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Hand-crank model of a Thomas Silver patent governor, or nautical regulator

Marine Engines

1857

Diptych dials

Time Measurement

1648

Bronze knife

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Small pocket Varley type graphic telescope, engrav

Optics

1810-1820

Aldershot Command Athletic Association Medal

Local History

1914-1917

Spatula

Surgery

Tablet sundial in ivory

Time Measurement

1537-1632

Chemical Combustion Furnace by J. Orme & Co., 1870s

Experimental Chemistry

1870-1879

Medallion Award to Kendall & Gent Limited

Local History

1875

Tablet sun-dial with string gnomon

Time Measurement

1610

Model of paddle wheel with Brunet's reeping floats

Marine Engines

1843-1858

Japanese clock, scale type, with bob pendulum and calibrated scale

Time Measurement

1801-1900

Column Sundial in Gilt Bronze, 1531-1570

Collection Unassigned

1531-1570

Small reflecting Gregorian telescope

Optics

1735-1806

2 bronze toilet implements on ring, Roman

Classical & Medieval Medicine

199-500

Balloon filler, Mark IV, Met Ref No.550, in case,

Meteorology

Depilator, bronze

Public Health & Hygiene

Medal, Bradford Camera Club, 1928-1929. Cast bronze medal. relief figure of a woman in Classical clothing holding a mirror. Medal in case. Awarded to Stanley A Smith.

Medal, Bradford Camera Club

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1928-1929

Hand Bell

Television

Self-Pitching Carbon Fibre Cyclic Pitch Propeller, prototype, with wooden transport box and steel transport box trolley

Marine Engines

2005-2006; 2014

Turkish weights, 18, bronze, in mahogany box with key

Weighing & Measuring

London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company Medal

Railways

1926

Bronze finger ring, in the form of a double-headed snake

Classical & Medieval Medicine

500 BCE-100 CE

Sake pourer for marriage ceremony

Asian Medicine

1650-1900

Sake pourer for marriage ceremony

Asian Medicine

1750

Japanese Lantern Clock, Unsigned, 1801-1900

Time Measurement

1801-1900

Votive breast, probably Roman

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-200

Medallion Awarded to Kendall & Gent Limited

Local History

1879

Shield with stand awarded for best kept station in the North Eastern region, wood with copper plates and painted centrepiece, winners names engraved on 16 disks,

Best Kept Station shield

Miscellanea & Curiosities

Miniature statue of Hygeia

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1801-1900

Medal, bronze, with rainbow coloured ribbon, Victory Medal 1914-18, depicting winged figure of Victory on obverse, "The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919" on reverse, "J-31336 G F W Keen Teleg.R.N." engraved on edge

Victory medal - G F W Keen

Coins and Medals

1918

Toy microscope with stand in form of a monkey

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1851-1888

Model, scale 1: 36, of propeller, for H.M.S. 'Repulse', 1914 on mahogany stand

Marine Engines

Model of a pair of side-lever engines from the H.M.S. 'Dee', (1832)

Marine Engines

1832-1851

Glass Specimen Jar

Scientific Instruments & Research

1890

Tablet sundial of ivory

Time Measurement

1601-1700

Tablet diptych (?) sundial for Italian hours

Time Measurement

1530-1640

Gregorian reflecting telescope

Optics

1755-1765

Bronze statuette of St Christopher: 'Come to Britain Trophy 1975', 'Presented by the British Tourist Authority to the Department of Education and Science for the National Railway Museum, York'. Overall: 340 mm x 90 mm x 80 mm.

Come to Britiain trophy 1975

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1975

Royal Photographic Society Bronze Commemorative Medal in presentation case. Awarded 1900 for Panoram Kodak camera. Bust of Prince Albert in releif on obverse; Apollo in two-horse charioot riding through clouds on reverse. In presentation case, red leather with gold decoration and inscription 'ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY', lined with black velvet and white silk, stamped with maker in gold.

Royal Photographic Society Bronze Commemorative Medal

Photographic Technology

1900

Wooden gantry and piece of board of unknown purpose

Wooden gantry and piece of board of unknown purpos

Hand and Machine Tools

1826

Pantograph with cutter and flexible drive and pulley frame

Pantograph with cutter and flexible drive and pull

Hand and Machine Tools

1826

Kodak No 2 Specialist studio camera, manufactured by Kodak Ltd. 10" x 8" plate camera on Century No 2 stand. As used by photographer Cornel Lucas. With spare dark slide. Fitted with Linhof lens fitting and Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenar lens, 1:5,5/500. Camera back inscribed '20N Central 12"x10" 10"x8" 1/1 Pl 1/2 Pl. Bronze plaque on front of camera inscribed 'CORNEL / LUICAS /1946'.

Cornel Lucas' Kodak Studio Camera No 2

Photographs

1946

Grasshopper steam engine, single cylinder 10 1/2" diameter by 15" stroke, by Easton Amos and Sons, London, 1861

Grasshopper Steam Engine

Motive Power

1861

Quadrant sundial of ivory, Italian hours, for use at latitude 44°, Italy, 1601-1700.

Ivory Quadrant Sundial for Italian hours

Time Measurement

1601-1700

Junior ambulance award with stand, stamped with presentation details, some surface wear

Junior ambulance award with stand, stamped with presentation

Miscellanea & Curiosities

The Photomicrographic Society Barnard medal. Awarded J H Pledge; obverse has stylised 'star'. In red leatherette case, lined with black velvet and white silk.

The Photomicrographic Society Barnard medal

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1922-1923

Bronze statue of Imhotep on green marble base, Saite or Ptolemaic Dynasty, 600-30 BC

Bronze statue of Imhotep on green marble base

Classical & Medieval Medicine

600-30 BCE

Self pitching propeller, final two-bladed experimental development, designed and made by Christopher John Coxon and made by Woodcoxon Engineering Limited, Petworth, West Sussex, England and tested by Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment, Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, England, 1982. On teak display stand by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 2000-2001. This two-bladed self pitching propeller was originally designed by John R. Coxon, Petworth, West Sussex, England, 1977 and made by Woodcoxon Engineering Limited, Petworth, West Sussex, England, 1978-1979, tested and certified by Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment, Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, England, 1978-1979.

Self-Pitching Propeller, Final Two-Bladed Experimental Development

Marine Engines

1982

Bronze medallion, British Railways, depicts HST "Newcastle - London. World Record Run 27 Sept 1985". Reverse "Eastern Region. In Appreciation F. Paterson. General Manager". Case: 63 mm x 65 mm x 8 mm; medal: 2 mm, 35 mm.

Newcastle - London, World Record Run 27 Sept 1985, British Railways

Coins and Medals