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Remington typewriter No.7 with leather-cloth cover

Printing & Writing

c. 1896

Linesman's detector, no. 2197 by Muirhead, Westmin

Telecommunications

1893
Bell, embossed 'Mears & Stainbank Founders, 1896', ex Kings Cross Freight Terminal.

Bell, embossed 'Mears & Stainbank Founders, 1896'

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1896

Two photographs, (7"x5"), from a collection of 51 photograph

Photographs

1897

Bronze medal commemorating Stanislas Cannizzaro,1896.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1896

Baudot Distributor for Printing Telegraph

Telecommunications

1894
Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens, fixed aperture and focus, Lancaster seesaw shutter reflecting viewfinder, plates in frame holders (12), carried horizontally in upper compartment, transferred to focal plane by tilting base to compartment, after exposure moved to back of camera behind flexible wooden shutter. Lancaster, 1893.

Rover Detective Camera

Photographic Technology

1893

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum me

Optics

1894
Teapot (small), silver plated, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1894; round, curved sides, ornate handle on lid, 'LMS HOTELS" in laurel wreath on side.

Silver plated teapot, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

1894
Bread dish, silver plated, East Coast Joint Stock, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1893; oval with indented scallop pattern in bottom and oval "E.C.J.S" garter in centre.

Silver plated bread dish, East Coast Joint Stock

Passenger Comforts

1893
Fruit/Cake stand, silver plated, Great North of Scotland Railway, oval fluted dish on central foot, pierced border and ornate handle, "Great North of Scotland Railway Company 11" roundel in centre, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 5962, 1896.

Silver plated cake stand, Great North of Scotland Railway

Passenger Comforts

1896

Pair of ladies all-steel ice skates, c. 1895

Road Transport

c.1895

Stuffed and coiled snake, reputedly bit Albert Cal

Veterinary Medicine

1895-1897

Coma Berenices E.E. Barnard, 1894, March 9, exposu

Astronomy

1894

Crompton quick-break main switch and fuse installe

Electricity Supply

1895

Smee cell

Electricity and Magnetism

1895

Sewing machine

Textile Industry

c.1893
Locomotive worksplate, "Neilson & Co. 4542 Glasgow 1893", cast brass, oval, ex London & South Western Railway 0-4-2 A12 "Jubilee" class No 643, built March 1893, withdrawn July 1947.

Worksplate, Neilson & Co.

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1893

A lantern slide entitled 'Beeches'

Cinematography

c. 1893

Lantern slide of sea waves by Birt Acres

Cinematography

c. 1893

Lantern slide showing a landscape by Birt Acres

Cinematography

c. 1893

A lantern slide of Woolacombe

Cinematography

c. 1893

Lantern slide of seascape by Birt Acres

Cinematography

c. 1893

Lantern slide of sunrise by Birt Acres

Cinematography

c. 1893

Lantern slide of a seascape by Birt Acres

Cinematography

c. 1893

Lantern slide of Berrynarbor church by Birt Acres

Cinematography

c. 1893

Lantern slide of seascape by Birt Acres

Cinematography

c. 1893

Horizontal spring clip eyeglasses, adjustable push

Optics

1896

Cathode-ray lamp with lime anti-cathode

Electricity and Magnetism

1897
Namplate, Great Western Railway, "Royal Sovereign", Achilles Class, 4-2-2, No. 3050, built 02/1895 and withdrawn 12/1915.

Royal Sovereign

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1895

D'Arsonval's apparatus, to prevent hammer-break interrupter contacts sticking

Electricity and Magnetism

1896
Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway 69429, Darlington Works 1894", cast brass, oval, North Eastern Railway 0-6-2T N9, renumbered LNER 1705 in 1923, 9429 in 1946, British Railways 69429, withdrawn July 1955.

Locomotive worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1894

Magic lantern slide showing a man operating a kineoptoscope projector

Cinematography

c. 1897

Kodak Folding Pocket Camera

Photographic Technology

1897

Vesta match holder, silver mounted, ivory, hallmar

Smoking

1895-1897

incandescent electric lamp with carbon filament

Lighting

1895

J Collier & Co four turn carbon filament light bulb

Lighting

c. 1896

Sample of Ferranti Concentric Cable

Electricity Supply

1896
Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of Wrexham.

stained glass panel from gorton works

Railway Infrastructure

1895
Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of Wigan.

Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway - Gorton Works boardroom

Railway Infrastructure

1897
Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of Chesterfield.

stained glass panel from gorton works

Railway Infrastructure

1895
Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of Oldham.

stained glass panel from gorton works

Railway Infrastructure

1895

Polarised Light Apparatus

Science Teaching

1894

Meirs type reflecting goniometer with complete adj

Optics

1893

Sectioned Telephone Cable

Telecommunications

1895-1896

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Imperial capacity measure

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Imperial capacity measure

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Imperial capacity measure

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Imperial capacity measure

Weighing & Measuring

1894