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Gold from 2,000 grains of bismuth

Metallurgy

before 1889

Parsons' original Steam Turbine generator,1884

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

Motive Power

1884

Welsbach-Kern gas radiator, with fuel, c.1894

Domestic Appliances

1894

Ellison air brick, one of twelve models for instruction in hygiene.

Ellison air brick, one of twelve hygiene models

Sewerage & Sanitation

1896

Hammond typewriter, with braille marked keys

Printing & Writing

1895

Mains cable used in the Deptford Safety test

Electricity Supply

1889

Post Office box wheatstone bridge for line and oth

Telecommunications

1891

Rain gauge, Bradford waterworks pattern, 1893

Meteorology

1893

Pig-iron from Madras, called grey

Metallurgy

before 1889

A magic lantern slide entitled 'Chambercombe Wood'

Cinematography

c. 1893

Steelyard ammeter, 1885

Electricity Supply

1885

Metal component associated with the 100 K.W. Radial Flow Steam Turbine alternator with Generator

Motive Power

1891

Yost No 1 typewriter, c 1889.

Printing & Writing

c. 1889

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Woman reading

Photographs

c. 1890

North African market

Photographs

c. 1890

Drawing room interior

Photographs

1888

Regent Quadrant, London

Photographs

c. 1890

Holborn Circus, London

Photographs

c. 1890

Hill and Barnard sphygmomanometer, London, England, 1886-1896

Clinical Diagnosis

1886-1896

Differential Air Thermometer, 1894

Heat

1894

'Photo-rotoscope' 35mm projector mechanism

Cinematography

1896

Waverley typewriter in case, 1895

Printing & Writing

1895

Isobel and Pauline Adams in Pram

Photographs

c. 1890

Metal model of a cross section of pipe resembling watering can, black. Sticker marked 46. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet

Model pipe cross section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Model of metal chimney, purple, green and grey. Rectangular shape. Sticker marked 1. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet

Model metal chimney

Domestic Appliances

1895

Bobbin of artificial silk produced by Legh Powell, 1885-1886

Textiles Machinery

1885-1886

Model of a cross section of a pipe, lower case r shaped. Yellow and cream. Sticker marked 115. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet

Model 'r' shaped pipe cross section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Yellow model of a cross section of a pipe. Sticker marked 101. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet

Model pipe cross section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Yellowy beige model of a long hopper. Sticker marked 50. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet

Model of a long hopper

Domestic Appliances

1895

Wooden tray with two leather handles and faded pink card insert. Part of a cabinet containing a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene.

Wooden tray from hygiene instruction cabinet

Domestic Appliances

1895

Cream metal cross section of connected pipes. Sticker marked 109. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet

Model pipes cross section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Metal model of a cross section of a vent, black. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet

Model vent cross section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Wooden tray with three compartments with faded pink lining. Part of a cabinet containing a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene.

Wooden tray from hygiene instruction cabinet

Domestic Appliances

1895

Black metal model of a cross sction of a bucket. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet

Model bucket cross section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Two men on a ship

Photographs

c. 1890

Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co trade stand

Photographs

c. 1889

Woman at a market stall

Photographs

c. 1890

Girl looking in a rock pool

Photographs

c. 1890

Smith Premier No. 2 typewriter, c. 1891

Printing & Writing

1891

Ordinary copper ore from Alderley Edge, Cheshire

Metallurgy

before 1889

Iron ore reduced by Chenot's process, by Chenot hi

Metallurgy

before 1889

Meteoric iron, metallic portion melted under glass

Metallurgy

before 1889

Crystallised nickel regulus from a furnace bottom.

Metallurgy

before 1889

Kupfernickel from Schneeberg, Saxony

Metallurgy

before 1889

Pure titanic acid, in the form of a greenish-grey

Metallurgy

before 1889

McInnes-Dobbie steam engine indicator, McInnes-Dobbie Limited, London, England. Design No.1 of 1888; external spring. No. 2618

McInnes-Dobbie steam engine indicator

Motive Power

1888 (design date)

Alfred Apps, London, 10-inch induction coil

Electricity and Magnetism

1890

Ferranti electricity supply cable

Electricity Supply

1890

Students microscope signed "R & J Beck, London No.

Microscopes

1885