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Special Instantograph.

Photographic Technology

1898

Six vacuum tubes (see 6 stroke nos).

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Dry, 3 light gas meter made by James Milne & Son Ltd in 1898, capacity 18 cu ft/hr, constructed of medium brown painted, tin-plated steel with VR16 seal. Serial No. 101005. (Tingley catalogue No. 233).

Dry, 3 light gas meter made by James Milne & Son L

Gas Industry

1898

reinforced concrete column from the 4th floor of Weaver's Mill Building, Swansea, designed Hennibique/Mouchel, completed 1898

reinforced concrete column from the 4th floor of W

Building Construction

1898

No 4 Folding camera for 104 rollfilm 5 x 4 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens, US 4-128. With Eastman triple action shutter B/I/T, slow to fast speed adjustment, right hand side pneumatic valve. Sliding, rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing, two brilliant reflecting finders. No 25280. Overall (deployed): 170 mm x 210 mm x 235 mm.

No 4 cartridge Kodak

Photographic Technology

1898

Lioret spring motor driven phonograph (No. 2) with 18 records, c.1898.

Lioret spring motor driven phonograph (No. 2) with

Sound Reproduction

1898

Vacuum tube with mica wheel and perforated diaphragm, for investigating reflections etc. of cathode rays

Vacuum tube with mica wheel for investigating cathode rays

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Map, Railway Clearing House, Wales, South, 1898, coloured.

Railway Maps & Plans

1898

Five positive transparencies, size 3 1/4" x 3 1/4", successive photographs (5) taken at Sahdol, India, during the total Solar eclipse of 1898, January 22, (prepared from negatives lent by the Astronomer Royal)

Five positive transparencies, size 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Astronomy

1898

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railway, Cambridge to Bedford (L& NW), Third Class, Child, Parliamentary, fare 1/3, No 2395, 27 December 1898.

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railw

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1898

Souvenir card, Luncheon to Sir James Thompson on the occasion of the presentation of his portrait by a few personal friends, 27th May 1898, illustration of portrait on reverse, (Sir James Thompson was Chairman and General Manager of the Caledonian Railway).

souvenir card for luncheon to sir james thompson

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1898

Two vacuum tubes containing mill wheels for showing circulation of residual gas, one with rectangular mica vanes and one with circular mica vanes, on one stand

Two vacuum tubes containing mill wheels for showin

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Vacuum tube with Faraday cylinder, for investigating reflections etc. of cathode rays

Vacuum tube with Faraday cylinder for investigating cathode rays

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Vacuum tube with adjustable anti-cathode, Faraday cylinder, and two graduated circles and perforated cylinder for anode, for investigating reflections etc. of cathode rays

Vacuum tube for investigating cathode rays

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Silver medal commemorating 90th anniversary of birth of Dr. R.A. Philippi, from Chile, 1898

Silver medal commemorating 90th anniversary of bir

Wellcome Medals

1898

Wirral Railway, Free Pass, J. Shaw Esq. Hallmarked - 'LP&A'. Overall: 40 mm x 2 mm, 29 mm.

Wirral Railway Free Pass

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1898

Rotogravure print showing Mr. John J. Haddow, manager of the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

John J. Haddow, Blair Film Works

Cinematography

1898

Rotogravure print showing machinery in the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

Blair Film Works, Footscray

Cinematography

1898

Rotogravure print showing female employees in the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

Blair Film Works, Footscray

Cinematography

1898

Rotogravure print showing employees inside of the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

Blair Film Works, Footscray

Cinematography

1898

Rotogravure print showing employees inside of the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

Blair Film Works, Footscray

Cinematography

1898

Fish knife, silver plated, ribbed handle with shield, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel Saltburn, made by Elkington & Co., 1898. Overall: 10 mm x 227 mm x 25 mm, 0.08kg.

Silver plated fish knife, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel

Passenger Comforts

1898

Fish fork, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel, Saltburn, made by Elkington & Co., 1898. Overall: 16 mm x 197 mm x 24 mm, 0.06kg.

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

Passenger Comforts

1898

Fish fork, silver plated, North Eastern Railway, Zetland Hotel, Saltburn, made by Elkington & Co., 1898. Overall: 14 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: 12 mm x 228 mm x 29 mm, 0.08kg.

Silver plated fish knife, North Eastern Railway - Zetland Hotel

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

Rectangular bronze medal, commemorates the Dowager Queen Emma of the Netherlands, designed by Begeer, Dutch, 1898

Rectangular bronze medal, commemorates the Dowager

Wellcome Medals

1898

Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE

Matagraph 35mm cine and magic lantern slide projector, 1898. Levi, Jones & Co Ltd, London. The mahogany body stamped '11'; hand crank, brass-bound lens, lacquered-brass beater movement, rear metal safety shutter, top-mounting film-holder, lantern slide holder and metal lamphouse with chimney. (In maker's original box with lacquered brass fixing screws - 1997-5006/2).

Matagraph 35mm cine and magic lantern slide projector, 1898

Cinematography

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

Presidential medal of no. 3 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. 3)

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

Lapel badge, gilt metal, enamel decoration, marking centenary of reconstitution of Order of St. John of Jerusalem, English, 1898

Lapel badge, gilt metal, enamel decoration, markin

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

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

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

Circular bronze medal, commemorates inauguration of comparative anatomy lectures at Museum of Natural History in Paris, designed by Louis Bottee, French 1898

Circular bronze medal, commemorates inauguration o

Wellcome Medals

1898

Medal, one sided, bronze, in wood frame, to commemorate M.E. Cheveral, by Ringel d'llzach, France, 1885

Medal, one sided, bronze, in wood frame, to commem

Wellcome Medals

1898

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Kodak 'No 5 Cartridge' camera for roll film or plates, picture size 5 x 7 inch, 1898.

Kodak No 5 Cartridge Camera

Photographic Technology

1898

Wooden loom part.

Textiles Machinery

1898

Box camera for 103 rollfilm 4 x 5 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, and two reflecting finders. Sliding focusing movement on film holder, No 15334. Eastman Kodak, 1898.

No 4 bullseye model of 1898

Photographic Technology

1898

Bobbin holder with 6 bobbins part filled with thread.

Bobbin holder with 6 bobbins part filled with thre

Textiles Machinery

1898

Omori seismograph, c.1898

Geophysics

1898

Coin-slot graphophone.

Sound Reproduction

1898

Specimen from Weaver's Mill, Swansea, 1898 - one steel bar with section of floor concrete

Specimen from Weaver's Mill, Swansea, 1898 - one s

Building Construction

1898

Apps-Newton one inch induction coil by Newton & Co., London

Apps-Newton one inch induction coil by Newton & Co

Electricity and Magnetism

1898

Box camera for film cartridge or plates 4 x 5 inches. Fitted with a /Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens IS 4-128, Eastman triple action shutter, B/I/T slow-fast adjustment, rack and pinion focusing, two reflecting finders, No 1909. With cartridge holder No 2031. Eastman Kodak. 1898.

No 4 bullet special camea

Photographic Technology

1898

Box camera for 103 rollfilm 5 x 4 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, two reflecting finders, sliding focusing operated by wind on knob. Sold by G. Fillipe, Lourds. No 22200. Eastman Kodak, 1898.

No 4 bullseye Kodak model of 1898

Photographic Technology

1898

Abbe crystal refractometer by Carl Zeiss, Jena in Germany, 1898

Abbe type Crystal Refractometer by Carl Zeiss, Jena, German, 1898

Optics

1898