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'Road' 6-inch drawing pencil

Mathematics

1876

'Road' 6-inch drawing pencil

Bust of Sir William Fairbairn

Motive Power

1875

Bust of Sir William Fairbairn, sculpted by Thomas Woolner, 1875. Sir William Fairbairn was a founder in 1854-5 of the Manchester Steam Users' Association for the Prevention of Boiler Explosions and For the Attainment of Economy in the Application of Steam. He served as President of the Association from 1858 until his death in 1874 at the age of 85.

Proportional compass

Mathematics

1876

Proportional compass:- Old English, with adjustment

Stanley 5 5/8-inch lifting nib drawing pen, Great

Mathematics

1876

Stanley 5 5/8-inch lifting nib drawing pen, Great Turnstile, London, 1876

Stanley's 5-inch improved drawing pen, with liftin

Mathematics

1876

Stanley's 5-inch improved drawing pen, with lifting nib, Great Turnstile, London, 1876

Bisschop single-cylinder Vertical Gas Engine

Motive Power

1882

Bisschop single-cylinder vertical gas engine, no. 927B, made by J. E. H. Andrews, Stockport, 1882.

Planting and manufacturing of indigo: Indigo factory (beating the Vats)

Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte

1877

photograph. The planting and manufacturing of indigo in India: - 6. Indigo factory (beating the Vats). / by Oscar Mallitte. - [India]: Allahabad, 5 October 1877. - Printed at the Liverpool Press, Stanley Road, Allahabad. albumen, c18x23.5cm adhered to thin card 44.5x28cm and captioned, within wrapover paper.

Planting and manufacturing of indigo: Planter's Bungalow

Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte

1877

photograph. The planting and manufacturing of indigo in India: - 1. Planter's Bungalow. / by Oscar Mallitte. - [India]: Allahabad, 5 October 1877. - Printed at the Liverpool Press, Stanley Road, Allahabad. albumen, c18x23.5cm adhered to thin card 44.5x28cm and captioned, within wrapover paper.

James Prescott Joule

Charles Henry Jeens

1876

Engraved portrait of James Prescott Joule

Ordinary Cycle 'The Windsor'

Road Transport

1878

Ordinary cycle 'The Windsor' complete with saddle, fitting and bell

Specimens illustrating the unintentional welding together of two steel surfaces

Metallurgy

before 1880

Specimens illustrating the unintentional welding together of two steel surfaces, communicated by J. Taylor, 1880

Francis Norris Adams

Photographs

c. 1885

A photograph of Francis Norris Adams (1882-1973), taken by his father, Edgar Tarry Adams in 1885.

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Two si

Lighting

1881

One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Two single loop filaments, one longer than the other. One support for each filament, attached to side of bulb. Each filament attached to platinium passing through seperate pinch seals. Pear shaped bulb, clear, with shoulder to base. Top P.P. Bayonet type cap, with shoulder, but with unusual bottom contacts, and with horizontally projecting pin and knob from base. Base attached with plaster but insulation at bottom is fibre, and there are three segmental contacts, with a gap for the rest of the circle. (? Is this a switch - use the knob to turn the lamp between off/dim/bright). Ediswan - etched (faintly) on glass. 100 - 8, 100 - 16 etched faintly on glass (volts-c.p.). Also, '32' etched on glass nearone filament support, in script.

Self winding pocket watch in square, silver case

Time Measurement

1875-1885

Self-winding pocket watch, by Loehr, Vienna, made about 1884, with a nickelled going-barrel movement wound by an oscillating weight as the wearer moves, numbered 289, with white enamel dial indicating hours and minutes with subsidiary indication for seconds and power reserve, signed Loehr Patent, in a square silver decorated case.

Inside the Entrenchments

Photographs

1882-12-06

A photograph entitled 'Inside the Entrenchments', taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882. The photograph shows Egyptian entrenchments on the battlefield of Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt. Three months after the battle, a dead body still awaits burial.

Adze, manganese steel, 1882-1884

Metallurgy

1882-1884

Adze, manganese steel, 1882-1884

London & North Western Railway Notice

Railways

1883

London & North Western Railway warning notice, c.1883.

Notice, Midland Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Bridge notice, Midland Railway, signed James Williams, 1875, white letters on red

Crompton switch, 1880

Electricity Supply

1880

Crompton switch, 1880

1:4 scale model of straw trusser for attaching to back of threshing machine

Agricultural Engineering

1882

1:4 scale model of straw trusser for attaching to back of threshing machine, Double Band Tying, 1882

Model illustrating the Surface of Luminous Waves

Mathematics

1876

Plaster model, after Fresnel, to illustrate the surface of luminous waves - in 3 parts

gresham combination ejector for vacuum brake

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878-1881

Combination ejector for automatic vacuum brake, standard type, patented by J. Gresham in 1878-1881, sectioned, on stand.

Leather disc from Brotherhood flexible coupling

Mechanical Power Transmission

1883

Leather disc forming part of a Flexible coupling by Peter Brotherhood.

Carbon arc lamp

Lighting

c.1881

Carbon arc lamp made by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, c.1881.

brighton ship bell

Railway Shipping

1878

Ship's bell, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'BRIGHTON 1878', ex Paddle Steamer Brighton III, built J. Elder & Co., Govan, 1878.

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister on 10 Sept 1883 in Kohlbach Valley, Tatra Mountains. Specimens are loose on a grey sheet of paper. See inscription field.

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea collected by Joseph and Agnes Lister on 24 Sept 1883 at Csorba Lake in the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia. Specimen is loose on a grey sheet of paper. See inscription field.

Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister, United Kingdom, 1875-1878

Microbiology

1875-1878

Set of 6 test-tubes each with a glass cap, set upright in a test-tube stand made from wire and glass, used by Lister in his experiments on lactic fermentation, circa 1877

10-Inch JuniorTrig 0902 Aristo slide rule from the

Mathematics

1970-1875

10-Inch JuniorTrig 0902 Aristo slide rule from the 1974 catalogue, with instruction leaflet.

small heliostat on mahogany base/stand with clockw

Astronomy

1875-1885

small heliostat on mahogany base/stand with clockwork drive, by Spencer and Son, Dublin, c.1880., owned and used by Sir William Abney, Royal Engineers, incomplete, lacks mirror

John Everett Millais

Photographs

1876

A Woodburytype portrait of John Everett Millais (1829-1896), taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1876. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time.

Sir Phillip Cunliffe Owen

Photographs

1880

A Woodburytype entitled 'Sir Phillip Cunliffe Owen', taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1880. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time. A brief biographical essay by Thompson Cooper (1837-1904) accompanied each portrait.

Charles Robert Darwin

Photographs

1878

A Woodburytype entitled 'Charles Robert Darwin', taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1878. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time.

William Powell Frith

Photographs

1880

A Woodburytype portrait of William Frith, taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1880. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time.

Rackwork polarising magic lantern slide

Cinematography

c. 1880

Rackwork polarising magic lantern slide with hand crank and brass rod control with rotating coloured glass polarising discs which change the image from purples to greens and vice versa.

Sigsbee waterbottle, by H. Haecke, Berlin, 1875-85

Oceanography

1875-1885

Sigsbee waterbottle, by H. Haecke, Berlin, 1875-85. Used on the US Survey ship 'Blake' investigations.

Victor Hugo

Photographs

1877

A Woodburytype entitled 'Victor Hugo' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1877. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time.

The 'Multiplicateur Enfantin' ready reckoner, c 1880.

Mathematics

1876-1884

Automatic calculator: Chambon's "Multiplicateur Enfantin" length 6 3/8 inch

Dissection(?) set, leatherette, dated 1880, French

Surgery

1880

Dissection(?) set, leatherette, dated 1880, French

Model of pharmacy in Guangzhou, China, 1880-1883

Pharmacy-ware

1881-1885

Pharmacy model, Guangzhou, China, probably 1881

Stanley's 5 3/4-inch improved drawing pen with lif

Mathematics

1876

Stanley's 5 3/4-inch improved drawing pen with lifting nib

Negretti & Zambra Reversing Mercury Thermometer, 1877-78.

Oceanography

1877-1878

Reversing thermometer in wooden holder with lead shot inside, by Negretti & Zambra, London, 1877-78 (see note).

textbook which belonged to Ernest Rutherford

Nuclear Physics

1885

textbook which belonged to Ernest Rutherford, a copy of "An elementary treatise on dynamics etc." by B. Williamson and F.A. Tarleton, London 1885, pp x11 + 459. The inside front cover has the signature "E. Rutherford", size 195mm x 135mm

Dental forceps, for upper roots, nickel plated ste

Dentistry

1875-1882

Dental forceps, for upper roots, nickel plated steel, by Evrard, 34 Berners Street, London, England, 1875-1882.

Plotting scale

Mathematics

1876

One of 26 plotting scales by W.F. Stanley, Great Turnstile London. Ivory offset scale with bevel section, 2-inch with 12 & 24 divisions.

Minimum Alcohol Thermometer by Pastorelli & Co., 1875

Heat

1875

Minimum alcohol thermometer, oak frame by Pastorelli & Co., 208 Piccadilly, London, 1875.

Protractor scale

Mathematics

1876

Protractor scale, on ivory, 6"x1 5/8", made by W. F. Stanley, Great Turnstile, London, 1876.

Medicine chest, containing 27 glass bottles, pestl

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1875-1885

Medicine chest, containing 27 glass bottles, pestle and mortar by Savory and Moore, sold by Gibbon of Cheltenham, bottles refilled by Army and Navy stores, London, c.1880

Compound monocular microscope by R. & J. Beck, ser

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1875-1880

Compound monocular microscope by R. & J. Beck, serial no. 8706. circa 1870

Steel drawing pen, old style; 6 inch, Great Turnst

Mathematics

1876

Steel drawing pen, old style; 6 inch, Great Turnstile, London, 1876