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X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

Large pear shaped x-ray tube of form originally used by Prof. Röntgen, manufactured in Germany about 1896. Inside of glass at end of tube eroded by bringing cathode rays to a focus with a magnet; on stand.

X-ray plates

Radiomedicine

1914-1918

Box of X-ray plates.

Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, 1890-1910

Telecommunications

1890-1910

Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, invented by Charles Wheatstone, unknown maker, probably British, 1890-1910. Wheatstone two unit stickpunch with paperslip dispenser.

Brooch in the shape of a horseshoe with a riding crop

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914-1918

Amulet, tin, gilt, brooch in form of shoe and riding crop on horseshoe, reputedly worn by soldier of the Middlesex Regiment, from Lovett collection, British, 1914-1918

Karl Ferdinand Braun's 'Braun tube', 1897

Electronic Components

1897

Early 'Braun Tube'. Cathode ray tube.

Red Cross fund-raising brooch made from Zeppelin wire, 1917.

Therapeutics

1916-1917

Brooch made of wire from the first Zeppelin brought-down in England, mounted on card by the British Red Cross, presumably for fund-rising purposes, c.1917

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer, 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer (thin-film detector), made by E E Robinson, England, 1902. Made for Oliver Lodge and Alexander Muirhead

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

Telecommunications

1898-1899

National Telephone Company UK telephone directory for 1898-9, published by the National Telephone Company, British, 1898-1899

Anatomical model of the spine

Anatomy & Pathology

1901

Anatomical model of the spine, papier mâché, in two parts, labelled, by Dr. Auzoux, French, 1901.

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver

Telecommunications

1895-1910

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver No. 477, made by the Typewriting Telegraph Corporation Limited, London, England, 1895-1910

Fechner's double sound pendulum

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1898-1908

Fechner's double sound pendulum for testing aural discrimination, by E. Zimmerman, Leipzig and Berlin

paper tensile tester

Papermaking

c.1900

Paper tensile tester made in Austria and supplied by J. J. Marshall and Co. Wooden body with dial in middle of one long side, reading 0-50 pounds. Patent Paper Testing Machine, J.J. Marshall & Co, London and Dartford, Made in Austria. Paper clamped with steel plates and thumb scres on top, one side adjustable in half inch lengths, handle at right endtensions right clamp. Brass end plates at both ends

Artifcial left arm, United States, 1915

Orthopaedics

1915

Left above elbow prosthesis with a wooden socket connected to a wooden forearm. Metal mechanical hand with passive flexion and extension of the wrist. Elbow flexion is combined with pronation / supination of the wrist. Made by Carnes Arm Company, United States of America 1915.

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

Radio Communication

1894

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), probably made by Oliver Lodge, England, 1894. Mounted on wooden baseboard with electric bell components mounted alongside as vibrator for restoring the coherer.

Coherer, ebonite, with adjustable contacts, 1890-1896

Radio Communication

1890-1896

Ebonite coherer with adjustable contacts, unknown maker, British, 1890-1896. Used in August 1896, in experiments carried out by Captain Henry Jackson

five-line single cord switchboard, 1900-1909

Telecommunications

1900-1909

Five-line single cord switchboard, unknown maker, British, 1900-1909.

Circular unit of Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

The main circular unit of the Finsen ultraviolet lamp, presented by Princess Alexandra to the London Hospital in 1900

'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Metal chest with hinged lid, `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Strowger two-motion selector with vertical mount, 1903-1920

Telecommunications

1903-1920

Strowger two-motion selector with vertically mounted relays, less switching banks, made by the Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Company, Liverpool, England, 1903-1920

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

Notice, Platt Brothers and Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1899, regarding the Workmens Compensation Act 1897 and employee behaviour, by order Jno [Jonathan] Wynne, Secretary, square with black lettering on cream background.

Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"

Astronomy

1898-1900

Walnut and brass scale model (1:50 approx) of the 'Great Paris Telescope' exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition, a stationary 1.25 metre refracting telescope (57 metres long) with a 2 metre mirror siderostat.

Thirty-inch terrestial globe showing cable routes, 1900-1920

Telecommunications

1900-1920

Thirty-inch terrestrial globe showing telegraph cable routes, made by W & A K Johnston Limited, British, 1900-1920

Colt's stretcher for narrow trenches

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1915-1918

Colt's stretcher for narrow trenches, first World War, British, 1915-1918

Wall telephone No. 1, 1900-1911

Telecommunications

1900-1911

Wall telephone No. 1, purchased by the National Telephone Company for use in Britain from Western Electric, Antwerp, Belgium, 1900-1911

Automatic telephone wall, 1900-1910

Telecommunications

1900-1910

Automatic telephone wall set made by Automatic Electric Company, Chicago, United States, 1900-1910

Therapeutic Exercise Chair, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1901-1905

Therapeutics

1901-1905

Exercise chair for patients with poliomyelitis, made by Rossel, Schwarz and Co., Wiesbaden, Germany, 1901 to 1905

Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Chelsea, London, England, 1914

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

London bronchitis necklet, Chelsea, London, English 1914

Morse tape on which signals were recorded by means of a coherer, 1900

Radio Communication

1900

Morse paper tape, unknown maker, probably British, 1900. Used to record signals received by means of a coherer in 1900 at a distance of 135 miles by Captain Henry Jackson

Lens from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, 1910-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Lens from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment used in experiments carried out by Kenwrick Cecil Cox, made by Clement and Gilmer, Paris, France, 1910-1920

Demeny-Gaumont chronophotograph camera/projector

Cinematography

c. 1898

Demeny-Gaumont chronophotograph camera/projector, c 1898. Serial No 1292. L Gaumont et cie, Paris. Cine camera and projector for 35mm film, Edison perforation; eccentrically mounted beater; two continuous prockets. Provision for frame, by moving gate; adjustable sector shutter; lens missing; external 400 foot magazines; direct vision viewfinder; film punch; handle missing.

"Ingersoll" wrist watch

Time Measurement

1915

"Ingersoll" wrist watch with leather strap, pin pallet escapement and luminous hour hand, 1915

Spencer Wells artery forceps

Surgery

1890-1910

Spencer Wells artery forceps, screw-joint, plated steel, by Allen and Hanburys of London, c. 1900

Set of 8 brass handled, inspector's Imperial standard testing weights

Weighing & Measuring

1890

Set of 8 brass handled, inspector's Imperial standard testing weights (7lb to 1oz & 4 to 1 dr) by W & T Avery Limited, Birmingham, dated 1890 in wooden carrying case. Used by the London County Council and later the London Borough of Southwark.

Bioscope 35-mm cine-projector

Cinematography

c.1900

Bioscope 35-mm cine-projector, made by Aubrey Franks, Manchester, c.1900.

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Sample of Acid Yellow dye.

Mauveine acetate dye in microcrystalline form in a cork-stoppered glass bottle

Industrial Chemistry

1906

Mauveine acetate dye in microcrystalline form in a cork-stoppered glass bottle labelled: 'Original Mauveine Prepared by Sir William Perkin in 1856', actually prepared by Sir William Henry Perkin, England, 1906. The label is ambiguous. It could mean that the sample was prepared by the same method as the original dye in 1856. As crystalline mauveine acetate, it could not have been prepared before 1862 and chemical analysis suggests that it is identical to the contents of a similar bottle at Columbia University, New York, and hence probably prepared for the mauve anniversary celebrations in 1906.

Metal case containing glass tubes from 'Tabloid' first aid kit

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1919

Metal case containing six glass tubes (pts 3-8) for tablets, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co. , English

Yarn Balance

Textile Industry

c.1900

Yarn balance in case, made by Goodbrand & Co. Ltd, Manchester.

Protective leather and chain mail mask

Therapeutics

1917-1918

Protective mask, leather and chain mail, worn by tank crews, probably British, 1917-1918

Tobacco pipe in the form of a bullock's head

Smoking

1896-1920

Wooden tobacco pipe, in the form of a bullock's head, advertisisng Colman's mustard and starch, made in England 1896-1920

Double surface of revolution of constant negative

Mathematics

1910

Double surface of revolution of constant negative curvature

Blue glass condom mould

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1900-1920

Blue glass condom mould for rubber or latex moulding, reputedly from a manufacturing and chemist shop supplier Durrant & Sons, Bristol, England, 1900-1920

Akeley cine camera

Cinematography

1917

Akeley 35mm cine camera with tripod and panning head, Akeley Camera Co, No 153, 1917.

Medical kit used by Ernest Shackleton

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1907

Field medical kit in leather wallet, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English used by Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1907

Artificial left leg, Germany, 1914-1918

Orthopaedics

1914-1918

Left above knee leg made of fibre with detachable metal socket. Wooden tenon and mortice knee. Universal ankle joint by means of 4 springs. Wooden foot with toe joint. German, made circa 1915 during the First World War (Weight: 6.25 lbs 2.8 kg).

Artificial leg, 'Anglesey' type, 1890-1920

Orthopaedics

1890-1920

Wooden "Anglesey" left above knee prosthesis. The knee flexion is combined with dorsi-flexion of the foot. This type of limb was originally designed by Mr Pott in the 18th century. One was worn by the first Marquess of Anglesey following the loss of his right leg at the Battle of Waterloo. Made by Blatchford.