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Jena-glass U-tube

Jena-glass U-tube

circa 1855
Sample of Calcium Carbonate

Sample of Calcium Carbonate

1965-1975
Three ingredients used in face powder formulations, c.1970 viz:- (1) Sample of Kaolin, (2) Sample of Talc, (3) Sample of calcium carbonate

Kaolin, Talc, Calcium Carbonate sample used in face powder formulations

1965-1975
Glass bottle with cork stopper, covered in chamois leather and with paper label around bottle. To contain Tabloid brand of 'Grey powder' (containing mercury and chalk) with opium tablets. Grey powder was commonly used to treat syphalis, though it unknown if this was the use of the combined grey powder and opium.

Glass bottle with cork stopper, covered in chamois leather and with paper label around bottle. To contain Tabloid brand of 'Grey powder' with opium tablets

Box of Travelettes six-way travel remedy tablets, made by Thos. Guest & Co. Ltd. The box contains six different card envelopes and a paper leaflet. Each envelope contains tablets individually sealed in a plastic sheet.

Travelettes six-way travel remedy

Glass bottle of Pritchards Junior Aspirin tablets, made by Pritchards Ltd., in a card box. The bottle contains tablets and cotton wool and has a plastic lid.

Pritchards Junior Aspirin

Stalactites, coal mining. Mosley Common Colliery ; found in the pump lodge of No.1 shaft.

Stalactites, coal mining. Mosley Common Colliery ; found in the pump lodge of No.1 shaft.