Public Health & Hygiene
1918
One of 3 posters, entitled 'The Louse Danger', with illustrations by Grace Edwards, published by British Museum (Natural History), London, 1918
Photographs
c. 1914
A photochrom postcard entitled 'London: Cheapside, Looking E.', published in 'London In Colour Photography' by The Photochrom Company Limited, London in about 1914. The postcard shows Cheapside, with the church of St Mary-le-Bow on the right of the street.
Marine Engines
1905-1914
Ailsa Craig 14" two-blade right hand weedless propeller, complete with torpedo nut, fitted up on stand (see note), c.1914
Mathematics
c.1908
Mechanical ready reckoner patented by J. Hine, 1905
Jones, T and TG
1905
Diagram of 'Simple Trick Valve'. one of a boxed set of 8 engine slide valve models, printed on card, designed by T and TG Jones, each 10.5x13cm, with box 12x18cm. With letter press instruction booklet 'Notes on slide valve models' [4th edition, John Heywood Ltd, Manchester 1905].
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1910
Glass bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Phenacetin Compound'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Phenacetin Co.' written on the object in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.
Asian Medicine
before 1915
Large wooden inro, lacquered, complete with ojime and netsuke, Japanese
Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
1905-1915
Arm band of British Red Cross Society, 1915
1914-1918
Collecting box, metal, for wounded soldiers fund, French, 1914 to 1918
Printing & Writing
1:6 scale model of Koenig and Bauer's stop cylinder printing press size no 10b, made by Hunters Limited, Fleet Street, London in 1905. The original Koenig and Bauer's printing press on which the model was scaled was 52" x 35.5" in size and weighed 6.75 tonnes, with details provided in an 1897 Koenig and Bauer catalogue.
Domestic Appliances
c.1914
Copper electric room heater. Made around 1914 by Ferranti Limited in Hollinwood, Oldham.
1915
Gas mask, PH 'Tube' gas helmet, canvas with metal fittings and glass eyepieces, British, 1915
Surgery
Canvas roll for surgical instruments from a surgical pannier, 1905
Coal Mining
c. 1910
Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1910
1901-07-17
A photograph entitled 'Launch of HMS 'Cornwallis' at Thames Ironworks, Blackwall', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in July 1901.
Plastics and Modern Materials
1901
Godet of early spinning machine for viscose silk, designed by C.F. Topham Esq. in 1901, photograph no.3446, lantern slide L.G.
1917-1918
Wooden board with glass tubes attached, part of blood transfusion apparatus originally thought to be designed by Geoffrey Keynes, but believed to be designed by Oswald Hope Robertson during the 1st World War and made by the General Surgical Co. Ltd., 1917-1918
1901-1911
Electrically driven trolley vacuum cleaner, with dust container and suction tube, by the British Vacuum Cleaner Company, England, 1901-1911
Aeronautics
1919
Model of Junkers F.13 all-metal Transport Aeroplane.
Railway Models
1907-1917
Model steam locomotive, 2 1/2" gauge, paraffin-fired live steam, London & North Western Railway 4-4-0 No 238 "F W Webb", by Bassett-Lowke, c 1912.
Jar, clear glass, for sublimate pastilles, glass stoppered, full of pastilles, from German W.W.I medicine chest, German, 1914-1918
Orthopaedics
False right leg, military issue, English, 1914-1918
1917
Metal case of surgical instruments, for field use, 1917, German
Printed Books
1902
Book "Handbook for Attendants on the Insane", 4th ed. 1902, by the Medico Psychological Association. Located Science Museum Library at Wroughton. Shelfmark: 616.89 MEDICO
A photochrom postcard entitled 'Traffic Duty at Ludgate Circus', published in 'London In Colour Photography' by The Photochrom Company Limited, London in about 1914. The postcard shows a policeman directing traffic at Ludgate Circus in London.
A photochrom postcard entitled 'London: Kensington Gardens, The Fountains', published in 'London In Colour Photography' by The Photochrom Company Limited, London in about 1914.
A photochrom postcard entitled 'London: The House of Lords Showing the Woolsack', published in 'London In Colour Photography' by The Photochrom Company Limited, London in about 1914. The postcard shows the Woolsack, the seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords.
1904-07-06
A photograph entitled 'Ploughing the Beach: SS 'Kohinoor' in distance', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in July 1904. Adams took many photographs of people at work. He combined this observation with the ship in the distance.
A photochrom postcard entitled 'London: Piccadilly Circus', published in 'London In Colour Photography' by The Photochrom Company Limited, London in about 1914. The postcard shows the busy streets of Piccadilly Circus, crowded with people, buses, motor cars and horses.
Road Transport
1911
A pair of instruments, brass mounted. Speedometer and trip odometer, plus a copy of the provisional specification. S. Smith and Son, 9 Strand, London 1911
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Locomotive worksplate, brass, Kitson & Co, 1918, possibly ex Royal Ordnance Dept 2-8-0 No 1913, works No 5199, 2-8-0, Great Western Railway No 3035, withdrawn August 1948.
October 1908
Black and white photograph by Herbert Galloway Stewart, entitled 'Monte Carlo', October 1908. Pictured L-R: HH The Prince Feodore Alexandrovitch, HIH The Grand Duke Alexander Michailovitch, HH The Prince Andrew Alexandrovitch, and HH The Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia sitting on a balcony overlooking the Ligurian Sea at Monte Carlo. From a Kodak Souvenirs snapshot album compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart, English tutor to the sons of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia.
Road Vehicles (Railway)
Horse-drawn parcels van, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, covered van L&YR No.101, c1910.
Optics
1895-1909 (estimated)
Plane Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal, grating area 45 x 35 mm, with scratched markings reading 'Plate prepared at the Astronom / ical and Physical Instrument / Works of J A Brashear / Allegheny Pa USA', 'Ruled on Rowlands Engine / Johns Hopkins Univty / Baltimore Md / USA', 'AE... / 1896' and '14438 lines to one inch / 568 to one m/m', in blackened metal stand with removable glass cover and three adjustable feet.
Telecommunications
Telephone handset by Siemens and Halske, with leather carrying case, German 1914-18
Electricity and Magnetism
Ayrton and Perry secohmmeter (original form)
1903
Sectional model, scale 1:10, of a water-tube 'Yarrow' boiler (1903) representative of one of 24 such boilers fitted to two Chilean battleships, Science Museum, Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1903
Microscopes
1914
Monocular microscope no.165762 by E. Leitz, Wetzlar, with two objectives and two eyepieces, in wooden case, made c.1914
Microscope no.134973 by E. Leitz Wetzlar, with two objectives, Abbe condenser and iris diaphragm, c.1911
Photographic Technology
1905-1910
Tudor 1/4 plate folding camera, by Houghtons Ltd. Stamped below carrying handle: "The Tudor No 1 patent.". Stamped on front lens surround: "Symplanat Rapid Achromatic lens." Engraved on front lens mounting: "Bausch & Lomb Opt Co. pat appd." Label stamped inside front door: information concerning focusing lengths.
1910-1915
The "Abbeydale" photographic enlarger.
Wheatstone bridge, no. 1446, by Muirhead and Co. Ltd., 1915
Black and white photograph entitled 'Some of the Villagers in Gala Costume to welcome the Prince and Princess'. The photograph shows the local people of Kokkos welcoming Prince and Princess Youssoupoff. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in Crimea, Russia in 1914. From a snapshot photograph album number 10, page 11, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960) of the Russian Imperial Royal Family.
Firefighting
Fire extinguisher, 1915, made by William Miller, Glasgow
Electricity Supply
Steam-driven high-speed electricity generating set, comprising a steam engine made by Ashworth & Parker, Bury, and generator made by Mather & Platt, Manchester, 1910.
pre-1914
Light-weight "basket" below elbow (cosmetic) prosthesis used as a sleeve filler. Japanese pre-1914 War. (Weight: 0.25 lb 0.1 kg).
Coins, Medals & Tokens
Bronze medal commemorating Amadeo Avogadro, 1911. 52mm diameter. Obverse: Head relief profile to right, artist G. Tua, C. Fait. Reverse: Italian inscription celebrating the centenary of his molecular theory 24 September 1911
Electronic Components
c. 1919
Marconi WT Co valve, type V24, marked 12520 and C, (RMW/B103 - McVitie Weston number), by Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Limited, c. 1919.
Royal Ediswan valve, type C, marked 5985, (RMW/B52A - McVitie Weston number), by Royal Ediswan, 1918.
Hagedorn's needle holder, by J. Weiss and Son, London, 1917
