborne Ladell, containing some details of work on the railways and rates of pay. Also contains a small number of enteries for 1896.

1898 diary of Arthur Ladell

Archive Collections

1898

Negretti and Zambra's patent recording thermometers, 1898. Two mercury in glass thermometers (one wet, one dry bulb) are set in rotating frame, released electrically at predetermined time. Constriction in tube causes mercury column to break on turning upside down

Negretti and Zambra's patent recording thermometer

Meteorology

1898

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

Specimen jar of saussurea lappa root, ladwar, from

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-193

Presidential medal of no. 2 district of the Association of Hospital and Welfare Administrators, silver gilt, in case, by Fattorini and Sons, Bradford Works, Barr Street, Birmingham, England, 1898.

Presidential medal of the Association of Hospital and Welfare Administrators (district no. 2)

Wellcome Medals

1898

Presidential medal of the Association of Hospital and Welfare Administrators, silver gilt, in case, by Fattorini and Sons, Bradford Works, Barr Street, Birmingham, England, 1898.

Presidential medal of the Association of Hospital and Welfare Administrators

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

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 and two reflecting finders. Eastman Kodak, 1898.

No 4 Bullseye special camera model of 1898

Photographic Technology

1898

Box camera for 101 rollfilm 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-128, Eastman triple action shutter, B/I/T, slow-fast adjustment with reflecting finder and provision for use of a double plate holder. No 646. Eastman Kodak, 1898.

No 2 bullet camera special model of 1898

Photographic Technology

1898

Diagram of Midland & Great Northern & Great Eastern Railway with new Committee's lines in Norfolk & Suffolk, issued by Engineer's Office, Melton Constable. Oct 1898. Scale: 1" - 1 mile. Second issue.

diagram of midland & great northern & great eastern railways

Railway Maps & Plans

1898

Coat of arms, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, two oval shields within a garter bearing the company name, on the left shield arms of Lancaster and on the right shield arms of York, surmounted by crown with red and white roses entwined below, produced in 1898 by Tearne & Sons Ltd for use on carriages, transfer on wooden panel in glazed frame, 318mm x 349mm.

lancashire & yorkshire railway

Railway Heraldry

1898

Columbia graphophone, 1898, with two horns, ear pieces, spare diaphragm, five wax records and three record lists.

Columbia graphophone, 1898

Sound Reproduction

1898

Edison standard phonograph and trumpet, 1898.

Sound Reproduction

1898

Map, showing system, Great Northern Railway, 1898, 8 miles to 1 inch, published/printed by Thos. Kell & Son, paper-backed linen, leather cover.

Map, showing system, Great Northern Railway, 1898, 8 miles t

Railway Maps & Plans

1898

Vacuum tube containing mica mill wheel, for showing circulation of residual gas

Vacuum tube containing mica mill wheel, for showin

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Vacuum tube with mica mill wheel mounted on pivoted glass frame, for showing circulation of residual gas

Vacuum tube with mica mill wheel mounted on pivote

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Map, Railway Clearing House, Lancashire, 1898, coloured.

Railway Maps & Plans

1898