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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

Reis telephone transmitter, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

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

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

Printing & Writing

1862

Martin's writing machine for use by blind people, 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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Signal block bell, South Eastern Railway

Signalling & Telecommunications

1862

Block bell, No 397, enamel plate attached reads "Train Signal System adopted by the South Eastern Railway Co, Charles Walker FRS Invent. International Exhibition 1862, Honorable Mention".

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.

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

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)

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

Telecommunications

1865

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

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.

Beatrice

Photographs

1866

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

Siemens Morse inker, 1862

Telecommunications

1862

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

Clementina Maude

Photographs

1863

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

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.

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).

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

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

Station Master's jacket, North Eastern Railway

Railway Uniform & Costume

c.1865

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

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

experimental dye

Scientific Instruments & Research

c. 1862

Bottled sample of crude mauveine acetate, made by William Perkin, c. 1862.

Kelvin Quadrant Electrometer, 1866

Geophysics

1866

Kelvin type quadrant electrometer, made by J. White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1866.

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.

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.

After The Manner Of Perugino, 1865

Photographs

1865

Photograph entitled 'After The Manner Of Perugino' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Ryan (1848-1914), in the style of Perugino (1450-1523), a renaissance Italian artist, forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

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.

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.

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, m

Plastics and Modern Materials

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, marbled green and black in colour, wavy profile. Steel-plated blade with four fake hallmarks. Base of blade decorated with moulded leaf decoration.

Cornet

Local History

1865

Brass musical instrument, cornet made by J. Higham, Manchester, c.1865.

R Chance.

Art

1863

Carte de Visite photograph. R. Chance.

Chinese abacus

Mathematics

before 1863

Chinese abacus, Suan Pan form

Isabella and Clementina Hawarden

Photographs

c. 1863

Albumen print of a woman lying on couch, with another woman standing behind couch. A photograph of Isabella (b. 1846) and Clementina Hawarden (b. 1847) taken by their mother Clementina, Lady Hawarden, in about 1863.

‘Autoperipatetikos’ walking doll

Human Robotics

1862

‘Autoperipatetikos’ walking doll, by Martin & Runyon, USA, c1862

The Dirty Monk', Alfred Lord Tennyson, May 1865

Photographs

1865-05

Photograph entitled 'The Dirty Monk' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in May 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of the poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). This is perhaps the most famous of all Cameron's portraits. Tennyson himself referred to it as 'The Dirty Monk'. Tennyson was the most popular poet of the Victorian period. He was made Queen Victoria's poet laureate in 1850.

Photographs albumen prints, by Clementina Lady Hawarden

Photographs

c. 1862

Photographs albumen prints, by Clementina Lady Hawarden