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Map, Railway Clearing House, London, 1913, coloured, 2 inch

Railway Maps & Plans

1913

Map, Railway Clearing House, London, 1913, coloured, 2 inch to 1 mile.

Eastman Kodak No. 3 Folding Pocket Camera

Photographic Technology

1910-1915

Eastman Kodak No. 3 folding pocket camera, with Bausch and Lomb shutter.

Gas leak detector, Short's Gas

Gas Industry

1900

Gas leak detector, Short's Gas Indicator by Abbott, Birks and Co. Ltd., London, S.E.1. Used with town gas. About 1900-1920.

Motor fire engine with Hatfield pump made by Merryweather and Sons

Firefighting

1904

Motor fire engine with Hatfield pump made by Merryweather and Sons, 1904, for Finchley U.D.C., with 1 length of suction hose and 1 length of delivery hose (Fitted with magneto Inv. 1919-454)

Reeve's astronomical compass

Astronomy

1916

Reeve's astronomical compass

From Doolbare, residence of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaievitch

Photographs

January 1916

Black and white photograph entitled 'From Doolbare [sic], the residence of H. I. H. Grand Duke Peter Nikolaievitch'. The photograph, taken from a high vantage point, shows the view from Dulber Palace with the Black Sea to the left and mountains to the right. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart near Koreiz in The Crimea, in January 1916. From page 18 of snapshot album number 17 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

Untitled (Ai-Petri)

Photographs

September - December 1909

Untitled black and white photograph showing a view of Mount Ai-Petri with a wooden fence and trees in the foreground. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in The Crimea between September and December 1909. From page 2 of snapshot album number 4 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1860-1966).

The front of the house

Photographs

August 1914

Black and white photograph entitled 'The front of the house, one of a series of photographs showing 'Garden views taken at the Farm, Alexandria, Peterhof'. The photograph shows a view of Farm Palace in Alexandria Park with two of the Princes Alexandrovitch in the garden. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in St. Petersburg in August 1914. From page 5 of snapshot album number 13 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

Hair-pin corner above Orianda

Photographs

July 1914

The third of four black and white photographs showing 'Views on the road between Ai -Todor and Yalta' entitled 'Hair-pin corner above Orianda'. The photograph shows a motor car on a sharp bend of a hilltop road. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in The Crimea in July 1914. From page 1 of snapshot album number 13 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd miner's

Coal Mining

c.1910

Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd miner's smoke helmet, c.1910.

Untitled

Photographs

August 1915

Untitled black and white photograph showing, from left to right, H. H. Prince Andrew Alexandrovitch, H. H. Prince Rostislav Alexandrovitch, Prince Orbeliani, H. H. Prince Nikita Alexandrovitch, H. H. Prince Demetri Alexandrovitch and H. H. Prince Feodor Alexandrovitch sat at a picnic table. An unidentified person, whose image has been removed from the photograph, sits at the centre. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in The Crimea, in August 1915. From page 11 of snapshot album number 16 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

Hellige & Co colorimeter

Industrial Chemistry

1915

Comparison colorimeter. Manufactured by Hellige & Co

Wheatstone bridge with stand

Electricity and Magnetism

1905

Wheatstone bridge with stand

Ai-Todor, The Crimea, Bathing Scenes

Photographs

August 1915

The second of four black and white photographs entitled 'Ai-Todor, The Crimea, Bathing Scenes'. The photograph shows H. H. Prince Rostislav Alexandrovitch sitting on the left, and H. H. Prince Nikita Alexandrovitch, standing, in the Black Sea near a rocky shoreline. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart near Ai-Todor Palace, The Crimea, in August 1915. From page 4 of snapshot album number 16 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

On the S. Y. Almaz between Yalta and Sebastopol

Photographs

June 1914

Black and white photograph entitled 'On the S. Y. Almaz between Yalta and Sebastopol' [Sevastopol] which shows several sailing ships at sea with mountainous land to the left. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart at sea in The Crimea in June 1914. From page 12 of snapshot album number 12 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

Bandage, canvas, British or German, 1914-1918

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Bandage, canvas, British or German, 1914-1918

Three Edison Amberol (4 minute) records, 1908-1912

Sound Reproduction

1908-1912

Three Edison Amberol (4 minute) records.

Aircraft radio telephony transmitter, complete with round valve and microphone

Radio Communication

1915

Aircraft radio telephony transmitter, complete with Round transmitter valve type T31 and microphone, unknown maker, modified by Major Charles E. Prince, Surrey, England, 1915

On the Golf Course

Photographs

1910

Untitled black and white photograph showing H. H. Prince Andrew Alexandrovitch and H. H. The Prince Rostislav Alexandrovitch on the golf course near the Trianon Hotel. Prince Rostislav is in the foreground with Prince Andrew behind, having just taken a shot. Taken by Herbert Galloway Stewart in Tréport, France between May and November 1910. From page 18 of snapshot photograph album number 6 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960).

H.M.V. internal horn gramophone, c. 1920.

Sound Reproduction

1920

H.M.V. internal horn gramophone, c. 1920.

Hypodermic syringe, nickel-plated brass, cased, wi

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1914-1918

Hypodermic syringe, nickel-plated brass, cased, with tube of atropine sulphate tablets, military issue, English, 1914-1918

Sanderson field quarter plate

Photographic Technology

c.1910

Sanderson field quarter plate camera made by Houghtons Ltd in around 1910. Folding camera iun wood box with black leather covering. Has folding door to ground glass panel in back for fousing. Lens by C.P.Georz, Berlin (no 301542). Apperture f.6.8-45, shutter speed 250-1. Lens is mounted on wood panel whic can be tilted, and the bellows are made from red leather.

Kinora Camera Instructions

Cinematography

1910-1911

Instructions for Kinora cine camera. Leather-bound book, gold lettering on cover. Folds out with photographically illustrated insructions. Sold by Bond's Ltd, 138 New Bond Street, London W. This is the second version of the Kinora camera produced for amateur use around 1910/1911.

Pathephone No.1, La Jeunesse gramophone with Pathe

Sound Reproduction

1906-1908

Pathephone No.1, La Jeunesse gramophone with Pathe ebonite soundbox, 1906/8.

Glass positive photograph of total solar eclipse

Astronomy

1919

Photograph of the Corona taken at the total Solar Eclipse 1919 May 29 at Sobral, Brazil, with a telescope 4 inches aperture 19 feet focal length, glass positive (10" x 12"). The expedition organised by Sir Arthur Eddington of the Royal Greenwich Observatory used photographs taken during the eclipse to measure the deflection of star light adjacent to the Sun as predicted by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity.

Lucas acetylene bicycle lamp No.264, 1906

Road Transport

1906

Lucas acetylene bicycle lamp no.264, 1906

Columbus model letter balance, German

Weighing & Measuring

1900-1914

German letter balance, 'Columbus model', bilateral pendulum type with half moon moving scale [1-16oz. range], early 20th century. Made for the North American market

Artificial right leg, Scotland, 1914-1918

Orthopaedics

1914-1918

Temporary wooden right below knee leg made for Erskine House (Scotland). Both socket and thigh corset are made of 3-ply wood. Side struts with simple knee joints. "Clapper" type foot and ankle. Made during 1914-18 war. (Weight: 5.25 lbs 2.3 kg).

McKay-type artificial hand, Scotland, c.1920

Orthopaedics

c.1920

Artificial right hand, aluminium with hard rubber cover, known as the McKay, from Aberdeen Hospital, Scottish, c.1920

No1 Brownie camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1904-1916

Box camera for 117 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens of fixed aperture and focus. Rotary shutter T/I. Sighting lines on camera top. Accessory clip on reflecting viewfinder. Eastman Kodak. 1908-1915.

Paper amulet in the shape of a black cat, England, 1914-1918

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914-1918

Paper amulet in the form of a seated black cat, worn by a soldier during First World War

Oak funeral bier donated to the parish of Shrivenham by Rear Admiral Sir Charles Dury in memory of his late wife, Frances Ellen Whitehead

Road Transport

1900

Oak funeral bier donated to the parish of Shrivenham by Rear Admiral Sir Charles Dury in memory of his late wife Frances Ellen Whitehead, possibly by Lyne & Sons Carriage Makers, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1900.

Metal leg splint, Europe, 1915-1918

Orthopaedics

1915-1918

Austrian gutter leg splint captured by the British on the Piave in 1918 in Italy

London & North Western Railway motor coach

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1915

Motor coach, London & North Western Railway and London Midland & Scottish Railway, electric motor open 3rd brake, No 28249, built 1915, by Metropolitan Carriage Wagon & Finance Co., electrical equipment by Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon.

d'Arsonval electric chronometer, Paris, France, 1902

Laboratory Medicine

1902

d'Arsonval electric chronometer, for measuring reflex reaction time, by Charles Verdin, Paris, 1902

Artificial left hand, Birmingham, England, 1914-1920

Orthopaedics

1914-1920

Artificial hand, by Anderson and Whitelaw Ltd., made in England, 1914-1920

Bottle of Behring's diphtheria remedy, Germany, 1914-1918

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1914-1918

Bottle of Behring's diphtheria remedy, by Meister, Lucius and Bruning of Hoechst, from captured German battleship, First World War

Flint nodule in the shape of a foot and shin, North-East England, 1908-1916

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1908-1916

Flint nodule in shape of a foot and shin, carried or kept in the bedroom as a cure for gout, north-east England, 1908-1916

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India

Industrial Chemistry

1905-1915

Two dye fastness tests exposed to sunlight in India, by Alexander Morton and Company, 1905-1915. Part of the Morton Collection.

Box containing ampoules of Strophanthus extract, England, 1917

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917

European medicines containing Strophanthus extract; 10 ampoules in box of strophanthin solution, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., England, dated 1917

Heart shaped basket made entirely from cloves

Classical & Medieval Medicine

before 1907

Heart shaped basket, constructed entirely from cloves, for warding off diseases

Williamson Type 4 Colonial Model 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1914

Williamson 35mm cine camera, manufactured by Williamson Kinematograph Co Ltd, 28 Denmark Street, Charing Cross Road, London WC. With claw movement, single sprocket wheel, wooden spool boxes carried inside camera, 100 foot capacity. Hand operated. Zeiss Tessar lens F;5 cm f/3.5 - 23, Serial No 228393, in helical focusing mount, with lens hood. Rotary footage indicator and collapsing optical frame finder with clip on reflecting finder. In leather case with two spare film boxes and instruction book.

The Biokam cine camera/projector 17.5mm

Cinematography

1899

Biokam 17.5mm combined camera, printer and projector, 1899. Voigtlander & Sohn shutter and lens; shutter serial no 6305; lens serial number 64018.

Inspection Saloon ex. Bicester Military Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1907

LSWR dining car no.72 was built in 1907 renumbered 4134 in 1912. It was in use as a Diner until 1923 when ‘Ironclad’ Dining Cars came into service. It was then relegated to secondary service and gained the Southern Railway number of 7834 remaining in service to 1930. In 1931 it was rebuilt, losing its clerestory roof and became a ‘Nondescript’ saloon. In 1943 it was sold to the USATC and rebuilt as an Ambulance Car and given the number 201. At the end of the Second World War this saloon along with USATC 202 and 204-7 went to the Longmoor Military Railway and from there to the Bicester Military Railway where it acquired the Army number 3018. Here it was converted to an Inspection Saloon, losing its gangway along with rebuilding inside and gaining end windows 16th May 1978 it was used to convey HM. the Queen around the Bicester site

Artficial left arm, United States, 1915

Orthopaedics

1915

Left below elbow prosthesis with a wooden socket, connected by jointed side steels to a leather upper arm corset. Metal mechanical hand with pronation / supination action combined with flexion and extension of the elbow. Hole in hand for driving cup fitment (added in more recent years) Passive wrist flexion and extension. Made by Carnes Arm Company, United States of America 1915.

Launch of the 'Black Prince', Thames Iron Works

Photographs

1904

A photograph entitled 'Launch of the 'Black Prince', Thames Ironworks', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in 1904. Spectators watch expectantly from the balcony above as they wait for the ship's launch.

'Frog-pistol', 1904-1910.

Laboratory Medicine

1899-1909

Pistolet, or `Frog Pistol', devised by du Bois-Reymond, for demonstrating the stimulation of nerves in a frog's leg, by Charles Verdin, Paris, c1904

Three interlacing sheets in red, green and yellow wool, in a cylinder shape

Mathematics

1914

Three interlacing sheets in red, green and yellow wool, in a cylinder shape, by Alexander Crum Brown, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1914. Described in the Napier Tercentenary Handbook as a locked cylinder.

Manwood Court (Mr Paye's), Sandwich

Photographs

1899-08-22

A photograph entitled 'Manwood Court (Mr Paye's), Sandwich', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in August 1899. The photograph shows the home of Mr Paye, with three people under a tree in the garden.

Bath chair, United Kingdom, 1901-1920

Orthopaedics

1901-1920

Wickerwork bath chair, with metal frame, English, early 20th century