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Coal from New South Wales, Dukinfield Colliery

Metallurgy

before 1873

Coal from New South Wales, from the Dukinfield Colliery, near Newcastle, presented by J. Mackenzie, 1873

Thermometer screen, with a minimum alcohol thermometer

Meteorology

1875

Screen with one minimum thermometer, as used in (Christiania) Norway, 1875.

Lignite from the Dranista Coalfield, Katerini, Greece

Metallurgy

before 1874

Lignite from the Dranista Coalfield, Katerini, Greece, ("laca" bed) analysed by W.J. Ward, presented by B. Baker

Coal from New South Wales; ref: "Mines and Mineral Statistics of New South Wales"

Metallurgy

before 1873

Coal from New South Wales; ref: Mines and Mineral Statistics of New South Wales" 1875, from Australian Agricultural Company's Colliery, Newcastle, presented by J. Mackenzie, 1873

Coal from Vancouver Coal Mines and Land Company Colliery

Metallurgy

before 1873

Coal from Vancouver's Coal Mines and Land Company's Colliery, Vancouvers Island, British Columbia, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1873

Silver vinaigrette, hexagonal, elaborately engrave

Pharmacy-ware

1875

Silver vinaigrette, hexagonal, elaborately engraved, with perforated inner lid, hallmarked in Birmingham, 1875

Lignite from Dranista Coalfield, Katerini, Greece

Metallurgy

before 1874

Lignite from Dranista Coalfield, Katerini, Greece, ("loftacarria" bed) analysed by W.J. Ward, presented by B. Baker, 1874

Coal from Chile, near Coronel, south of Valparaiso

Metallurgy

before 1873

Coal from Chile, near Coronel, to the south of Valparaiso, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1873

Ereiniog prepared peat, from Portmadoc, and specimen of charcoal

Metallurgy

before 1875

Ereiniog prepared peat, from Portmadoc, and specimen of charcoal made from the same, examined by R. Smith, 1875, This peat yields on an average 27.8 percent charcoal

Rimless English clip eyeglasses with tear-shaped c

Optics

1873

Rimless English clip eyeglasses with tear-shaped concave lenses, 1873. General price half-a-crown (two shillings and six pence = 12.5 pence.

1 of 80 smoked glass slides

Ophthalmology

1874

One of eighty smoked glass slides recording blood pressures, with name, date, notes, etc., English, 1874. Unknown Maker.

2 of 80 smoked glass slides

Ophthalmology

1874

Two of eighty smoked glass slides recording blood pressures, with name, date, notes, etc., English, 1874. Unknown Maker.

Apple scoop carved from sheep's tibia

Orthopaedics

1875

Apple scoop carved from sheep's tibia, initialled and dated, England, 1875

6 of 80 smoked glass slides

Ophthalmology

1874

Six of eighty smoked glass slides recording blood pressures, with name, date, notes, etc., English, 1874. Unknown Maker.

Wrede's wave motion model

Acoustics

1870

Wrede's wave motion model.

Sir Robert Christison's Cistern Thermometer, 1871

Oceanography

1871

Sir Robert Christison's cistern thermometer, by Adie & Son, Edinburgh, incorporating a Negretti & Zambra mercury thermometer, London, 1871. Used by Sir Robert Christison in 1871, to measure lakes' differential temperature at different stratified layers.

Ladd's Polariscope, with lens and quarter undulations plate, 1870

Optics

1870

Ladd's Polariscope on iron tripod, with lens and quarter undulations plate, made by William Ladd, London, 1870, two additional eyepieces.

Tube for Symons barometer

Meteorology

1874

Iron tube for Symons earth thermometer by L. Casella, 1874.

Wooden brass measure

Weighing & Measuring

1871-1873

Wooden Yard Measure with brass end pieces and central strip marked, `T&S', late 19th Century

Copper Cube and Condensing Syringe Apparatus, 1872

Heat

1872

Copper cube and condensing syringe, for Tyndall's experiment on the consumption of heat in mechanical work, made by William Ladd, London, England, 1872

Nicol prism, in cylindrical brass mount

Optics

1870

Iceland spar prism, in cylindrical brass mount, by William Ladd, London, England, 1870.

Circular stone medallion, of John Hunter: Surgeon, from a Marylebone facade

Wellcome (general)

1873

Circular stone medallion, late 19th century, smoke-damaged, of John Hunter, surgeon and anatomist, from a facade in Marylebone. One of a set of five (Hunter, Jenner, Brodie, Cooper, Harvey) from the front of the Western General Dispensary in Conway Street, London.

Bistoury, double-headed, steel and tortoiseshell,

Surgery

1910-1870

Bistoury, double-headed, steel and tortoiseshell, by Savigny and Co. of London, 1810-1850

Pair of Tourmalines, mounted in frame, for use wit

Optics

1872

Pair of Tourmalines, mounted in frame, for use with projection lantern, by Ladd, London, c. 1872

Case, with accessories for Powell and Lealand No.1 microscope, 1874

Microscopes

1874

Case with accessories for Powell and Lealand No.1 microscope dated 1874

Portable Sikes' hydrometer by Dring and Fage, 19 a

Experimental Chemistry

1873

Portable Sikes' hydrometer by Dring and Fage, 19 and 20 Tooley Street, London, gilt, in mahogany case, with 9 weights, magnifier and ivory thermometer, c. 1873. Hydrometer Index 623.

Four tuning forks, with mahogany case, for showing Lissajou's figures

Acoustics

1870

Tuning forks (4) and for showing Lissajou's figures. Box for tuning forks.

Equilateral prism, crown glass, by Ladd, London, c

Optics

1872

Equilateral prism, crown glass, by Ladd, London, c.1872

Cast of statue of James Young Simpson

Wellcome (general)

1874

Cast of head and shoulders statue of Sir James Young Simpson in plaster, standing on plinth, original marble sculpted by Walter Wallace, Scottish, 1874

Turn pin spectacles, steel, in papier mache case,

Ophthalmology

1875

Turn pin spectacles, steel, in papier mache case, pull off lid, inscribed "French Norton", French, 1875

Model of sectioned eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1870

Plaster model of a sectioned eye, French, 1870

Medallion Award to Kendall & Gent Limited

Local History

1875

A medallion awarded to Kendall & Gent Limited by the Society for the Promotion of Scientific Industry, at their Exhibition of Appliances for the Economy of Labour, in the Slotting, Planing, Drilling & Screwing Machines category, in original box.

Induction coil sectioned in Museum Workshop in 191

Electricity and Magnetism

1874

Induction coil sectioned in Museum Workshop in 1913

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1870

Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Settle & Carlisle 1870 81 lb per yard 24 ft long', ex Crewe Collection.

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Rail chair, for flat-bottom rail, reputedly West Cannock, 1875, marked '680' [catalogue number], ex Crewe Collection.

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Rail and fishplate section, Midland Railway, marked 'Settle & Carlisle Impd 83 lb per yd 1875', ex Crewe Collection.

Crewe Collection of Permanent Way Material

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Rail chair, for bull-head rail, reputedly Great Western Railway, marked '706' [catalogue number] and embossed 'STD' '1875 HW&Co' [Henry Williams & Co of Darlington], ex Crewe Collection.

Wooden panel, Queen Victoria's saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1874

Panel, wooden, Great Western Railway, bearing Royal coat-of-arms, from Queen Victoria's Saloon No 9001, built 1874, broken up February 1912.

Repeating Theodolite Circles 14 and 10.5cm respect

Surveying

1875

Repeating Theodolite Circles 14 and 10.5cm respectively

Black pressed horn brooch in form of hand holding

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1870

Black pressed horn brooch in form of hand holding spray of flowers, with metal clip, c. 1870

Patent Log by Reynolds 1875

Navigation

1875

Patent Log by Reynolds 1875

Coal from the Island of Formosa

Metallurgy

before 1872

Coal from the Island of Formosa, presented by the Admiralty, 1872

ceremonial spade - bradford, halifax and keighley railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1874

Ceremonial Spade, Bradford Halifax & Keighley Railway, metal spade with wooden handle, engraved silver plaque attached to handle: "The First Sod of the Bradford & Thornton and Bradford Halifax & Keighley Railway was turned at Thorton Road, Bradford with this spade by Abraham Briggs Foster Esq. of Queensbury, Yorkshire on 10th March 1874".

One of two sheets of photographs of the sun taken

Astronomy

1871-1875

One of two sheets of photographs of the sun taken with a Dallmeyer photo-heliograph, at Wilna Observatory taken during the period 1871-75.

"Main" coal, Whitwick Colliery, Leicester

Metallurgy

before 1875

"Main" coal, Whitwick Colliery, Leicester, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1875

"Allora" coal, Queensland, analysed by W.J. Ward

Metallurgy

before 1873

"Allora" coal, Queensland, analysed by W.J. Ward, presented by R. Daintree, 1873

Coal from Vancouver Coal Mines and Land Company

Metallurgy

before 1873

Coal from Vancouver's Coal Mines and Land Company's Colliery, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, analysed by W.J. Ward, presented by Mr. Robins, 1873

Substance resembling copper pyrites from a furnace bottom

Metallurgy

1870

Substance resembling copper pyrites from a furnace bottom

Crystals resembling olivenite from a furnace bottom

Metallurgy

1870

Crystals resembling olivenite from a furnace bottom

Wood engraving, c. 1870, 13.5" x 9.5" built-up

Printing & Writing

1870

Wood engraving, c. 1870, 13.5" x 9.5" built-up