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Model Great Western Railway locomotive, "Gooch"

Railway Models

1905

Model steam locomotive, 1/16 scale, Great Western Railway `Armstrong' class 4-4-0 No 8 'Gooch', 1905, Churchward rebuild of the Dean 'No.7' class of 1894.

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

Road Transport

1905

10 hp two-cylinder Rolls-Royce motor car, Reg. No. AX148; Chassis No. 20162; produced by Royce Ltd., Cooke Street, Hulme, Manchester, 1905.

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

Original vacuum cleaner, from to Royal Naval College

Domestic Appliances

1905

Original vacuum cleaner, supplied to Royal Naval College, Osborne, c.1905

Experimental form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph), 1905

Radio Communication

1905

Experimental form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph for Experimental purposes) dated 14 November 1905 and made out to Ernest Dundas Gledall Esq BSc, issued by the General Post Office on behalf of the Postmaster General, British, 1905

No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak camera

Aeronautics

1905; c.1905

No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak camera, made by the Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd, Toronto, 1905 and used by Jack Alcock.

Public telephone sign

Telecommunications

c.1905

National Telephone Company enamel sign for a public telephone, made in around 1905.

telephone cable marker

Telecommunications

c1905

Edwardian cast-iron underground telephone cable marker.

Telegraph block instrument, South Eastern Railway

Signalling & Telecommunications

c. 1905

Telegraph block instrument; SER. Walker's rectangular wood-cased Lock and Block with double semaphore-arm block-indicators on vertical wooden post with top-mounted block-dome/striker. The instrument has a separate wooden commutator-box with bell-key/plunger, disc-indicator and trigger.

GBN toy magic lantern

Cinematography

1905

GBN toy magic lantern. Made in Germany. Toy lantern in olive green enamelled tinplate. Single condensor lens, single objective lens. Oil lamp with glass chimney. In original cardboard, with instruction sheet. Box of original GBN slides, 12; 17x44cm, four circular pictures to each slide. Box of 12 GBN slides; 17x44cm, series 6, 4 circular pictures to each slide. Box of 12 GBN slides 17x44cm Series 4 slides, four panoramic, eight with four pictures each.

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Ensign Optiscope Number 6 projector

Cinematography

c. 1905

Ensign Optiscope No 6 lantern slide projector. For 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch slides. Aldis Uno projection lens F:10 inch; all metal; bellows lens extensions, with two wooden slide carriers (stamped RRD). This is a projector for 3 1/4 inch square slides. It has an Aldis Uno 10" projection lens mounted in a panel on two rods and with bellows that can be extended. The lamphouse has an ES bulb holder, secured by a wing screw underneath its base. The projector comes with two wooden slide carriers. The projector can be pivited on the base and secured by means of the chrome lever. Power is controlled with an on/off switch on the base.

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner

Domestic Appliances

c. 1905

‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner (Patent No. 21,304), designed by Walter Griffith, unsigned, Europe, 1905

Canvas roll for surgical instruments

Surgery

1905

Canvas roll for surgical instruments from a surgical pannier, 1905

Field surgical pannier set in case

Surgery

1905

Field surgical pannier set, complete, British, 1905 pattern101919

Compound monocular microscope by E. Leitz of Wetzl

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1905

Compound monocular microscope by E. Leitz of Wetzlar, serial no. 79258, 1905

Rotator for Geissler tubes up to about 9 inches lo

Electricity and Magnetism

1905

Rotator for Geissler tubes up to about 9 inches long, driven by an electric motor

Wheatstone bridge with stand

Electricity and Magnetism

1905

Wheatstone bridge with stand

Medal given as a prize for pathology at the Medical College for Women, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1905

Wellcome Medals

1905

Medal, silvered, Medical College for Women, Edinburgh, to S. Jean Meiklejohn, for Pathology, 1905, made by Kirkwood and Son, Edinburgh

F.N. 3 h.p. 4-cylinder motor cycle, 1905

Road Transport

1905

F.N. 3 h.p. 4-cylinder motor cycle, 1905

Poster for a Bioscope show

Cinematography

1905-09-23

A poster advertising a show by the International Bioscope Company at the Public Hall in Epsom, printed by Willsons New Walk Colour Printing Works in 1905. The poster advertises an 'Important Visit of the International Bioscope Company Presenting a Magnificent Series of the Very Latest Animated Photographs'. Film titles include 'The Unlucky Birthday Umbrella', 'The Bombardment of Port Arthur', 'Great Irish Eviction Scene' and 'Desperate Poaching Affray'.

Handle for trephine drill

Surgery

1905

Handle for use with trephine, Mayer and Meltzer, from field surgical pannier set, complete, British, 1905 pattern101919

Metal box from field surgical pannier set

Surgery

1905

Metal box from field surgical pannier set, British, 1905 pattern101919

Backstreet in Calais or Dunkirk

Photographs

c. 1905

A photograph entitled 'Back Street in Calais or Dunkirk', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams, c. 1905. The photograph shows washing hung between buildings on a street in northern France.

Frank Richard and George Philip Wells

Photographs

c 1905

Copy print mounted on writing paper. Image shows Frank Richard 'F.R.' Wells (1903–1982) and George Philip 'G.P.' Wells (1901–1985) -- sons of author H.G. Wells (1866-1946). The children are playing in the garden at Spade House, the family home Wells constructed in Sandgate, near Folkestone, Kent.

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Aragonite slab with 7 holes for cosmetic ointments, each labelled in hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 1991BC-1786BC

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

Pendulum, from time recorder

Telecommunications

1905

Pendulum from the time recorder, by the British Time Recorder Co. Ltd, London, England, 1940-1970

Case for surgical instruments

Surgery

1905

Mahogany velvet lined case for surgical instrument set from surgical pannier, 1905 pattern

Lever-type surgical instrument

Surgery

1905

Metal lever associated with a surgical instrument from a surgical pannier, 1905 pattern

Thermometer from a field surgical pannier set

Surgery

1905

'60 seconds' thermometer in a metal case made by Anderson and Buchanan, Glasgow from a field surgical pannier set, complete, British, 1905 pattern101919

Silver plated coffee pot, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1905

Coffee pot, silver plated, by Elkington & Co, 1905, London & North Eastern Railway, LNER script monogram on side. Overall: 225 mm x 210 mm x 142 mm.

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC

Holmes-type stereoscope

Photographic Technology

c. 1905

Holmes-type stereo viewer (patents 1902, 1903, 1904). 'The mercury stereoscope'. Aluminium lens mount and chased aluminium hood, velvet edged. In heavy carton with 63 dollotype colour printed stereo cards of chocolate box designs, priced. With broken leather strap and carrying handle. Underwood and Underwood.

Scalpel

Surgery

1905

Scalpel, point broken off, by Mayer Meltzer, London, 1905

Time results recorded on paper

Telecommunications

1905

Time results recorded on paper, rolled, from the time recorder, by the British Time Recorder Co. Ltd, London, England, 1905

Scalpel

Surgery

1905

Scalpel, by Mayer and meltzer, London, 1905

Toy Magic Lantern

Cinematography

c. 1905

GBN toy magic lantern and 12 litho transfer slides. Dark green and black toy magic lantern, pressed metal. With GBN trademark. This miniature enamelled tinplate magic lantern is intended for use in the home. It has a single condenser and a single objective lens. Illumination has been provided in the past by a candle.

Insert from a field surgical pannier set

Surgery

1905

Metal insert from upper part of field surgical pannier set, complete, British, 1905 pattern101919

Insert from surgical instrument case

Surgery

1905

Insert from surgical instrument case, 1905

Scale model of Koenig and Bauer's stop cylinder printing press

Printing & Writing

1905

1:6 scale model of Koenig and Bauer's stop cylinder printing press size no 10b, made by Hunters Limited, Fleet Street, London in 1905. The original Koenig and Bauer's printing press on which the model was scaled was 52" x 35.5" in size and weighed 6.75 tonnes, with details provided in an 1897 Koenig and Bauer catalogue.

Box from surgical pannier

Surgery

1905

Box labelled 'Tin A' from field surgical pannier set, complete, British, 1905 pattern101919

Canvas bag from field surgical pannier set

Surgery

1905

Canvas with leather and metal straps bag from field surgical pannier, British, 1905 pattern101919

Box for a Potain type aspirator

Surgery

1905

Leather box with blue silk lining for a Potain-type aspirator from a surgical field pannier, pattern 1905

Matrix punch mill tool, grinding machine

Printing & Writing

1905

Matrix punch mill tool, grinding machine, Plant No.210, made by Lanston Monotype Corporation, Salford, Redhill, Surrey, England, 1905. Part of the equipment used in the production system for Monotype matrices.

Acetylene motor car headlamp, 1905

Road Transport

1905

Lucas acetylene motor car headlamp, 1905

Thermometer from a field surgical pannier set

Surgery

1905

Thermometer in metal case from a field surgical pannier set, United Kingdom, 1905

Diagram of Single Acting Piston Valve for Steam Hammer

Jones, T and TG

1905

Diagram of 'Single Acting Piston Valve for Steam Hammer', one of a boxed set of 8 engine slide valve models, printed on card, designed by T and TG Jones. With /1 letter press instruction booklet 'Notes on slide valve models' [4th edition, John Heywood Ltd, Manchester 1905]

Air terminal with grooved lead joint attachment fo

Geophysics

1905

Air terminal with grooved lead joint attachment for horizontal lightning conductor, 1905