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Nobel Medal, Prize for Physics

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1906

'Magic' marmalade cutter

Domestic Appliances

c. 1904

Marie Curie and her two daughters; Marie and Pierre Curie

Photographs

1904-1908

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

Asian Medicine

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Robert Paul's Cinematograph Camera No 2

Cinematography

1896

'Lucky Jim' toy cat mascot

Aeronautics

c 1915

Lee and Turner Three-Colour Projector

Cinematography

1902

Downing College Kitchen

Photographs

1901-12-18

Hand-driven zonophone, c. 1900.

Sound Reproduction

1900

Model of a Half-Twist Surface by Alexander Crum Brown, c 1900.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Goerz Anschutz Press Camera

Photographic Technology

1895-1905

Model of the PS 'Charlotte Dundas'

Marine Engines

1903

Poulsen's wire-reel telegraphone

Sound Reproduction

1903

Williamson Cinematograph Camera

Cinematography

c. 1910

Air operated megaphone

Sound Reproduction

1912

'Sociable' horse drawn carriage

Road Transport

1895

Merryweather manual fire engine

Firefighting

1898-1902

Premoette Senior camera

Photographic Technology

1915

Kineoptoscope projector mechanism

Cinematography

1897

'First Aid' cigarette cards

W D and H O Wills Limited

1913

The House, Sand Hutton, on a frosty morning

Photographs

December 1914

Griffin & Sons Wide-Angle Lens

Photographic Technology

1900-1910

Columbia graphophone type Q (without horn), 1898.

Sound Reproduction

1898

Corona folding portable typewriter, 1912

Printing & Writing

1912

The Empress Marie Feodorovna photographing seven of her grandchildren

Photographs

August 1914

Fletcher Type Bunsen Burner, 1910-1913

Experimental Chemistry

1910-1913

Chemical balance

Weighing & Measuring

1895-1905

Aircraft radio telephony transmitter, complete with round valve and microphone, 1915

Radio Communication

1915

Edison "Home" phonograph, Model A with accessories, 1898

Sound Reproduction

1898

Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd miner's smoke helmet

Coal Mining

c.1910

Platt Brothers Cotton Gin

Textile Industry

1901

Ernemann KinoKamera Cine Camera for 17.5mm Film

Cinematography

1902

Glass photographic plate showing an x-ray image of

X-rays

1896-1899

Wynne "Infallible" exposure meter, with metal case

Photography

1913

Sewing machine made by Bradbury and Co. Ltd, Oldham c.1915 and instruction booklet

Textile Industry

c. 1915

electric fire

Domestic Appliances

c.1912

"National" Field Camera

Photographic Technology

1900-1905

Steam Engine and Direct Current Generator

Electricity Supply

1911
Memorial plaque, carved oak, to commemorate John Edward Nichols (d.1911). Founder of the Railway Convalescent Homes.

John Edward Nichols memorial plaque

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1911

‘Barker Universal’ electric massage apparatus, United States, 1913-1914

Therapeutics

1913-1914

Frames from 'The Corbett Fitzsimmons Fight'

Cinematography

1897-03-17

Bottle of tetanus vaccine, Germany, 1911-1915

Public Health & Hygiene

1911-1915

Marconi magnetic wireless detector

Radio Communication

1903-1907

Rigged model of the Turbine Screw Steamer "Londonderry"

Water Transport

1904-1911
Electromagnetic (e/m) cathode ray tube, by Sir Joseph John Thomson, Cambridge, England, 1896. Part of the J.J. Thomson's original e/m cathode ray tube apparatus, for measuring the velocity of the cathode rays and the ratio of the mass of the carriers to the charge carried by them.

J J Thomson's Electromagnetic Tube used in the Discovery of the Electron, about 1896

Nuclear Physics

1896

Williamson Type 4 Colonial Model 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1914

London Types: A Flower Seller

Photographs

c. 1914

The Biokam cine camera/projector 17.5mm

Cinematography

1899

Criminal record sheet

Photographs

1903

E.A. Langridge apprenticeship papers

Archive Collections

1900s