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Kodak No.E4 folding bellows camera for 118 film (6 exposures). Wood covered in black leather with red leather bellows. Fitted with a Goerz Dopp Anastigmat Series 1B F4.5 120mm f.1 fitted Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter. Referred to as Automat. Speeds 1/100sec B.T. With brilliant optical reflex viewfinder fitted to top left hand side. Eastman Kodak, c.1905.

Kodak No.E4 folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1905
Stereo box-type falling plate magazine camera for 3 1.4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with two achromatic extra rapid lenses f/11-64. Supplementary lenses on locating plates 4', 10', and 18'. Variable speed shutter 20/40/60/80/100/B. With reflecting finder, falling plate mechanism with exposure counter.

stereo magazine plate camera

Photographic Technology

1905
Table fork, silver plated, East Coast Joint Stock - Dining Cars, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1905; oval, "ECJS" garter on handle with "D.C." in sans serif black script below. Overall: 20 mm x 211 mm x 26 mm, 0.08kg.

Silver plated table fork, East Coast Joint Stock - Dining Cars

Passenger Comforts

1905
Table fork, silver plated, East Coast Joint Stock - Dining Cars, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1905; oval, "ECJS" garter on handle with "D.C." in sans serif black script below. Overall: 24 mm x 211 mm x 26 mm, 0.08kg.

Silver plated table fork, East Coast Joint Stock - Dining Cars

Passenger Comforts

1905
Vegetable dish, silver plated, Great Western Railway - Refreshment Department, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham; round, divided in two,GWR Refreshment Dept garter. (BTH 134W) Overall: 42 mm x 203 mm, 0.53kg.

Silver plated vegetable dish, Great Western Railway - Refreshment Department

Passenger Comforts

1905
Tea pot, 1 pint, silver plated, Great Western Railway - Hotels, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1905; GWR Hotels full crest, (BTH 203W). Measurements overall: 143 mm x 190 mm x 118 mm, 0.55kg.

Silver plated teapot, Great Western Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

1905
Sutcliffe self-recording keratometer, by George Culver Ltd, London, England, c.1905

Sutcliffe self-recording keratometer, by George Cu

Ophthalmology

c.1905
Original radio balance (laboratory pattern) devised by H. L. Callendar in 1905 and used at the Royal College of Science, Physics Laboratory.

Callendar's Disc 'Radio-Balance', 1905-1920

Heat

1905 (invented); 1907-1920
Silver cannula, for use with Pearse's bladder trocar, by Mayer and Meltzer, London, 1905

Cannula for use with bladder trocar

Surgery

1905
Circular instrument dividing engine (Watts No. 1) made by George W. Watts, London, England in 1905. An automatic dividing engine, complete with test circle.

Circular instrument dividing engine.

Industrial Metrology

1905
Photograph entitled 'Lawn and tulips' by Mr Symmonds, Watford, undated. Gelatin silver print

Lawn and tulips

Photographs

1905-04-17
Photograph of Micheline Emilienne Lugeon (Mademoiselle Laumaine) taken by C Smith for The Daily Herald, 1961. Gelatin silver print. Micheline Emilienne Lugeon (Mademoiselle Laumaine) was involved in a 1960s horse fixing scandal.

Micheline Emilienne Lugeon

Photographs

1905-05-14
Photograph entitled 'Painting the destination boards for the new rolling stock' by Harold Tomlin, 1936. Gelatin silver print

Painting the destination boards for the new rolling stock

Photographs

1905-04-19
Three bookform double dark slides, c.1905

three bookform double darkslides

Photographic Technology

c.1905
Bromide print, sulphur toned, "Day's Decline", 1905.

Day's Decline

Photographs

1905
'Century Hand and Stand' quarter plate folding camera with rapid rectilinear lens, c. 1905, with leather case for magazines with four magazines present.

'Century Hand and Stand' Quarter Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1905
"Oresse" solid fuel stove, c.1905, by Smith and Wellstood

Oresse solid fuel stove

Domestic Appliances

1905
Zoetrope, c. 1905, showing the passage of cyclonic depressions and the movement of air.

Zoetrope, c. 1905, showing the passage of cyclonic

Meteorology

c. 1905
Photograph, Great Western Railway, 30 hp Milnes Damiler Motor Charabanc, 1905.

Photograph, Great Western Railway, Milnes Damiler Motor

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1905
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
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with beads, from Ecuador

Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with beads

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1905
Sugar bowl, 2-handled, silver plated, Great Central Railway - Steamships, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; "GREAT CENTRAL RY STEAMSHIPS" and GCR coat of arms engraved on side, 1905. Overall: 71 mm x 130 mm 70 mm, 0.18kg.

Silver plated sugar bowl, Great Central Railway - Steamships

Passenger Comforts

1905
Cable for the ‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner (Patent No. 21,304), designed by Walter Griffith, unsigned, Europe, 1905

Cable for the ‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner (Patent No. 21,304), designed by Walter Griffith, unsigned, Europe, 1905

Domestic Appliances

c. 1905
Metal extension hose for a ‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner (Patent No. 21,304), designed by Walter Griffith, unsigned, Europe, 1905

Extension hose for a ‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner

Domestic Appliances

c. 1905
Robertson "Wotan" radiator lamp. Twin carbon filament. 1 inch BC cap, 220V, 250W, externally frosted, c.1905

Robertson "Wotan" radiator lamp. Twin carbon filam

Lighting

1905
Rectangular bronze plaque, commemorates Albert Robin, and his appointment to the chair of clinical theraphy in Paris, designed by Frederic Vernon, French, 1905

Rectangular bronze plaque, commemorates Albert Rob

Wellcome Medals

1905
Medal, bronze, rectangular commemorating Dr. Leon Labbe, French surgeon, by Henri Auguste, Jules Patey, 1905, French, 1905

Medal, bronze, rectangular commemorating Dr. Leon

Wellcome Medals

1905
Rectangular bronze medal commemorating Dr. V. Hanot, designed by G. Prudhomme, French, 1905

Rectangular bronze medal commemorating Dr. V. Hano

Wellcome Medals

1905
Bronze medal, commemorates centenary of the French(?) Society of Medical Surgery, artist Morlon, medal French(?), 1905

Bronze medal, commemorates centenary of the French

Wellcome Medals

1905
Fishplate profile, working, side, for Ceylon Government Railway [52 1/2lb] guard rail, Crown Agents No.2/27B, with agency stamp, by BHSC Ltd., 1905

Fishplate profile from Ceylon Government Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1905
A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "The Detective (Kenneth MacMillan) encounters the infamous Pofessor (Kenneth MacMillan) in 'The Great Detective', first produced at Sadler's Wells, London, 1953", by Denis de Marney. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition "The Body Electric: An Exhibition of Ballet and Dance Photography, 1859 to the Present Day", shown 7 January - 11 February 1984

Scene from 'The Great Detective'

Photographs

1905-05-06
A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Vaslav Nijinsky in 'Petrouchka', 1911' by Bert of London (or L Roosen of Paris). From the Impressions Gallery exhibition "The Body Electric: An Exhibition of Ballet and Dance Photography, 1859 to the Present Day", shown 7 January - 11 February 1984

Vaslav Nijinsky in 'Petrouchka'

Photographs

1905-03-25
12 litho transfer slides for GBN toy magic lantern.

Twelve Toy Magic Lantern Slides

Cinematography

c. 1905
Motor belt from the 10hp, 2-Cylinder Rolls-Royce motor car, Royce Limited, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, 1905

Motor belt from the 10hp, 2-Cylinder Rolls-Royce motor car

Road Transport

1905
Crystal box containing a nut, threaded stud and studding connector nut from the from the 10hp, 2-Cylinder Rolls-Royce motor car, Royce Limited, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, 1905

Nut, threaded stud and studding connector nut from the from the 10hp, 2-Cylinder Rolls-Royce motor car

Road Transport

1905
Medal, bronze, commemorating the centenary of inauguration of the Pharmaceutical Society of Lyon, July 1905, French, 1905

Medal, bronze, commemorating the centenary of inau

Wellcome Medals

1905
Mangle, Thomas Bradford Ltd., c.1905

Mangle, Thomas Bradford Ltd., c.1905

Domestic Appliances

1905
Model of "Flying Machine", c. 1905, in box, plus 1:4 scale model of cockpit

Model of Flying Machine

Aeronautics

c. 1905
Bronze medal by J.c. Chaplain, commemorating Prof. Samuel Pozzi as President of XVII Congress of Surgery, famous surgeon and gynaecologist, French, 1905

Bronze medal by J.c. Chaplain, commemorating Prof.

Wellcome Medals

1905
Le Glyphoscope stereo camera/viewer. Camera No. 18242. Metal body stereo camea for 44mm x 107mm plates. With two achromatic lenses with three apertures in sliding plate marked 012 T/I shutter. With am optical frame finder, shutter panel removed to convert to stereo viewer.

Le Glyhoscope stereo camera and viewer

Photographic Technology

c. 1905
Triple Victo. Houghtons Limited 1905.

Triple Victo

Photographic Technology

1905
Folding Bellows Plate. c.1905

Folding Bellows Plate camera

Photographic Technology

1905
Auschutz. Goerz, C.P. 1905.

Auschutz camera

Photographic Technology

1905
A modern black and white silver gelatin photograph taken from original nitrate film entitled "Skegness, 1905", taken by Alfred Hind Robinson in 1905. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'The Wide World' 28 February - 5 April 1986

Skegness

Photographs

1905
Travel Guide, London & North Western Railway, "Tourist Guide to North Wales", 1905, places to visit, 130 pages, soft cover with illustration by 'JPM'.

travel guide - tourist guide to north wales

Library Collections

1905
Evershed ohmmeter, c. 1905

ohmmeter

Electricity Supply

c. 1905
Table spoon, silver plated, East Coast Joint Stock, made by Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1905; oval ECJS garter on handle. Overall: 28 mm x 206 mm x 41 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated table spoon, East Coast Joint Stock

Passenger Comforts

1905
Meat flat, oval, silver plated, Southern Railway, 'SR' capitals at top on rim, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1905. (BTH 2S). Overall: 22 mm x 357 mm x 257 mm, 0.75kg.

Silver plated meat flat, Southern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1905
Serving dish, meat flat, silver plate, British Transport Commission Hotels, base marked 'BTC Hotels' , by Elkington & Co, '8960', with 1905 date stamp. Overall: 22 mm x 354 mm x 256 mm.

Silver plated oval meat flat, BTC Hotels

Passenger Comforts

1905
No. 2 stereo brownie camera Model A. Manufactured by EKCo. For rollfilm 125. Stereo pairs 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with two meniscus achromatic lenses ( 1 missing ), iris diaphragm numbers 1-4. Two Brownie automatic shutters, I/B/T. Pneumatic release valve. Sliding focusing with preset stop, brilliant reflecting finder with hood. No 287-H. Imperfectly repaired. 1905. Overall (deployed): 130 mm x 248 mm x 175 mm.

No 2 Stereo Brownie camera, Model A

Photographic Technology

1905