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Engraved share certificate: Illinois & St Louis Br

Art

1881

Chromolithograph of Richard Anthony Proctor

Art

1883

Colour lithograph of Jupiter

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Etching by W. Hole from "Quasi Cursores", Edinburg

William Brassey Hole

1884

Pale brown/cream observation of the Sun, 16 December 1883

Art

1883

Brown/pale yellow observation of the Sun, 14 January 1883

Art

1883

Model steam locomotive, 1/14 scale, North Eastern Railway `BTP' class 0-4-4T branch line locomotive, prototype built 1874 model built by W.M. James, Hartlepool, 1884.

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

Railway Models

1884

Diagram of model interlocking apparatus made by William Smith, 1884, in glazed frame, the model was exhibited at Inventors Exhibition 1885 under the name of Cowdney and two years later it was patented by Saxby & Farmer.

Diagram of model interlocking apparatus made by William Smith

Railway Models

1884

Colour lithograph of the November Meteors 1868

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Colour lithograph of partial lunar eclipse

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Colour lithograph of Saturn

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Lithograph in colour, in original binder: The grea

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Albumen photograph of John Stringfellow, c.1881

Art

1881

Print coloured. `Bird's-Eye View of the Great Susp

Art

1883

Pale brown/cream observation of the Sun, 18 November 1883

Art

1883

Dark brown/yellow observation of the Sun, 17 May 1882

Art

1882

Sir Douglas Maclagan

William Brassey Hole

1884

Model steam locomotive, approx. gauge 1, London & South Western Railway 4-4-0T No.142, Adams tank, prototype (and possibly model) built by Beyer Peacock, Manchester, 1882, in glazed case

Model steam locomotive

Railway Models

1882

Model steam locomotive cab, from LBSCR 0-4-2 No.214 `Gladstone', wood, prototype and possibly model built 1882

Model steam locomotive cab

Railway Models

1882

Portrait. Chromolithograph. Richard Quain. Vanity

Art

1883

Observation of the Sun, April - October 1882

Art

1882

Colour lithograph of sunspots and veiled spots

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Colour lithograph of star cluster in Hercules

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1882

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Chromatics of the Sky

John Sanford Dyason

1883

Map of the Railways in the Newcastle on Tyne Coal Field in 1812. ['Plate II', presumably of 'The steam engine and its inventors: a historical sketch' by Robert L. Galloway. Scale 1":2 1/2m. Lithographed by A. Reid, Newcastle on Tyne]

Map of the Railways in the Newcastle on Tyne Coal Field in 1812

Railway Maps & Plans

1881

Metal shot, from a Fenian bomb used in an attempt to blow up Paddington Station on 26th February 1884. The shot was embedded in dynamite, hidden in a valise and left in a cloakroom. The bomb was defused without exploding.

Metal shot, from a bomb defused at Paddington Station in 1884

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1884-02

Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

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

Dead soldier at Tel-el-Kebir

Photographs

1882-12-06

Solar spectroscope with stand and two mahogany boxes by T. Cooke and Sons, York, England, 1881. Used at the Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington between 1881 and 1912. The set of prisms give a high dispersion equal to 20 prisms, by passing the light through the prisms train four times.

Solar spectroscope by T. Cooke & Sons, 1881

Astronomy

1881

Foucault's gyroscope demonstration apparatus; comprising, tripod stand 17 1/2-inch high with suspended circle, gyroscope spinning mechanism, two gyroscopes, small stand with scale, microscope and stand, mahogany stand for adjusting, gyroscope [boxes sold ScM.1806/83/1]. Used at the South Kensington Museums for demonstations.

Gyroscopes for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Metal cover of Ferranti alternator (also known as an alternating current dynamo) – model number 8. Designed by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti and made in London in 1882.

Cover of Ferranti alternator no.8, around 1882

Electricity Supply

1882

Circular bronze medal, commemorates the 7th International Medical Congress held in London in 1881, designed by L.C. Wyon, the reverse after an original by Sir John Tenniel, English 1881

International Medical Congress Medal, London, 1881

Wellcome Medals

1881

Silver medal of the International Health Exhibition, London, 1884, by Waterlow and Sons Limited, London Wall, London, England, 1884.

Silver medal of the International Health Exhibitio

Wellcome Medals

1884

W. H. Smith & Son's Railway Map of the British Isles. Marked in pencil on the inside "C.A.A.G. Aug. 4th 1884."

W. H. Smith & Son's Railway Map of the British Isles

Railway Maps & Plans

c. 1884

Ayrton and Perry's electric motor, 1882

Electricity Supply

1882

A photograph entitled 'Execution outside Alexandria, near the Cairo Railway…',taken by an unknown photographer in December 1882. The photograph shows a public execution outside the railway station in Alexandria, Egypt. A small crowd has gathered to view this gruesome scene. This man was executed for the murder of Dr Herbert P Ribton, a British subject killed during riots in Alexandria on 11 June 1882, during the Anglo-Egyptian War.

Execution outside Alexandria, near the Cairo Railway

Photographs

1882-12

McCammon safety bicycle, 1884

McCammon safety bicycle

Road Transport

1884

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

Voltmeter, permanent magnet type, Ayrton and Perry, 1881

Voltmeter, permanent magnet type, Ayrton and Perry

Electricity and Magnetism

1881-1882

12 inch Everest pattern geodetic theodolite by T. Cooke and Sons, 1884. With part.

12 inch Everest pattern geodetic theodolite by T.

Surveying

1884

Photographic bifilar magnetometer, forming part of Mascart's apparatus, 1883, by Carpentier. With box of parts.

Photographic bifilar magnetometer, forming part of

Terrestrial Magnetism

1883