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C.W. transmitter/receiver, Mk.1, 1917

Radio Communication

1917

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1917

Burroughs hand operated adding and listing machine

Mathematics

1917

Short Magazine Mark III Lee Enfield .303 rifle (deactivated)

Public Health & Hygiene

c. 1917

London & North Western Railway railway wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1917

Sunspots, American, 12 August 1917.

Astronomy

1917
Metal horseshoe, mounted on mahogany plaque, was mounted on submarine K.10 when launched in 1917, probably English, 1870-1916

Good luck' horseshoe mounted on submarine K10 at its launch, 1916.

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1917

‘Gloria – Easter Hymn’ by Arthur Middleton on Blue Amberol phonograph cylinder

Sound Reproduction

1917

Two glass ampoules of dysentery vaccine, Paris, France, 1917

Public Health & Hygiene

1917
(1) Avro 504K biplane D7560 with 130hp Clerget engine no. 52090; (2) Aeroplane Log Book; ( 3) Engine Log Book; and (4) 30 hour non-luminous Mk.V watch

Avro 504K biplane D7560 with 130hp Clerget engine, c 1917.

Aeronautics

1917

Cooke airship sight

Navigation

1917

Glass ampoule of dysentery vaccine, Paris, France, 1917

Public Health & Hygiene

1917

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Surgical instrument set, Royal Army Medical Corps

Surgery

1917

Box containing ampoules of Strophanthus extract, England, 1917

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917

Drawing of curves to be placed under Boys' curve-d

Mathematics

1917

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Gas alert rattle, England, 1917

Wellcome (general)

1917

SE5A fighter, 1917.

Aeronautics

1917

Akeley cine camera

Cinematography

1917

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Surgical instrument set, Germany, 1917

Surgery

1917

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Pilot Inspecting Aeroplane Propellor

Photographs

c. 1917

File Cutters

Edward F Skinner

1917
Meat flat, silver plated, Lancashire & Yorkshire/London & North Western Joint Railways, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1917; oval, garter on rim "L&Y & L&NW RY COS". Measurements 25 mm x 300 mm x 220 mm.

Silver plated meat flat, Lancashire & Yorkshire/London & North Western Joint Railways

Passenger Comforts

1917

Cross-shaped amulet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1917

Field induction telegraph set, 1917 model

Telecommunications

1917
Locomotive Worksplate, "The Baldwin Locomotive Works No 45172 - 1917. W ^ D . Philadelphia USA. Indent No. DRT 887. Mar 1st 1917", brass, oval, ex works February 1917, supplied new to British War Office (War Department light railways 1040), renumbered to 590 later in 1917, 1923 to Welsh Highland Railway No. 590, June 1934 to June 1937 Festiniog Railway No. 13, scrapped June 1942.

baldwin locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Artillery periscope

Optics

1917
Ship's bell, brass, Great Eastern Railway/London & North Eastern Railway, inscribed "T.F.1", from the Single-Screw Steamship Train Ferry No 1/Essex Ferry, allocated to the Harwich-Zeebrugge train ferry service, served as HMS Princess Iris during World War II, reopened the Zeebrugge train ferry service in 1946 as Essex Ferry, built by Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, on the Tyne, 1917, withdrawn and broken up 1957 at Grays.

ship's bell train ferry no 1

Railway Shipping

1917

Model of Cherubin d'Orleans compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1917

Compound monocular microscope, in case with access

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1917

Scientific paper on the studies in wound infections

Biotechnology

1917-04-21
Locomotive worksplate, "Nasmyth Wilson & Co Limited No 1247 1917 Patricroft, Manchester", brass, painted red, triangle, ex War Office 2-8-0 No 1704, on loan to Great Western Railway September 1920 to September 1921 and renumbered 6001, sent to store at Stratton September 1921, purchased by Great Western Railway May 1925 and renumbered 3027, withdrawn May 1948.

Worksplate, Nasmyth Wilson & Co.

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Timken combined journal and taper thrust roller b

Mechanical Power Transmission

1917

Spectacles

Ophthalmology

1917
Locomotive Worksplate, Kerr Stuart & Co. London & Stoke-on-Trent No. 3067, 1917, brass, oval, 0-6-0T outside cylinder, KS Victory Type ROD 602, Inland Waterways & Docks No. 11, to East Kent Railway 1919 as No. 4, allocated British Railways 30948 but not carried, withdrawn February 1949.

kerr stuart worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
Locomotive nameplate, "Ingestre", brass, ex London & North Western Railway "Claughton" class 4-6-0 No 2420 (London Midland & Scottish Railway No. 5945), built June 1917, scrapped April 1934.

Nameplate, London & North Western Railway - "Ingestre"

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Block maker's draw knife

Hand and Machine Tools

1917

Siemens Thermionic Valve

Electronic Components

1917

Prismatic monocular No.4308 by the Precision Optic

Optics

1917

Proportional compasses

Mathematics

1917

incandescent electric lamp with carbon filament

Lighting

c. 1917

Photograph film positive 16" x 20", of the Sun, ph

Astronomy

1917
Bronze numberplate from Canadian National Railway Mikado type locomotive no. 3511, 1917.

3511 numberplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1917

Model H motorcycle

Road Transport

1917