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Reis telephone transmitter, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Reis telephone transmitter, made by J W Arnold, Frankfurt, Germany, 1863

Thompson's Revolver Camera

Photographs

1862

Thompson's Revolver camera, serial number 44, manufactured by A Briois, Paris 1862. Camera body engraved: `Thompson Invtr, A Briois, 4 rue de la Douane, Paris, Brevete SGDG, No.44'

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

Therapeutics

1862

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases, dynamo with steel magnet and brass and ebony terminals to apply to patient, all in polished wood case dated, unsigned, Europe, 1862

Decimal watch by Richard Dover Statter and Thomas Statter

Clockmakers

1862

Lever escapement watch by Richard Dover Statter and Thomas Statter. The main enamel dial is divided into 10 hours, each subdivided into ten. The hands move anti-clockwise, the centre seconds hand dividing a minute into 100 seconds. Inscribed ‘The true basis of a universal Decimal system’ Signed ‘Richd. Dover Statter & Thos. Statter, Liverpool No.1’. 1862

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

Printing & Writing

1862

Martin's writing machine for use by blind people, 1862

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

Telecommunications

1865

Framed photograph of 'Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association Birmingham 1865', unknown maker, British, 1865

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

Electricity and Magnetism

1865-1866

(Lord Kelvin) Thomson's 'Ironclad' marine galvanometer, made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1865-1866. Used on board the 'Great Eastern' in the Atlantic Cable expedition of 1866.

Silk skirt and blouse dyed with Perkin's Mauve Aniline Dye

Industrial Chemistry

1862-1863

Silk skirt and blouse dyed with Sir William Henry Perkin's Mauve Aniline Dye, unsigned, England, 1862-1863

Distinguished Men of Science

Elizabeth Walker

1862

Walker: - Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain 1807-8. [Proof, with fascimile signatures on paper not as separate strip] in maple frame. Designed by Gilbert and drawn by F. Skill and W. Walker. Engraved by W. Walker and G. Zobel. London, 1862.

Lenoir's gas engine, 1860

Heat Engines (non steam)

1865

Two-stroke double-acting single cylinder gas engine, patented by Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir, France, 1860, and made by Reading Iron Works Limited, Reading, Berkshire, England, 1865. The first internal-combustion engine to be offered for sale, in 1860, Lenoir's engine was an ancestor of the engines in all road vehicles. The engine worked very like a simple double-acting steam-engine. At each stroke gas and air were drawn into the cylinder and fired by an electric spark; on the return stroke the burnt gases were flushed out. Several hundred of these engines were sold, and this one is a very rare survivor. It had been used to drive machinery in the workshop of the Patent Museum for about three years.

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Polarized 'guillotine' relay, designed by W Andrews, England, 1862-1866.

The Atlantic Telegraph, broadsheet, 1866

Telecommunications

1866

Broadsheet, printed, hand-coloured engravings, 'The Atlantic Telegraph', describing the laying of the first successful transatlantic telegraph cables, published by Bacon & Co, 48 Paternoster Row, London, England, 1866. In glazed frame, 91 x 65.7 cm.

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

Medical Glass-ware

1864

Glass bottle, painted with the scene of the birth of Saint, from the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital in Florence

Reis telephone receiver, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Reis telephone receiver, made by J W Albert, Frankfurt, Germany, 1863

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

Telecommunications

1865-1866

Sample of transatlantic cable, made by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited, Greenwich, London, England, 1865-66

sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

Telecommunications

1866

Sample of submarine telegraph cable 25cm long, stated by donor to be from Norddeich-Norderney section of Norddeich-Lowestoft (Reuter), core made by Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, cable manufactured by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, Greenwich, London, England, 1866

Short sample of main Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Short sample of main Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

Telecommunications

1865

Specimen of 1865 Atlantic cable, made by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, Greenwich, London, England, 1865

model egyptian steam locomotive

Railway Models

1862

Working model and accessories of a tank locomotive engine, for use in Egypt, 1862, (scale 1:8); screw jack, four flags, set of fire bars, shovel, 3 firing irons, rail gauge and 3 lamps. Model represents a tank engine built in 1862 at Alexandria, by Jeffrey Bey, for working the train service between Alexandria and Suez.

Telescoped sample of shore end Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Telescoped sample of shore end Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Telescoped sample of twin-core shore end cable used at Bushehr in the Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Telescoped sample of twin-core shore end used at Bushehr (Bushire) in the laying of the Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Short sample of shore end Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Short sample of shore end Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Short sample of twin-core shore end used at Bushire in the Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Short sample of twin-core shore end used at Bushehr in the laying of the Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

Printed Books

1864

Book, "English life table : tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums ", by William Farr, M.D., F.R.S., D.C.L., 1864 (605 pp)

Remington 44 revolver

Hand and Machine Tools

1863-1865

Remington 44 revolver, bears an inspector's stamp, barrel length 236 mm / 9.3 in and calibre 11.2 mm / .44 in, by Remington Small Arms Factory, E. Remington and Sons, Ilion, New York state, United States, 1863-1865

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

Textiles Machinery

1866

Wheeler and Wilson lock stitch sewing machine, type No.1. The first machine with rotary hook and four motion feed patented by Allen B. Wilson 1851 and 1854, and made in 1866.

Original pilot Bessemer converter, 1865.

Metallurgy

1865

Original pilot Bessemer converter from which the first cast of steel was poured at the works of the Barrow Haematite Steel Company Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, in May 1865

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Reis telephone, 1863.

Telecommunications

1863

Reis telephone consisting of a transmitter, receiver and a glass dome, made by J W Albert, Frankfurt, 1863

Isaac Newton

Godfrey Kneller

1863

Painting, Isaac Newton (1642-1727) / Thomas Oldham Barlow (1824-1889), 1863. Copied from the original of 1689 by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646/9-1723). Oil on canvas; 74 x 62 cm or 90 x 78 x 7 cm in gilt frame. Inscribed recto: l., ISAACVS NEWTONVS. ; r., Godfrey Kneller f. 1689. Inscribed verso: Copied from the original picture by permission of Lord Portsmouth. Thomas Oldham Barlow 1863. Portrait, HS, looking slightly to r.; natural hair, shirt open at neck, brown gown loosely wrapped, r. hand resting over l. arm.

Pantascopic camera No 32

Photographic Technology

1862

Pantascopic camera No 32, 1862. For flat plates. With an A Grubb patent achromatic lens with disc stops. Camera driven by clockwork motor, gearing with rack on inside of tripod head and held in mesh by thick rubber band. Air vane governor. In operation, string wound round tripod head pulled plateholder (missing) past slot in camera back on steel track with folding ends for transport. Spirit level (dry). J R Johnson. Overall: 220 mm x 312 mm x 190 mm, 187 mm (dia. base).

Clementina and Isabella Hawarden

Photographs

c. 1862

Two women in front of mirror, one standing, one seated. A photograph of Clementina (b. 1847) and Isabella Hawarden (b. 1846), taken by their mother, Clementina, Lady Hawarden, in about 1862.

Station Master's jacket, North Eastern Railway

Railway Uniform & Costume

c.1865

Railway uniform jacket, North Eastern Railway, Station Master's jacket, c.1865.

Beatrice

Photographs

1866

An albumen print photograph entitled 'Beatrice', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. The print forms part of the Herschel Album.

After the War...Field at Cold Harbour

Photographs

1865

A photograph of men collecting bones on the field of the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia, America, by Alexander Gardener (1821-1882) from a negative by John Reekie (active 1860s) in April 1865. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Clementina Maude

Photographs

1863

Portrait of 'Clementina Maude' by Lady Clementina Hawarden, albumen print, 1863, woman reading seated beside window.

Parkesine brush or mirror with moulded female Grecian figure with tambourine

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Parkesine brush (or mirror?) back, made by Alexander Parkes, c. 1862, ivory colour, decorated with moulded Grecian female figure with tambourine; floral border around figure and on handle. (P251)

Painting of SS "Scotland"

Art

1865

Painting. SS "Scotland" / by J Scott, 1865. Oil on canvas; in gilt frame [880 x1440 x35mm]. Signed and dated brc. Portrait, ship. Iron-clad 3-masted barque rigged screw steamer, at sea under sail and steam. National Steam Navigation Company; completed 1865 by Palmer's, Jarrow. Destroyed in collision with the Kate Dyer off Fire Island, New York, 1 December 1866, driven to wreck ashore; the position marked by the Scotland lightship. In the year of her life she was regarded as the most advanced transatlantic ship of her time

Chinese abacus

Mathematics

before 1863

Chinese abacus, Suan Pan form

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1865

Steam locomotive, ‘Pet’, 0-4-0ST, 18" gauge works locomotive, London & North Western Railway, built at Crewe Railway Works in 1865, withdrawn in 1929.

Possible self-portrait of Clementina, Lady Hawarden

Photographs

c. 1862

Woman in dark dress standing in front of window. A photograph of a young woman, possibly Clementina Hawarden (b. 1847), taken by Clementina, Lady Hawarden, in about 1862.

Siemens Morse inker, 1862

Telecommunications

1862

Siemen's direct writing Morse inker, made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, England, 1862.

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Parkesine replica of Bronze medal awarded to Alexander Parkes at the International Exhibition in 1862

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Parkesine replica of Bronze medal awarded to Alexander Parkes at the International Exhibition in 1862. Bronze on one side; green on other. Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862.

Cassiopea

Photographs

1866

A photographic portrait of Mrs Keene, entitled 'Cassiopea', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1866. Mrs Keene, like Angelo Colarossi, the model for Iago, appears to have been one of Cameron's rare professional models. She also sat for the Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898). In Greek mythology Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda. Albumen print.

Coloured engraving, International Exhibition, Dubl

Art

1865

Coloured engraving, International Exhibition, Dublin, 1865

Gettysburg Field Hospital

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of a Union Army hospital tent on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, taken by an unknown photographer in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Henry Taylor

Photographs

1865

An albumen print photographic portrait of Henry Taylor (1800-1886), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865.

Woman reflected in a mirror

Photographs

c. 1863

Woman in dancing costume beside full-length mirror. A photograph of a young woman, possibly Isabella Hawarden (b. 1846), taken by Clementina, Lady Hawarden, in about 1863. During 1863 and 1864, Lady Hawarden photographed her eldest daughters in a series of costumed tableaux staged at their home in South Kensington, London.