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Jeffers Calculator, American ready reckoner for nu

Mathematics

1907

Jeffers Calculator, American ready reckoner for nutritive ratios, by Henry Jeffers, 1907

Victory

Photographs

1906-04-03

A photograph entitled 'Victory', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in April 1906. The photograph shows a house and garden, with people stood in the two open doorways. A sign hangs on the front of the building, indicating that it is a hotel or public house.

Air Race

Photographs

c. 1910

A photograph entitled 'Air Race', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams, c. 1910. The photograph shows a crowd of spectators gathered around an aeroplane in a field.

Triple horn gramophone, 1906

Sound Reproduction

1906

Triple horn gramophone with Goldring special soundbox, 1906.

Fifteen unbound pages of scrap book, 1905-1910

Radio Communication

1905-1910

Fifteen unbound pages of scrapbook, including press cuttings and photographs relating to early days of Marconi and Wireless Telegraphy, unknown maker, 1905-1910

Canvas roll for surgical instruments

Surgery

1905

Canvas roll for surgical instruments from a surgical pannier, 1905

Box from surgical pannier

Surgery

1905

Box labelled 'Tin A' from field surgical pannier set, complete, British, 1905 pattern101919

Canvas bag from field surgical pannier set

Surgery

1905

Canvas with leather and metal straps bag from field surgical pannier, British, 1905 pattern101919

Box for a Potain type aspirator

Surgery

1905

Leather box with blue silk lining for a Potain-type aspirator from a surgical field pannier, pattern 1905

Scale model of Koenig and Bauer's stop cylinder printing press

Printing & Writing

1905

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.

Clockwork Kinora Viewer

Cinematography

1908

Clockwork motor drive in ornamented cast base; viewer on pedestal with universal joint to permit tilting; two viewing lenses; contains reels showing crane unloading timber. Serial Number 1620. British Mutoscope & Biograph Company Limited, London.

The Prestwich Model 5 Cine Camera

Cinematography

1910

Prestwich Kinematograph cine camera for 35mm film in 300 foot internal wooden magazines. It is hand-cranked with two eight-frame-per-turn shafts and one single frame shaft. Film drive is by two continusous sprockets and claw intermittent. There is no lens in the rack and pinion mount. The camera has a footage counter and a film punch, with tripod bushes on both top and bottom. It is possible to view the rear of the film gate from the back for critical focussing. Stencilled number T239. (3 inch Specail Stigmati patent lens by Dallmeyer, London, Serial No 62046; not original?)

Gold Pocket Watch with Crystal Tourbillon Mechanism by Fordsmand, 1910

Time Measurement

1910

Gold keyless crystal tourbillon watch by W. Fordsmand, London, 1910

Midg No 0 Magazine Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1910

Box form magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens f/11-44. Adjustable shutter 1/2/4/10/20/50/75/100/T. With three magnifiers on rotating plate for 4,8 and 12 feet. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate mechanism, released by sliding knob on camera top. With exposure counter. With 12 metal plate holders with perforated rebates for identifying exposures. No. 189551.

Two tourniquets

Surgery

1905

Two Samway's tourniquets, by Maw, London, 1905

Glass bottle labelled to contain 'Soda-mint'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Glass bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Soda Mint'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Soda Mint.' 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.

Glass bottle labelled as containing sodium salicylate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Sodium Salicytate'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Soda Salicyl: Gr 5' 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.

Wooden insert for medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Oblong wooden insert of box with ovoid openings at either end for handles, and no lid. Inside, divided into 40 compartments or sections. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Glass bottle labelled to contain liquorice compound powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Glass bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Liquorice Compound Paper'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Liquorice Co. Gr. 30.' 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.

Cylindrical container labelled to contain mercury perchloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Black cylindrical container, labelled "Tabloid' brand Hydrarg. Perchlor. (Mercury Perchloride) compressed. gr. 1/100 (0.00065 gm)'. Sealed with flat lid. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Cylindrical container labelled to contain lead subacetate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Black cylindrical container labelled "Soloid' brand Lead Subacetate'. 'Lead Subacet: Gr. 10' written on the object in red lettering above the label. Sealed with a flat lid. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Glass bottle labelled as containing aloin compound

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Aloin Compound'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Aloin 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.

Paper document

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Paper document with title "Tabloid' Medicine Case for Sledge Service. Synopsis of History'. Describes the circumstances in which the medicine chest was discovered after the disappearance of Captain Scott. Handwritten inscriptions reading '1981-1007' and 'R. 165'. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Throat brushes wrapped in a paper packet

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Rectangular paper packet, labelled 'Throat brushes'. Tied with string'. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Glass bottle labelled to contain iron and arsenic

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Glass bottle, black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Iron & Arsen. 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.

Glass bottle labelled to contain chloral hydrate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Glass bottle, black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Chloral Hyd: Gr. 5.' 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.

Model (scale 1.48) of rolled steel pithead frame

Mining & Ore Dressing

1910

Model (scale 1.48) of rolled steel pithead frame at Burley Colliery, Coventry.

Oertling model 5SBP analytical balance

Experimental Chemistry

1910

Oertling model 5SBP analytical balance, serial no.11192, made 1910. Glazed mahogany base, clear glass base with pale green undercloth. Beam and support column are brass.

Peterhof

Photographs

July/August 1908

Black and white photograph by Herbert Galloway Stewart, taken at Peterhof, St Petersburg, July-August 1908. Image shows unidentified members of the Russian Imperial family standing next to a motor car outside one of the Peterhof palaces. 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.

Gas radiator

Domestic Appliances

c.1905

Gas radiator made by Cannon Iron Foundries, Bilston, c.1905.

At Gatchina

Photographs

July/August 1908

Black and white photograph by Herbert Galloway Stewart entitled 'At Gatchina', July-August 1908. Pictured L-R: HH The Prince Nikita Alexandrovitch, HH The Prince Rostislav Alexandrovitch and HH The Prince Dmitri Alexandrovitch in the garden of Gatchina Palace, near St Petersburg. 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.

Matrix punch mill tool, grinding machine

Printing & Writing

1905

Matrix punch mill tool, grinding machine, Plant No.210, made by Lanston Monotype Corporation, Salford, Redhill, Surrey, England, 1905. Part of the equipment used in the production system for Monotype matrices.

Cutter Grinder Machine

Printing & Writing

1911

Double ended cutting and grinding machine, Plant No.406, made by Lanston Monotype Corporation, Salford, Redhill, Surrey, England, 1911. Part of the equipment used in the production system for Monotype matrices.

Pierpont punch-cutter

Printing & Writing

1907

Pierpont punch-cutter. Matrix punch cutting machine, Plant No. 355, modified by Frank H Pierpont of the Lanston Monotype Corporation, Salford, Redhill, Surrey, 1907. Mounted on bench with machine Nos.503, 289, 290 & 958.

Enamel notice, Dudley Stourbridge & District Electric Traction Co.

Railway Infrastructure

1908

Notice, enamel, Dudley, Stourbridge & District Electric Traction Co Ltd 'Notice To Trespassers...August 1908

Rome

Photographs

November 1908

Black and white photograph by Herbert Galloway Stewart, entitled 'Rome', November 1908. Pictured L-R: HH The Prince Feodore Alexandrovitch, HIH The Grand Duke Alexander Michailovitch, HH The Princess Irina Alexandrovna with a car and two unidentified men in Rome, Italy. 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.

Parsons' turbine blade examples

Motive Power

c. 1909

Examples illustrating Parsons turbine blading, rosary and comb types types, viz:- 7 blades 5 1/2 inches long; 7 roots for 5 1/2 inch. blades; 7 blades 3 inches long; 7 roots for 3 inch blades; 1 segment of 3 inch blading; 1 segment of 5 1/2 inch blading; 2 brass rods; 1 copper rod; 1 canvas board.

[Original aeroplane design drawing by S.F. Cody. W

Glass bottle labelled to contain potassium chlorate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Bottle, labelled "Tabloid' brand Potassium Chlorate'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Pot: Chlor: Gr: 5' written in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

'Bachelor' griller

Gas Industry

c.1910

'Bachelor' griller made by the Cannon Iron Foundry, Bilston, c.1910

Roller-Blind Shutter

Photographic Technology

1905-1910

Roller-blind shutter with original box made by Thornton-Pickard Limited.

Twin element permanent magnet oscillograph in box

Electricity and Magnetism

1910

Twin element permanent magnet oscillograph in box

Skein of Viscose, 1905-1907.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1905-1907

Skein of ivory viscose, very coarse yarn labelled "SHADE No...LOT No. COUNTS... TURNS C or B3 twist...". Edwin Beer's skeins, associated with first dyed skeins. Originally in chocolate box.

Rome

Photographs

November 1908

Black and white photograph by Herbert Galloway Stewart, entitled 'Rome', November 1908. View of the Arch of Constantine in Rome, Italy. 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.

Perfecta Midget gramophone by Lockwood, 1909

Sound Reproduction

1909

Perfecta Midget gramophone by Lockwood, 1909

Fruit and Flowers

Photographs

c. 1910

A photomechanical reproduction of an autochrome photograph entitled 'Fruit and Flowers' by the Lumière brothers, published by the Polytechnic School of Photography and Typography, c. 1910.

Silver medallion, Caledonian Railway Ambulance Brigade 2nd prize

Coins and Medals

1911

Medal, silver, Caledonian Railway Ambulance Brigade, 2nd prize won by St Rollox works, awarded to John Duff 1912, made by John Lockhart, Glasgow, 1911.

Auto Graflex Camera

Photographic Technology

1905-1910

Auto Graflex single lens reflex camera by Folmer & Schwing Division (Eastman Kodak Co.), with Dallmeyer anastigmat lens.

Nightsoil cart model

Water Supply & Sanitation

1910

Nightsoil cart model made by Manchester City Council Cleansing Department, c.1910. The model includes 7 small buckets inside the cart.

Johnson and Philips thermogalvanometer

Electricity Supply

1906

Johnson and Philips thermogalvanometer made in 1906