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Radiation protection apron

Radiomedicine

1920-1958

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

Model of Jenning's patent water closet

Public Health & Hygiene

1895-1905

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, 1883

Astronomy

1883

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

Radiation protection gloves

Radiomedicine

1920-1958

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

King George III

1745-1755

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

King George III

1729-1753

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

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

Rigged Model of the H.M.S. 'Warrior'

Warships

1860-1913

Cockroft and Walton's Accelerator

Nuclear Physics

1932

One of the first rechargeable batteries, about 1860

Electricity Supply

1860

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

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

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

Laboratory Medicine

1968

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

Radiomedicine

1940-1955

Stained glass window, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, ex Manchester Victoria Station, by George Wragge, 'The Crafts', London & Manchester, c. 1909, depicting arms of York and white rose, with vignette of Hughes 4-6-0 No. 1510, built Horwich 1906, superheated in 1921 and withdrawn in 1935. 75 x 50 in.

Stained glass window panel, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Railway Infrastructure

c.1904-1914

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

Astronomy

1066; 1876

Hipp chronoscope with small galvanometer and key

Time Measurement

1888

Ayurvedic Eye Cosmetic, Pakistan, 1970-1981

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1970-1981

Fountain head, marble, in shape of grotesque human

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1401-1700 CE

Wooden snuff box, Mauchline Scottish Tartan design

Smoking

1820-1880

Leyden jar

King George III

1750-1800

Brass tobacco box, Europe, 1801-1880

Smoking

1801-1880

Demainbray's Inclined plane

King George III

1701-1752

Set of drawing instruments

Mathematics

Window glass, Great Western Railway, stained, framed, ex Windsor Station Refreshment Rooms. 22 x 36 in.

Window glass from Great Western Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Hipp chronoscope with small galvanometer and key

Time Measurement

1888

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

Wellcome (general)

1885-1985

Stained glass window, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, ex Manchester Victoria Station, by George Wragge, 'The Crafts', London & Manchester, c. 1909, depicting arms Lancaster and red rose with vignette of TS Irwell (1040 tons) built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1906 for the Goole-Rotterdam service, broken up in 1954. 75 x 50 in.

Stained glass window, Lancashire &Yorkshire Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1904-1914

Rosary and crucifix votive offering, Ireland, 1900-1930

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1930

primary electric cell

Electricity and Magnetism

Urethral sound with tapering proximal curve and ch

Surgery

1831-1910

Wooden funnel with lead rim

Pharmacy-ware

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

Experimental Chemistry

1948-1952 (original); 1965 (reproduction)

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

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

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

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

Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, ex Gorton Works boardroom, Manchester, 1895, illustrating the coats-of-arms of Altrincham.

Stained glass panel, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway - Gorton Works boardroom

Railway Infrastructure

1897

Small wooden snuff container in the form of a bott

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Umbilical belt, consisting of calico band and pad

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1925

Bottle for tetanus antitoxin

Public Health & Hygiene