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X-ray film holder, Europe, 1910-1925

Radiomedicine

1910-1925

X-ray Film holder.

impulse sender (dial), 1915

Telecommunications

1915

Impulse sender (dial) used in panel telephone exchange systems, made by the Western Electric Company, United States, 1915

Cloth, dark blue and cream check

Textile Industry

1900

Cloth, dark blue and cream check, made in the United States, around 1900.

Director switching device, 1927

Telecommunications

1927

Director switching device, made by the Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Company, Edge Hill, Liverpool, 1927. From the first London director exchange at Holborn.

Paper tensile tester made in Austria and supplied by J. J. Marshall and Co.

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.

aerial inductances, 1901

Radio Communication

1901

Four aerial inductances, wired together, used in Newfoundland in series with the balloon and kite aerials for tuning to the Poldhu (Cornwall) transmitted wavelength for the first wireless communication across the Atlantic, probably made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company, Chelmsford, Essex, England, December 1901

Cosmos crystal receiver, 1920-1930

Radio Communication

1920-1930

Cosmos crystal receiver, made by the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, Trafford, Manchester, England, 1920-1930

Ivory model of a skull on wooden pedestal

Anatomy & Pathology

before 1928

Ivory model of a skull, on crossed bones, mounted on a wooden pedestal

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

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Galvanometer from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, possibly made by Kenwrick Cecil Cox, 1910-1920

Selector super portable broadcast receiver, 1925-1930

Radio Communication

1925-1930

Selector super portable broadcast receiver, made by Selectors Limited, London, England, 1925-1930

Box of escapement finisher's tools used by William Heyes

Clockmakers

1900-1925

Box of escapement finisher's tools used by William Heyes, London, early 20th century.

Cot plaque from the Great Ormond Street Hospital

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1904

Cot plaque from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, the Lady's Pictorial Children's Diamond Guild Cot 1900-1904, London, England, 1904

'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

Specimens of Pacific cable in glazed presentation case, 1902-1923

Telecommunications

1902-1923

Specimens of Pacific cable laid between Vancouver Island and Fanning Island, cables made by Telephone Construction and Maintenance Company, Greenwich, London, England, 1902. In glazed presentation case, unknown maker, British, 1902-1923

five-line single cord switchboard, 1900-1909

Telecommunications

1900-1909

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

Bottle of medicinal water from St. Rock, France

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1928

Bottle of medicinal water taken from the hot spring of St. Rock, Bagneres de Bigorre, France, 1928

Medicinal water from Lourdes

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1928

Bottle of medicinal water from Lourdes, France, collected in 1928

Strowger calling dial, 1906

Telecommunications

1906

Calling dial from a Strowger telephone, manufactured by the Automatic Electric Company, United States, 1906.

Murray multiplex tape transmitter, 1910-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Murray multiplex tape transmitter, made by the Reid Brothers, Camden, London, England, 1910-1920

Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Greenwich, London, 1914

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

London bronchitis necklet, Greenwich, London, 1914

Bottle of water from the River Jordan at the site of the baptism of Christ

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930

Bottle of water from the River Jordan at the site of the baptism of Christ, collected in March, 1930

Vaccination set, London, England, 1925-1928

Public Health & Hygiene

1925-1928

Vaccination case, nickel plated brass, with contents, by Down Bros., London, 1925-1928

Ashtray and matchbox holder advertising the Eastern Telegraph Company, 1901-1929

Telecommunications

1901-1929

Globe ashtray with matchbox stand marked A. W. Savill and Co. 'Send your telegrams via Eastern', probably made by A. W. Savill and Co, British, 1901-1929

Morse key with send-receive switch, 1900-1920

Telecommunications

1900-1920

Morse key with send-receive switch, made by the General Post Office, British, 1900-1920

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

Pill coating machine, France, 1915-1925

Pharmacy-ware

1915-1925

Pill coating machine for adding a sugar coat, machine-turned (?) copper drum on decorated brass pedestal, French, 1915-1925

Ship's bell, Southern Railway

Railway Shipping

1930

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Whippingham", from the Paddle Steamship Whippingham, allocated to the Portsmouth-Ryde service, built by Fairfield Shipping & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan, 1930, withdrawn 1962 and broken up 1963.

V2A Marconiphone receiver (long-range model) , 1922-1924

Radio Communication

1922-1924

V2A Marconiphone receiver, long-range model, chassis manufactured by Plessey Company Limited, radio manufactured by Marconiphone Company Limited, Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1922-1924

Openshaw-type artifcial hand, Birmingham, England, 1916-1918

Orthopaedics

1916-1918

"Openshaw" carrying hand with broad leather wrist gauntlet. Spring thumb with catgut thong and small ring, for opening by pull-cord. Made by Anderson & Whitelaw, c.1914-18 war.

Hobbs-type artificial left hand, Europe, 1918

Orthopaedics

1918

Hobbs, left mechanical hand. Linked index and middle fingers articulated at middle joint. Other fingers and the opposed thumb are rigid. Round wrist. Bowden-type cable routed centrally through wrist. Patent specimen 1918.

Transmitter unit for Stock exchange printing telegraph, 1907

Telecommunications

1907

Transmitter unit, serial number 81, for Stock Exchange printing telegraph, made by the Exchange Telegraph Company, England, 1907

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

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

instruction booklet for Cosmos crystal receiver, 1920-1930

Radio Communication

1920-1930

Instruction booklet for Cosmos crystal receiver, made by the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, Trafford, Manchester, England, 1920-1930

Wooden case for throat swab

Clinical Diagnosis

1901-1930

Wooden case for swab. Label printed with the following text: 'Kent County Council. Diphtheria Diagnosis Outfit. The content of the enclosed tube have been sterilised'. Supplied by Kent County Council, early 20th century, for diphtheria diagnosis

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

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

London bronchitis necklet, Chelsea, London, English 1914

Grid slide from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, 1919-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Grid slide from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, possibly made by Kenwrick Cecil Cox, 1910-1920

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

Plaque for cot, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900

Cot plaque from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, The Girl's Realm Cot 1900-1904, London, England, 1900; plaque commemorates the sponsorship of the cot by the magazine 'The Girl's Realm'

Haldane's oxygen apparatus

Therapeutics

1901-1930

Haldane's oxygen apparatus for four people

Cot plaque from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1902

Cot plaque from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, 1900-1904, the Gladys Dean Paul cot, London, England

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981

Chronometer escapement in domed glazed case by William T. Heyes

Clockmakers

1903

Chronometer escapement mounted as an exhibition model and housed in a domed glazed case. Made by William T. Hayes.

Demonstration radio receiver

Radio Communication

1926

Demonstration broadcast receiver, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1926

Artificial left arm, United Kingdom, 1914-1916

Orthopaedics

1914-1916

Arm for a long left below elbow stump. Soft leather socket with 'U-shaped' jointed side steels incorporating a sliding elbow lock, sited on the outer side and fitted to an adjustable leather upper arm 'corset' with wide front aperture. The terminal device has a spline fitting allowing it to be locked or to rotate freely. This is a double hook incorporating a circular hole above, probably for agricultural use. Probably made by Anderson & Whitelaw c.1914-1916.

Medicinal water from hot spring of Saint Maria Theresa

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1928

Bottle, glass, containing medicinal water from the hot spring of Saint Maria Theresa at Bagneres de Bigorre, France, collected in 1928

English teddy bear: golden mohair

Materials Science Gallery

1920-1929

English teddy bear: golden mohair

Papier mache model of human eye

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1913

Papier mache model of eye with French markings, by Anatoinie Clastique Du Auxoux (Auzoux?), Paris, 1913