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Model of Jenning's patent water closet, England, 1895-1905

Public Health & Hygiene

1895-1905

Radiation protection gloves

Radiomedicine

1920-1958

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

Galvanic brooch

Therapeutics

1880-1920

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

King George III

1745-1755

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Radiation protection apron

Radiomedicine

1920-1958

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

King George III

1729-1753

Pair of obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1700-1900

Pair of obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1700-1900

Lead Mortuary Cross

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1340-1350 CE

Brass lacquered sextant with straight-bar-pattern, 24 pillar frame, polished brass limb, wooden handle with counterbalanced tripod pillar stand and mercury artificial horizon in wooden box, all by John and Edward Troughton, 136 Fleet Street , London, England, 1790-1800. Consists of brass 127° scale (-5° to 140°) with 20’ divisions and brass vernier (10”), three index-filter shades (red & green), two horizon filters (red & green), scale magnifier on 90mm swivelling arm. Fitted with threaded telescope bracket for sighting telescope (182mm – inverted image) with 2 extra draw tubes, 131mm sighting tube and other accessories. The fitted rectangular case has in the lid the trade card for J. & E. Troughton. The artificial mercurial horizon consisting of a rectangular wooden trough fitted in a tin tray and a brass-framed, roof-shaped cover with glazed side panels, unsigned, made later, 1845-55.

Brass framed sextant with stand, artificial horizon and case.

Astronomy

1790-1800

Clockwork & drum, pendulum (part) and other parts

Meteorology

Battery of 18 Leyden jars, housed in a wooden box, about 1775, made and used by Henry Cavendish for electrical experiments in his private laboratory at Clapham Common, London.

Battery of Leyden jars made by Henry Cavendish

Electricity and Magnetism

About 1775

Hipp chronoscope with small galvanometer and key

Time Measurement

1888

Stained glass panel, 1895, ex Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Gorton Works, demolished 1957, illustrating MS&LR coat-of-arms.

Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1895

Serpentine and pewter tobacco pipe, tall cylindric

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Ayurvedic Eye Cosmetic, Pakistan, 1970-1981

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1970-1981

Replica of Clayfield's mercurial holder, Leeds, England, 1968

Laboratory Medicine

1968

One of the first rechargeable batteries, about 1860

Electricity Supply

1860

Mobile x-ray machine for use on hospital wards, England, 1940-1955

Radiomedicine

1940-1955

Leyden jar

King George III

1750-1800

Demainbray's Inclined plane

King George III

1701-1752

Brass tobacco box, Europe, 1801-1880

Smoking

1801-1880

Set of drawing instruments

Mathematics

Hipp chronoscope with small galvanometer and key

Time Measurement

1888

Stained glass window showing James Young Simpson, Europe, 1885-1985

Wellcome (general)

1885-1985

Cockroft and Walton's Accelerator

Nuclear Physics

1932

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Rigged model of H.M.S. 'Warrior'

Warships

1860-1913

Rosary and crucifix votive offering, Ireland, 1900-1930

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1930

Urethral sound with tapering proximal curve and ch

Surgery

1831-1910

Window glass, Great Western Railway, stained, framed, with 'Dining Room' at centre, ex Windsor Station. 35 x 31 in.

Window glass from Great Western Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Wooden funnel with lead rim

Pharmacy-ware

primary electric cell

Electricity and Magnetism

Window glass, stained, displaying the arms of South Eastern Railway and the white horse of Kent, surrounded by hops, from Refreshment Room, Folkestone West [Shorncliffe].

Window glass from Refreshment Room, Folkestone West

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Window glass, stained, displaying the arms of Reading and a maple leaf, surrounded by hops, from Refreshment Room, Folkestone West [Shorncliffe].

Window glass from Refreshment Room, Folkstone West

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Model of a horse gear and crushing roll with rolle

Motive Power

1780-1800

Wooden snuff box cylindrical, lead decoration with

Smoking

1851-1900

Bernal's (Reproduction) X-Ray Diffraction Camera, 1948-1952

Experimental Chemistry

1948-1952 (original); 1965 (reproduction)

Stained glass panel from Bolton Trinity Street Station waiting room, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, closed 1987.

glass from Bolton Trinity Street Station Waiting Room

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Stained glass panel with sign "Dining Room No 4 Platform" from Bolton Trinity Street Station waiting room, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, closed 1987.

glass from Bolton Trinity Street Station Waiting Room

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Pillar sextant, 12-inch radius by J. and E. Troughton, London with brass tripod stand.

Brass framed sextant with stand.

Astronomy

c. 1795

Concave mirror, 12 inch diameter, in wooden frame,

Optics

1870

Simple cross of lead, now mounted on wood

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1348-1349 CE

Mouth gag, Doyen's

Anaesthesiology

1890-1930

Theratron model B radiotherapy machine

Radiomedicine

1953