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Castell Arquato

Photographs

1912

Black and white photograph entitled 'Castell Arquato' showing H. H. Prince Nikita Alexandrovitch in the foreground. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in Italy in 1912. From page 3 of snapshot album number 9 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family (Romanov), compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1860-1966).

Osram patent bayonet cap light bulb

Lighting

c. 1913

Osram patent bayonet cap light bulb, c. 1913

Replica concave diffraction grating, area 45 x 15

Optics

1913, 14 November

Replica concave diffraction grating, area 45 x 15 mm approx., made by sticking a metal foil replica grating on the back of a concave glass disc. Markings scratched on the protective black paint on the back of the disc read 'Thorp's replica of grating / about 15100 lines per / inch / T. T. / 14/11/13'. The disc clips into a square wooden block.

A pair of instruments, brass mounted. Speedometer

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

August Bernthsen commemorative medal

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1912

Bronze medal commemorating August Bernthsen, 1912. 70mm diameter. Obverse, head and shoulders representation of August Bernthsen, left-facing, in profile, signed A. HARTIG. Reverse, nude female figure, right-facing, in profile, holding a laurel wreath. Inscription, ...Badischen ... Soda-fabrik ... 1887 1912

Horizon for Peck's Astronomical Indicating and Observing Instrument

Astronomy

1912

Horizon for Peck's Astronomical Indicating and Observing Instrument, showing the Sun's ascension, northern and southern declinations

Hours of Right Ascension, for Peck's planisphere

Astronomy

1912

Hours of Right Ascension for Peck's Astronomical Instrument, circular attachment

Ediswan light bulb with screw cap

Lighting

c. 1912

Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co. Ltd Ediswan light bulb with screw cap, c. 1912

2 microscope slides of blood films, glass, prepare

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1911

2 microscope slides of blood films, glass, prepared 25 SEP 1911

Model of a gyroscopic motor car

Kinematics

1913

Model of a gyroscopic motor car with 4"ball bearing gyroscope controller and a clockwork propelling section to demonstrate the practicalities of gyroscopic controlled vehicles as proposed by Dr. James Gray.

Trousers, Great Western Railway Fire Brigade

Railway Uniform & Costume

1912

Railway uniform trousers, Great Western Railway, Fire Brigade, 1912.

'Envelope' adapter holder

Photographic Technology

c1912

'Envelope' adapter holder for flat sheets of film, made by Houghtons Ltd, c. 1912.

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, from Ronald G. W. Norrish’s garden shed chemical laboratory

Experimental Chemistry

1912

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, for chemical glassware, British, 1907-1912. From the garden shed chemical laboratory contents belonging to Ronald G. W. Norrish, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1912.

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, from Ronald G. W. Norrish’s garden shed chemical laboratory

Experimental Chemistry

1912

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, for chemical glassware, British, 1907-1912. From the garden shed chemical laboratory contents belonging to Ronald G. W. Norrish, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1912.

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, from Ronald G. W. Norrish’s garden shed chemical laboratory

Experimental Chemistry

1912

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, for chemical glassware, British, 1907-1912. From the garden shed chemical laboratory contents belonging to Ronald G. W. Norrish, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1912.

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, from Ronald G. W. Norrish’s garden shed chemical laboratory

Experimental Chemistry

1912

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, for chemical glassware, British, 1907-1912. From the garden shed chemical laboratory contents belonging to Ronald G. W. Norrish, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1912.

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, from Ronald G. W. Norrish’s garden shed chemical laboratory

Experimental Chemistry

1912

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, for chemical glassware, British, 1907-1912. From the garden shed chemical laboratory contents belonging to Ronald G. W. Norrish, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1912.

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, from Ronald G. W. Norrish’s garden shed chemical laboratory

Experimental Chemistry

1912

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, for chemical glassware, British, 1907-1912. From the garden shed chemical laboratory contents belonging to Ronald G. W. Norrish, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1912.

Pocket aneroid barometer by T Armstrong and Co, 88

Meteorology

1912

Pocket aneroid barometer by T Armstrong and Co, 88 and 90 Deansgate, Manchester, in leatherette case lined with velvet and silk. With invoice dated 1912, includes no.2, and NPL certificate dated August 1912

Metal float, for JAP motorcycle carburettor

Road Transport

1912

Metal float associated with JAP motorcycle carburettor.

Westwood rear reflector for cycles, patented 1911.

Road Transport

1911

Westwood rear reflector for cycles, patented 1911.

Echo electric horn, c. 1912

Road Transport

1912

Echo electric horn, c. 1912

Wire for making tyres

Road Transport

1913

Piece of woven coiled wire as used in the tyre made by Stelastic Tyres Ltd., 1913

Piece of motor car wheel inner tube

Road Transport

1913

Piece of a Searle inner tube showing method of valve seating, 1913

Bicycle chain links

Road Transport

1911

Renold roller bicycle chain links

Coiled spring from JAP motorcycle engine

Road Transport

1912

Coiled spring associated with JAP motorcycle engine.

Carburettor for JAP motorcycle engine

Road Transport

1912

JAP motorcycle carburettor.

Carburettor

Road Transport

1913

Stewart Precision carburettor, made in 1913, sectioned

Carbon granule aid, double microphone, 1912.

Sound Reproduction

1912

Carbon granule aid, double microphone, 1912.

Marconi 'ganged-condenser', used for tuning the tw

Radio Communication

1912

Marconi 'ganged-condenser', used for tuning the two halves of a Bellini-Tosi aerial in direction-finding experiments, c.1907

Bottle of tetanus vaccine, by Sächs Serumwerk GmbH

Public Health & Hygiene

1911

Bottle of tetanus antitoxin (vaccine), prepared by Sächs Serumwerk, G.m.b.H, Dresden, Germany

Barker Universal body massaging machine, 1913

Domestic Appliances

1913

Barker Universal body massaging machine, 1913

Carbon filament light bulb

Lighting

c. 1912

Carbon filament light bulb, c. 1912

Steel, used with flint and tinder, by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Borneo, 1912

Firemaking

1912

Steel (exactly like that from Shanghai noticed above, no. 180), used by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Dutch Borneo; collected in August 1912 by Mr. J. F. R. Wollaston. Borneo. Used with flint (a rough lump of chalcedony, length 1 3/8 in) and tinder (threads of cotton, twisted and plaited, dyed yellow, and inserted in a very small tube of bamboo, diam. 3/8 in)

Wheatstone bridge, Post Office box type, by Gambre

Electricity and Magnetism

1913

Wheatstone bridge, Post Office box type, by Gambrell Bros. with independent plug contract

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, from Ronald G. W. Norrish’s garden shed chemical laboratory

Experimental Chemistry

1912

Metal clamp, 1 of 24, for chemical glassware, British, 1907-1912. From the garden shed chemical laboratory contents belonging to Ronald G. W. Norrish, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 1912.

Totoi

Photographs

August 1911

Black and white photograph entitled 'Totoi'. The photograph shows, from left to right, H. H. Prince Feodor Alexandrovitch, H. R. H. Prince Pavlos of Greece, H. R. H. Princess Irine of Greece, H. H. Prince Nikita Alexandrovitch and H. H. Prince Andrew Alexandrovitch sat on a park bench with H. R. H. Princess Helene of Greece and The Crown Princess of Greece standing behind. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in Greece in August 1911. From page 12 of snapshot photograph album number 7 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

Biarritz, on the Big Beach

Photographs

1912

Black and white photograph entitled 'Biarritz, on the Big Beach'. The photograph shows, from left to right, Countess Komarovsky, H. H. Prince Demetri Alexandrovitch, H. H. Princess Irina Alexandrovna, H. H. Prince Rostislav Alexandrovitch, Princess Beloselsky and Prince Orbeliani on the beach with the Palais Hotel in the background. Taken by Herbert Stewart in France in 1912. From page 8 of snapshot album number 9 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family (Romanov), compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1860-1966).

Locomotive worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1911

Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway 69783, Darlington Works 1911", cast brass, oval, North Eastern Railway 4-6-2T A7 No. 1183, renumbered LNER 9783 in 1946, British Railways 69783 (as an A7/1 from 4/48), withdrawn December 1956.

Wagon solebar plate, North British Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1912

Wagon solebar plate, North British Railway, "NBRy Co Cowlairs, 1912 To carry 10 tons". Cast iron oval.

Nameplate, London & North Western Railway - "Sir Gilbert Claughton"

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1913

Loocmotive nameplate, brass, "Sir Gilbert Claughton", ex London & North Western Railway "Claughton" class 4-6-0 No 2222 (London Midland & Scottish railway No 5900), built 1.1913, withdrawn 3/1935.

'Simplex' automatic band-saw sharpening machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1911

"Simplex" automatic band saw sharpening machine with handle

signalbox diagram

Signalling & Telecommunications

1911

Signalling diagram, in glazed frame, Shrewsbury, Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway, by Tyer & Co, London & Carlisle, 1911.

Untitled (Game Keepers

Photographs

April 1913

Untitled black and white photograph showing H. H. Prince Andrew Alexandrovitch sat outside a wooden house with a gun resting in his lap. Three un-named men, two of whom are holding dead game, stand behind the Prince whilst a forth man and boy stand to the far right. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in The Crimea, in April 1913. From page 12 of snapshot album number 9 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family (Romanov), compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1860-1966).

The Lower Mill from Below

Photographs

1913

Black and white photograph entitled 'The Lower Mill from Below', showing several unidentified men on a bank beside water. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in Zaretchie, Russia in 1913. From page 20 of snapshot photograph album number 6 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

Page 7 from Romanov album no. 9

Photographs

1912-1913

Page 7, consisting 4 photographs from a snapshot photograph album no. 9, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960) of the Russian Imperial Royal Family (Romanov). Between 1908 and 1917, Herbert was English tutor to the sons of Grand Duke Alexander and his wife Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, sister of Tsar Nicholas II.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1912

Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1359 makers 1912 Doncaster", cast brass, oval, GNR 0-6-0 Class J21 78, London & North Eastern Railway Class J2 3078 from November 1925, renumbered LNER 5022 from October 1946, British Railways 65022 from June 1961, withdrawn December 1953.

Early type propeller for ward driven pump.

Farnborough

1912

Early type propeller for wind driven pump.

Watkins bee meter

Photographic Technology

c.1913

Watkins bee meter. White metal with tin or chrome plating.

Tube dated 15/5/13, used to prove that mass of ele

Electricity and Magnetism

1913

Tube dated 15/5/13, used to prove that mass of electrons emitted by a tungsten filament may exceed the mass of the matter lost from the filament by evaporation or otherwise ( original: broken)