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Leather-bound notebook, belonging to Dr W.M. Maccu

Surgery

1880

Analytical balance, semi-automatic, by Seyss of Vi

Experimental Chemistry

1880

Camera lens made by W.I. Chadw

Photographic Technology

c.1880

Modern single plate protectors, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

Follows & Bate knife cleaner

Domestic Appliances

c.1880

Lowne's air meter, No 821, in

Coal Mining

c.1880

Sector type shutter, Spurge & Whitcher's patent, 1

Photography

1879

G.P.O. Bobbin protector, 1880

Geophysics

1880

Brass locomotive bell, on teak base, from 5000th locomotive built by Baldwin locomotive works for the Philadelphia Railway, USA, 1880.

baldwin locomotive bell

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1880

Electrotype copy of the Quart measure, William III, 1700

Weighing & Measuring

1878

Maximum Mercury and Minimum Alcohol Thermometer by J.J. Griffin & Sons, 1880

Heat

1880

John Scott Russell

Photographs

1878

Standard apothecary's reference measure

Weighing & Measuring

1878

Incandescent electric lamp with 'candlestick' cap

Lighting

1879

W. H. Bailey Hot-Air Engine

Motive Power

1880

J H Naylor Ltd Marsaut type la

Coal Mining

c. 1880

Rotating-vane air meter No. 53

Coal Mining

c.1880

Time globe

Meteorology

1880

Model of a hand-power rock drill with 2 drills and spanner.

Model of a hand-power rock drill with 2 drills and

Mining & Ore Dressing

1879

Kuo Tajen

Photographs

1880

Stereoscopic Viewer

Photographic Technology

1880

Salsbury, cycle-hub oil lamp.

Road Transport

c.1880

Domestic ice cream making machine, about 1880

Domestic Appliances

1880

Chislett's conical electro-magnetic machine, 1873

Electricity and Magnetism

1880

Tasimeter, improved form

Heat

1878

Set of Eight Apothecaries, cylindrical and conical glass measures, with case

Weighing & Measuring

1881

Three of the first microphones, 1878.

Telecommunications

1878

Ebonised clock from the Manchester Reform Club

Time Measurement

c. 1880

Oscillating ring, lock stitch sewing machine, c. 1878.

Textiles Machinery

c. 1878

Induction coil

Electricity and Magnetism

1881

Demonstration equipment showing expansion of brass and iron

Heat

1880

Thomas Hughes

Photographs

1880

Urethral syringe, pewter, owned by Dr. W.H. Bellot

Therapeutics

1935-1880

Thermometer, fahrenheit with ring-shaped bulb, in

Clinical Diagnosis

1880

Air meter, No 162, in wooden c

Coal Mining

c.1880

Enlarged Photograph of Part of the Sun's Disc

Astronomy

1878

Mustard grinder, Swedish, c.1880

Domestic Appliances

1880

Telephone receiver 1881, earpiece marked 'United T

Telecommunications

1881

Knott and Wood makers plate

Coal Mining

c. 1880

Hydrometer by W. Geissler, Amsterdam, 1881.

Experimental Chemistry

1881

Microscope attachment for oblique illumination, c.

Microscopes

1880

Morse sounder, c.1880. Double plate sounder., in wooden case with needle and dial at the top. Last used over railway telegraph circuits to transmit Morse code through a reversal of the current to distinguish dot from dash. The needle moved to left and right.

Morse code sounder used over railway telegraph circuits

Telecommunications

c.1880

Early form of mercury interrupter (hand break)

Electricity and Magnetism

1880

Specimen French Atlantic Cable, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Plug type resistance box in German silver wire, ma

Electricity and Magnetism

1880

Astatic mirror galvanometer, (no. 166), by Elliott

Electricity and Magnetism

1880

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

brighton ship bell

Railway Shipping

1878

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

gresham combination ejector for vacuum brake

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878-1881

Guidebook, Midland Railway, "Illustrated Tourist Guide", 187

Library Collections

1879

Tinfoil phonograph, 1880

Sound Reproduction

1880