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Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

Telephone receiver, Crossley's patent 1880, unknown maker, British, 1880.

Saw bench

Hand and Machine Tools

1879

model of a Garrett saw bench with a safety guard designed by J. B. Lakeman, 1879, scale 1:4, constructed by R. Garrett, Leiston, Suffolk, 1879

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Lancashire loom, made by J. & R. Shorrock, Darwen, c.1880, and used at Pennington Mill, Leigh.

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Edison telephone peg switchboard with six pegs, made by the Edison Telegraph Company of London Limited, London, England, 1879

Crossley table telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Crossley desk-type telephone transmitter, made by Emmot and Blakey, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, 1879

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1880

Steam locomotive, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 0-6-0T No 82, "Boxhill", designed by William Stroudley, built at Brighton in 1880, withdrawn in 1946.

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Gladstone

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1882

Steam locomotive and tender, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 0-4-2 No 214, "Gladstone", designed by William Stroudley, built at Brighton in 1882, withdrawn 1927.

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

Lighting

1879

Original incandescent electric carbon filament lamp, by Thomas Alva Edison, Menlo Park, New Jersey, United States of America, with bulb made by Ludwig K. Boehm, Menlo Park, New Jersey, United States of America, 1879

Edison telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Wall telephone with Edison chalk receiver, unknown maker, probably United States, 1879.

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

Telecommunications

1879

50-line manual telephone switchboard, made by Jones Brothers, Cincinatti, USA, 1879

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1880

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway, "Train Following/Return to Saltburn No.5" (Oblong metal, c.1880)

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1880

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, unsigned, England, 1875-1885. This is an early example of the brace which replaced the bow drill because it is easier to manipulate than the bow and there is no idle return movement. The speed of rotation is slower but the turning force (moment) is greater and a different form of bit (drill piece) taking a heavier cut was used. This is fitted with a button type of chuck used from the latter half of the 18th Century. However, the style features in 20th Century tool catalogues.

Gower-Bell wall telephone

Telecommunications

c.1880

Gower-Bell wall telephone with transmitter made by David Moseley & Sons, Manchester, c.1880.

Water from the River Jordan

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881

Bottle of water from the river Jordan, collected in 1881 by George Armstrong

Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880

Time Measurement

c. 1880

Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880

Magneto wall telephone

Telecommunications

c1880

Magneto wall telephone by Charles Wiliams, Boston, USA, c.1880

Telegraph transmitter

Telecommunications

c.1880

General Post Office high-speed paper-tape telegraph transmitter, c.1880.

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

Road Transport

c.1880

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

telephone transmitter

Telecommunications

c.1880

Handheld granular carbon telephone transmitter, made by David Moseley & Sons, Manchester, c.1880.

telephone transmitter

Telecommunications

c.1880

Marr handheld telephone transmitter, made by David Moseley & Sons, Manchester, c.1880.

Engraving: Watt's first experiment

Art

1879

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co, New York [1879]. An example of the genre of unashamed romanticism in depicting Watt's 'invention of steam'. overall: 27.5x37.5cm

Specimens illustrating the unintentional welding t

Metallurgy

before 1880

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

Marey's Camera for Chronophotography

Wellcome (general)

1882

Camera for chronophotography on a fixed plate invented by Étienne-Jules Marey, about 1882.

Very early Edison carbon filament lamp.

Lighting

1879

Very early Edison carbon filament lamp (filament broken) with platinum screw clamps to hold the filament. 1879

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.

Dead donkey inside entrenchments at Tel-el-Kebir

Photographs

1882-12-06

A photograph showing a dead donkey on the battlefield of Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt, taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882. The photograph was taken during the Anglo-Egyptian War.

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.

'The Horse in Motion'

Photographs

1882

Book: 'The Horse in Motion: As Shown by Instantaneous Photography. With a Study on Animal Mechanics, Founded on Anatomy and the Revelations of the Camera, in which is Demonstrated the Theory of Quadrupedal Locomotion', 1882. By J D B Stillman AM MD, using photographs by Eadweard Muybridge. Executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford. Illustrated with 5 heliotypes, showing positions of cameras and motion.

Professor Huxley

Photographs

1880

A Woodburytype entitled 'Professor Huxley', 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.

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.

Wax death mask of Benjamin Disraeli, England, 1881

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1881

Wax death mask of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, taken six hours after his death by Sir E. Boehm, England, 1881

Tri-unial magic lantern

Photographic Technology

1880

Goodwin Norton Triple lantern. Triunial lantern for 3 1/2 x 3 1/4" slides; lower two lenses missing, 2 mixing, one blowthrough oxyhydrogen limelight jets; star mixers; with hydrogen and oxygen gauges by Beard; previously catalogued as 1990-5036/259. Two lenses missing. Donated by daughter of maker. This tri-unial lantern, used by the lanternist Charles Goodwin Norton, was possibly made by W Butcher & Sons. The projector is missing two of its three lenses , though it retains its oxyhydrogen limelight jets - two mixing, one blowthrough -, star mixers and hydrogen and oxygen gauges by Beard.

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.

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium, first half 20th century

Photograph of gibbous Moon

Astronomy

1880

Photograph of the gibbous Moon, 20th Jan. 1880, taken by A.A. Common with a 36-inch reflecting telescope with silver-on-glass mirror from his home in Ealing, West London.

Magic lantern slide: Lion

Cinematography

1880

A magic lantern slipping slide showing a lion with moving eyes, made by Harris and Company in 1880. A slipping slide consists of two pieces of glass - both painted with different stages of a movement. Black patches painted on the movable, or 'slipping', slide alternately cover and uncover the stages of movement.

Whitworth Lathe No. 626

Hand and Machine Tools

1880

Treadle lathe, made by Joseph Whitworth & Co., Manchester, c. 1880.

Portable chemistry set

Experimental Chemistry

1880

Portable chemistry set for Technological & Natural Sciences Teaching Materials: "Light & Heating", by Vetter, Hamburg, c. 1880

Walking stick made from telegraph wires from Tay Bridge

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1879

Walking stick, made from telegraph wires which passed over the old Tay Bridge before the Disaster of 1879, made by John McKay a labourer of Tayport Harbour, (broken).

Fort Ada, Alexandria

Photographs

1882-11-12

A photograph entitled 'Fort Ada, Alexandria', taken by an unknown photographer in November 1882. The photograph shows a damaged gun battery on the walls of Fort Adda (or Ada) in Alexandria, Egypt.

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

Hall typewriter in portable walnut case, 1881

Printing & Writing

1881

Hall typewriter no.5537 in portable walnut case, 1881. This is an index-type typewriter and was patented in 1881 by Thomas Hall of New York, who had been working for some years on the problem of producing a simple typewriter.

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Aragonite slab with 7 holes for cosmetic ointments, each labelled in hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 1991BC-1786BC

Henry M Stanley

Photographs

1880

A Woodburytype entitled 'Henry M Stanley', 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.