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Zoetrope strip entitled 'Celarius Waltz', by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, about 1880. Paper and ink with watercolour wash.

Zoetrope Strip 'Celarius Waltz'

Cinematography

c. 1880

Human skin, tattooed with figure of soldier with bugle, probably French, dated 1881

Human skin, tattooed with figure of soldier with b

Anatomy & Pathology

1881

Wrought iron segment from Beaumont's 1880 Channel Tunnel heading

Wrought iron segment from Beaumont's 1880 Channel

Civil Engineering

1880

Vacuum tube to show that cathode rays would cause phosphorescence after turning a corner

Vacuum tube to show that cathode rays would cause

Electricity and Magnetism

1880

Silver medal, commemorates Jeno Zichy, artist A.Scharff, medal Hungarian, 1879

Medal commemorating Jeno Zichy

Wellcome Medals

1879

Guidebook, London & South Western Railway, "Illustrated Tourist Guide", 1879, places to visit, cost new 1d, 32 pages.

illustrated tourist guide

Library Collections

1879

Travel Guide, London & North Western Railway, "Tourist Guide", 1879, incorporating timetable and information, cost 1d, 32 pages, soft cover.

travel guide - tourist guide

Library Collections

1879

Von Sterneck pendulum apparatus by Stuckrath Berlin, 1882

Von Sterneck pendulum apparatus by Stuckrath Berli

Geophysics

1882

Ceramic saucer from tea/coffee service presented to Mr. Robert Wilkie, Station Master at Hexham on his promotion to Corbridge station, 26 September 1882. Made by Edge, Malkin & Co. Overall: 27 mm x 167 mm (dia. rim).

Ceramic saucer from Robert Wilkie set

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1882

Ceramic saucer from tea/coffee service presented to Mr. Robert Wilkie, Station Master at Hexham on his promotion to Corbridge station, 26 September 1882. Made by Edge, Malkin & Co. Overall: 27 mm x 167 mm.

Ceramic saucer from Robert Wilkie set

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1882

Book, "Historical Notes on the Bradford Corporation", by William Cudworth, Bradford, Thomas Brear, 1881. Contains nineteen Woodbury type plates

Historical Notes on the Bradford Corporation

Photographs

1881

Tube of oxide of zinc formed on a cupel in which zinc was heated in a muffle, produced at the Metallurgical Laboratory, Jermyn Street, 1880

Tube of oxide of zinc formed on a cupel in which z

Metallurgy

1880

Criminal photographic studio posing chair. Wooden with metal head support at the back. Manufactured in Germany, about 1880.

Criminal Posing Chair, c 1880

Photographic Technology

c 1880

Tailboard form folding wooden camera for 5 x 4 inch plates. Fitted with a Ross achromat lens No.17737 in sliding mount. Sliding rising front. Rack and pinion focusing on ack. Upward hinging ground glass focusing screen. Baseboard locked by sliding panel.

Late wet plate folding camera

Photographic Technology

1880

Copper with 1.3 per cent of arsenic, refined at Broughton Copper Works, Manchester, 1882

Copper with 1.3 per cent of arsenic, refined at Br

Metallurgy

1882

Large wooden crate containing a number of machine parts for Lathe no. 626, including 21 change wheels (cogs) of varying sizes. Approximately 30 machine parts in total including a tin of bolts and gauges. Lathe no. 626 is a precision screw-cutting lathe dating from about 1880.

Whitworth Lathe No. 626

Hand and Machine Tools

1880

Bronze medal presented to the Duke of Galliera for his munificence to the sick, Italy, 1880

Bronze medal presented to the Duke of Galliera for

Wellcome Medals

1880

Sample of Ordinary Cinchona Febrifuge, prepared from Cinchona succirubra, from the Royal Botanic Gardens Collection, Kew, prepared Calcutta, India, about 1882

Sample of Ordinary Cinchona Febrifuge, prepared fr

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1882

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE

Gilt bronze medal presented for services in a cholera epidemic, Belgium, 1882

Gilt bronze medal presented for services in a chol

Wellcome Medals

1882

Circular copper medal, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Belgium's independence, and is a souvenir of a Brussels veterinary Congress, Belgian, 1880

Circular copper medal, commemorates the 50th anniv

Wellcome Medals

1880

Bronze medal to commemorate a medical congress in Cracow, by M. Kurivatowski, Poland, 1881

Bronze medal to commemorate a medical congress in

Wellcome Medals

1881

Medal, silver, probably membership of the Society of the Waters of Trouville, France by Meissenbourg based on Ingres, French, 1879

Medal, silver, probably membership of the Society

Wellcome Medals

1879

2 small circular medals with silk ribbons, commemorates Association of French Ladies, France, 1879

2 small circular medals with silk ribbons, commemo

Wellcome Medals

1879

Medal, silvered bronze, Michel Eugene Chevreul, centenary(?), O. Roty, artist

Medal, silvered bronze, Michel Eugene Chevreul, ce

Wellcome Medals

1880

Instantaneous 'go and return' camera shutter by M. Noton.

Noton Camera Shutter

Photographic Technology

1879

Stevengraph, unmounted, "The Good Old Days", illustrating mailcoach, c. 1870.

The Good Old Days - stevengraph

Miscellanea & Curiosities

c. 1879

Paper (newsprint), listing: 'Stevengraph pure silk woven pictures', stevengraph works, Coventry and stevengraph, "The Good Old Days". Depicting Royal Mail Coach. Silk picture in card frame, woven by Thomas Stevens, Coventry and London. 8"x5 1/4"

The Good Old Days

Miscellanea & Curiosities

c. 1879

Stevengraph, in card frame, marked Stephenson's "Triumph," Sixty Miles an Hour. The first train ran on 27 September 1825 from Stockton to Darlington. Woven in the York Exhibition, 1879, depicting 2-2-2 locomotive "Lord Howe" and two carriages.

Stephenson's "Triumph,"

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1879

Bronze medal, struck in memory of Robert Friedrick Wilms, dated 24 Sep. 1880, by E. Weigand, German, 1880

Bronze medal, struck in memory of Robert Friedrick

Wellcome Medals

1880

Chemical balance by F. Sartorius, 1879 in wooden case.

Chemical balance

Weighing & Measuring

1879

'Ross' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2. Double extension, square leather bellows, rising front and cross movement, swing and reversing back. Rack and pinion focusing. Back assembly slides on two brass struts. Fitted with a Ross Rapid Symmetrical lens of 12.5" f.1 with Waterhouse stops. Mahogany with brass fittings. Ross & Co c.1880.

'Ross' folding bellows field or stand camera

Photographic Technology

1880

Bookform double dark slide. Ross & Co 1880

bookform double darkslide

Photographic Technology

1880

Mould used for making hand made paper, c. 1880 (water-mark: "The Delhi and London Bank Ltd.")

Mould used for making hand made paper, c. 1880 (w

Papermaking

1880

Hare plate camera, made by George Hare. Folding stand camera for 3 3/4 x 4 3/4" plates. Sliding rising front; rack and pinion focus acting on rear. With Dallmeyer lens No. 21859 (June 11, 1867, US patent). F.5". Rotating stop disc with 5 apertures, circa 1880.

Hare plate camera

Photographic Technology

1880

Circular silver medal, awarded by Comite Central de Vaccine du Departement du Nord, to Mme. Marie Dassonvalle, depicts Edward Jenner, made by Hamel and Lecomte, Rouen, France, 1879.

Vaccination medal

Wellcome Medals

1879

Dessert fork, silver plated. Ex BR(LMR) officers mess, Euston - 1948-1990. No railway markings on fork. Made by Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1879. Overall: 19 mm x 184 mm x 23 mm, 0.05kg.

Silver plated dessert fork, ex BR(LMR) officers mess, Euston - 1948-1990

Passenger Comforts

1879

Guidebook, "The Great North of Scotland. A Guide", by W Ferguson, 1881, places to visit, 174 pages, soft cover.

the great north of scotland

Library Collections

1881

Two off 2-tine claw ground anchors plus shackles on each, together with two pulleys, each mounted on a bearing block which attaches to the ground anchors. One spare pulley. Pulleys by J & F Howard, Bedford. For use with Fowler 'roundabout' cable ploughing tackle comprising 1985-1952,1953, 1954.

Two off 2-tine claw ground anchors plus shackles o

Agricultural Engineering

1880

Map of magnetic variation, 1880

Terrestrial Magnetism

1880

Two matching resistance boxes, with mercury connectors, calibrated in B.A. units

Two matching resistance boxes, with mercury connec

Electricity and Magnetism

1880

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Seal matrix, Cathcart District Railway, 1880, copper disc mounted on brass backplate with two holes, full company title and date around circumference enclosing 2-2-2 locomotive, backplate stamped 'A.C.Young, Glasgow'.

seal matrix - cathcart district railway

Railway Heraldry

1880

Circular card pill box containing quinine manufactured in South America, probably 1880

Circular card pill box containing quinine manufact

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880

Silver Medal South London Photographic Society. Awarded E Dunmore, Artisitic Competition, 1882. 42mm diameter.

Silver Medal South London Photographic Society

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1882

A folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With square leather bellows, rising front and cross movement, reversing and swing back. Fitted with an Aplanat F.8 8.5" f.1 lens. Made of mahogany with brass fittings.c.1880

folding bellows field or stand camera

Photographic Technology

c.1880

Book form double dark slide. c.1880.

Book form double dark slide

Photographic Technology

c.1880

Bayliss-Thomas tricycle, c. 1879

Bayliss-Thomas Tricycle

Road Transport

1879

Mossiac gold on the surface of hard head. From the Chyandour Smelting Works, Penzance, 1881

Mossiac gold on the surface of hard head. From the

Metallurgy

1881

Bronze medal to commemorate the tercentenary of the death of Luis de Camoes, Portuguese, 1880

Bronze medal to commemorate the tercentenary of th

Wellcome Medals

1880