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Varley's graphic telescope

Optics

1810-1820

Exhibition Plaque, Worthing Camera Club Premier Award. Awarded Edmund F H Crouch for 'A November Morning', F J Mortimer, Judge. Deeply moulded figure, male and female with photo plate; Art Noveau decoration. Bronze, oak stand.

Exhibition Plaque, Worthing Camera Club Premier Award

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1909

Messenger (Slider) for Triggering Reversing Thermometer, 1970-1977

Oceanography

1970-1977

Doctor's symbolic sword

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Phallic figurine of boy holding pitcher

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-400 CE

Iron surgical knife with bronze handle

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Medallion Awarded to Kendall & Gent Limited

Local History

1900

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

Marine Engines

1857

Aldershot Command Athletic Association Medal

Local History

1918

Diptych dials

Time Measurement

1648

Spatula

Surgery

Aldershot Command Athletic Association Medal

Local History

1914-1917

Small reflecting Gregorian telescope

Optics

1735-1806

Column Sundial in Gilt Bronze, 1531-1570

Collection Unassigned

1531-1570

Tablet sun-dial with string gnomon

Time Measurement

1610

Model of paddle wheel with Brunet's reeping floats

Marine Engines

1843-1858

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

London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company Medal

Railways

1926

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

Meteorology

2 bronze toilet implements on ring, Roman

Classical & Medieval Medicine

199-500

Hand Bell

Television

Depilator, bronze

Public Health & Hygiene

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

Weighing & Measuring

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

Marine Engines

2005-2006; 2014

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

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

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

Medallion Awarded to Kendall & Gent Limited

Local History

1879

Votive breast, probably Roman

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-200

Toy microscope with stand in form of a monkey

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1851-1888

Tablet sundial of ivory

Time Measurement

1601-1700

Gregorian reflecting telescope

Optics

1755-1765

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

Marine Engines

Glass Specimen Jar

Scientific Instruments & Research

1890

Skead's Detaching Apparatus (Mechanical Sounder), 1857

Oceanography

1857

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

Medal, Compagnie de navigation sud-atlantique, showing liner "Pasteur" and Pasteur, French, 1939, F. Bazin, artist

Medal, Compagnie de navigation sud-atlantique, sho

Wellcome Medals

1939

Crescent blade of Kartika knife, held by statue of Vajrayana Buddhist Dakini spirit, Tibet, China, 1601-1800

Crescent blade of Kartika knife from Dakini statue

Asian Medicine

1601-1800

Wooden column sundial designed for a latitude of 48°, unsigned, Europe, 1651-1725.

Wooden Column Sundial

Time Measurement

1651-1725

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

Medal, King's College London, Jelf medal, to Keren Isabel Parkes, England, 1926, AB and JS Wyon, artists

Jelf Medal

Wellcome Medals

Half vajra handle for Kartika knife, held by statue of Vajrayana Buddhist Dakini spirit, Tibet, China, 1601-1800

Handle for Kartika knife from Dakini statue

Asian Medicine

1601-1800

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

Medal, International Hygiene Exhibition, Dresden, 1911

International Hygiene Exhibition, Dresden

Wellcome Medals

1911

KWPS bronze medal. Awarded Mr H Willson in Class B, 11th Annual Exhibition. Allegorical female figure with camera, sunrise/set. In clack leatherette presentation case, Prussian blue velvet and white silk lining. Vaughtons Ltd, goldsmiths and silversmiths, Birmingham.

KWPS bronze medal

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1934

Ensign single lens reflex camera, teak with bronze fittings and brown leather bellows. Aldis-Butcher Anastigmat F:6"; f.4.5-32, No. 1 148998. Rack and pinion focusing to 18". Lens covered by hinged shade. Focal plane shutter 15/20/30/50/75/100/200/350/500/1000/T. Single knob adjustment. Ground glass reflex screen; direct focussing screen in rotating back, for 3 1/4x 4 1/4" plates. With Holborn rollfilm holder for 3 1/2x 2 1/2", 120 film.

Ensign Special Reflex camera, tropical model

Photographic Technology

1925-1935

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

Ivory Quadrant Sundial for Italian hours

Time Measurement

1601-1700