Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Fork with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement

1801-1850

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Proposed benzene structures, late 19th century

1865

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Copy of illustration showing effects of irritants on blood vessels

1858

Portrait of Robert Stephenson

1859-1860

Dental forceps

1870-1830

Two washers

15/7/27

Photoheliograph of the Sun

1861

Photoheliograph of the Sun

1861

Photoheliograph of the Sun

1858-1861

Photoheliograph of the Sun

1861

Cable specimen from the 1865 transatlantic cable

1865

Marbled black and white Parkesine sample

1862

Sansom's modification of Snow's chloroform inhaler for nasal administration during dentistry

1865

Two washers

15/7/27

Lunar photograph taken with the Kew Photoheliograph

1860-1862

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Lignite from right bank of Saskatchewan River

before 1861

Coal from Novelle

before 1865

Chilian copper regulus

1865

Coal from the level at Courtress, Switzerland

before 1865

Coke produced by a mixture of equal weights of pitch and slack

1859

Lignite from Desolation Island, Indian Ocean

before 1864

Lignite from Nicaragua

before 1865

Specimen of sand showing the penetrating power of copper

1860

Iron pyrites, containing 2.18 per cent copper

1858

Crystallised sharp slag from second fusion, Mines Royal Copper Works

1859

Crystals in an ore-furnace bottom

1860

"Metal slag" from the fourth operation in copper smelting

1865

Metal slag from Haford Works, 1865

1865

Coal from hills near Tseng-ko-ken, Pechilli province, China

before 1862

Anthracite from China, locality unknown, brought from Peking

before 1862

Coal from China, 1860s

1860

Swedish sheet copper, from the International Exhibition, 1862

before 1862

Sample of copper sheeting from Cwm Avon Copper Works

before 1862

Slag from the run-down silver powder. (Parkes' Process) Llanelly Lead Works

1859

Ingot of lead after softening (Parkes' Process) From the Llanelly Lead Works

1859

Lead liquated out of the zinc crust. (Parkes' Process) Llanelly Lead Works

1859

Piece of Belgian retort after use in smelting the lead (Parkes' Process) Llanelly Lead Works

1859

Zinc distilled from the liquated zinc, cast as a bar

1859