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Britannia statue

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1849

Nimbus, or rain cloud

Luke Howard

1849

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

Railway Infrastructure

1849

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

Wellcome (general)

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

Luke Howard

1849

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam

Art

1849

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Phenomena of Nature: The Ignis Fatuus

Josiah Wood Whymper

1849

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Moon by James Nasmyth

James Hall Nasmyth

1849

Islamic astrolabe, 1849

Astronomy

1849

Cumulostratus; as produced by the inosculation of Cumulus with Cirrostratus

Luke Howard

1849

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Duchenne Medical Induction Machine, Paris, France, 1849

Therapeutics

1849

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Compound monocular microscope by Smith & Beck, 6 C

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1849

Chain stitch fixed needle sewing machine

Textiles Machinery

1849

Gilt perfume case

Pharmacy-ware

1849

Engraving. Astronomical Diagram. The Earth and its Atmospher

Emslie, John (engraver); Reynolds, James & Sons (publisher)

1849

Phenomena of Nature: Whirlpools

Whimper; Whymper, Josiah Wood; Clay, R.

1849

Medicine Chest for treating Cholera, 1849, English

Medicine Chest for treating Cholera, 1849

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1849

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

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

Phenomena of Nature: The Aurora Borealis

Whimper; Whymper, Josiah Wood; Clay, R.

1849

Cumulus breaking up; Cirrus and Cirrocumulus above

Luke Howard

1849

Phenomena of Nature: Volcanoes

Whimper; Whymper, Josiah Wood; Clay, R.

1849

Phenomena of Nature: The Prairie on fire

Whimper; Whymper, Josiah Wood; Clay, R.

1849

Handbell, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, brass with polished wood handle, engraved "East Sussex Railway Station 1849", used at the opening of the original Eastbourne Station.

London Brighton & South Coast Railway handbell

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1849

Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-930

Best selected copper from Messrs. Newton and Co.,

Metallurgy

1849

95x120mm black leather case with two latches. Plain red satin lining. Rectangular gilt mat. Bound but no frame. Original paper backing in pieces at back of frame, old Calcutta newspaper dated December 1st 1849. Daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of middle aged gentleman, three quarter face. Seated. See also 1990-5036/DC07.

Daguerreotype In Black Leather Case

Photographs

c. 1849

Chamberlain's Improved Drawing Board, Pippsfield,

Mathematics

1849

Peculiar coloured copper from a mass of Russian me

Metallurgy

before 1849

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Wooden herb box, covered with coloured paper, poss

Pharmacy-ware

1851-190

Medal, silver, struck in commemoration of the Fancy Fair held in the Prince's Park, Liverpool, for the benefit of the Infirmary, Northern and Southern Hospitals, Liverpool, 8th, 9th and 10th of August 1849, designed by F.L. Hausburg, made by Allen and Moore, liverpool, 1849

Commemorative medal, Fancy Fair for Liverpool hospitals

Wellcome Medals

1849

2 lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, in silver case

Therapeutics

1849

camera lens

Photographic Technology

1870-890

Compound monocular microscope of the no. 2 form

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1849

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway, die, steel, pictorial, shield halved with motto above ‘PERICULUM PRIVATAM UTILITAS PUBLICA’ - ‘at private risk for public service’ and motto below, ‘VIS UNITA FORTIOR’ - ‘combined strength is more powerful’. Incorporated on April 19th 1821, opened 27th September 1825, reincorporated 1849 and absorbed by the North Eastern Railway on 28th July 1862.

seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Railway Heraldry

1849

Joule's Cast Iron Friction Apparatus (Calorimeter), 1849

Heat

1849

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Copper cracked in rolling, from the Forrest Works

Metallurgy

1849

Astronomical Diagram, The earth and its atmosphere

Emslie, John (engraver); Reynolds, James (publisher)

1849

Geographical Diagram. Physical Map of the world from the dis

Emslie, John (engraver); Reynolds, James (publisher)

1849

New Coal Exchange opening ticket

Art

1849

Phenomena of Nature: Perforated Rocks

Whimper; Whymper, Josiah Wood; Clay, R.

1849

Geographical Diagram. Geological Map of England

James Reynolds

1849

Phenomena of Nature: Petrifying Springs

Whimper; Whymper, Josiah Wood; Clay, R.

1849