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Plaque, pressed bronze on oak folding stand backboard, inscribed "M.R.I.P.S. DERBY 1923 T.A.LUXFORD", presented to T.A.Luxford of the Midland Railway Photographic Department, Derby, 1923.

MRIPS commemorative plaque

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1923
Votive figurine of isis and harpocrates on marble base, probably Roman, 200BC - 400AD

Votive figurine of isis and harpocrates on marble base

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-400
Crescent blade of Kartika knife, held by statue of Vajrayana Buddhist Dakini spirit, Tibet, China, 1601-1800

Crescent blade of Kartika knife from Dakini statue

Asian Medicine

1601-1800
Medal, University of Edinburgh, for experimental physiology, to H.G. Feltham, 1907, by Kirkwood and Son, 9 St. James' Square, Edinburgh.

Medal, University of Edinburgh, for experimental p

Wellcome Medals

1907
Sectioned manually operated two-cylinder double-acting diving pump used to supply air to one or two divers depending on depth, by Siebe Gorman and Co. Ltd, United Kingdom, late nineteenth or early twentieth century

Two-cylinder double-acting Diver's air pump

Water Transport

1830-1930
Needle, bronze, perhaps Roman,199- 500, found at Tyre, from Hamonic collection

Needle

Classical & Medieval Medicine
Circular bronze medal, commemorating the International Congress of Medicine held in Lisbon in 1906, made by T. Szirmai, 1906

Bronze medal commemorating the International Congress of Medicine, Lisbon, 1906

Wellcome Medals

1906
Circular bronze medal, commemorating the International Congress of Medicine, held in Lisbon in 1906, made by T. Szirmai, 1906

Bronze medal commemorating the International Congress of Medicine, 1906

Wellcome Medals

1906
Skead's detaching apparatus, weight detaching mechanical sounder (depth gauge and sounder), designed by F. Skead and used on HMS Tartarus, 1857, during telegraph survey operations between Malta and Crete.

Skead's Detaching Apparatus (Mechanical Sounder), 1857

Oceanography

1857
Three-stage expansion condensing launch engine used in the 'Marie' (1910), on wood blocks, part sectioned, by Simpson, Strickland and Co. Ltd., Dartmouth, 1910-1912

Three-stage expansion condensing launch engine use

Marine Engines

1910-1912
Two-stage expansion launch engine with cylinders 5 1/2" x 8" diam x 5 1/2" stroke, on wood blocks, by W. Sissons and Co. Limited, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, 1907-1908

Two-stage expansion launch engine with cylinders 5 1/2" x 8" diam x 5 1/2" stroke

Marine Engines

1907-1908
Wooden column sundial designed for a latitude of 48°, unsigned, Europe, 1651-1725.

Wooden Column Sundial

Time Measurement

1651-1725
Column sundial, height 13-inches, with painted figure of St. Christopher, unsigned, Europe, 1601-1700.

Column Sundial with Painted Decoration

Time Measurement

1601-1700
Brass model, scale 1:12, of a telescopic funnel with two lengths, c. 1846, on wood base, unsigned

Model of telescopic or reefing funnel

Marine Engines

1846-1861