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Compendium by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1630-1653

Milton Roy kidney machine

Therapeutics

1961-1971

Compendium by Augustine Ryther

Time Measurement

1588

wall telephone, 1880-1920

Telecommunications

1880-1920

Screw-barrel MIcroscope by Edmund Culpeper, 1728-1730

Microscopes

1728-1730

Crookes' Radiometer, 1877

Heat

1877

High power water cooled transmitting valve, 1919-1925

Electronic Components

1919-1925

Portable universal equinoctial sundial, in brass,

Time Measurement

1588

Chetwynd liquid compass, pattern no.22, with mica

Navigation

1905-1912

Convection Mill Physics Apparatus, 1919-1928

Heat

1919-1928

Half-penny surgically removed from child

Surgery

1914-1930

Architect's model of Vauxhall Cross, sitting on formica stand on oak base, unsigned, England, c. 1988. Model constructed for Terry Farrell & Partners, British.

Architect's model of Vauxhall Cross, for Terry Farrell & Partners

Building Construction

c. 1988

combined microscope-telescope with brass cap conta

Optics

1822-1824

Dent's patent liquid compass with air chamber arou

Navigation

1860-1870

Optical cabinet or compendium in wooden mahogany c

Microscopes

1765-1775

Meteorograph, 1886-1903

Meteorology

1886-1903

Hedges's fusible cut-out with mica foil fuse

Electricity Supply

Gaede molecular vacuum pump

Vacuum Technology

1910-1914

simple compass microscope with accessories: five o

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1775-1785

Half-penny surgically removed from child

Surgery

1914-1930

Wooden statue, bearing a square concretion on fron

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Crookes' Radiometer, 1872-1879

Heat

1872-1879

Coronal Thermopile, used by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, 1905

Heat

1900-1905

Crookes' Radiometer, 1878

Heat

1878

'New Improved' universal compound microscope

Optics

1785-1795

Two ivory slides, from Wilson screw barrel microscope

Microscopes

1710-1730

Spark gap enclosed in wooden box, for high frequen

Therapeutics

1885-1895

Air Temperature Grid, 1886-1930

Heat

1886-1930

Crookes' Radiometer, 1872-1879

Heat

1872-1879

Azimuth compass

Navigation

1840-1860

Drawer containing microscope accessories

Microscopes

1800-1825

Frog's Heart Thermometer, 1887

Heat

1887

Toy polariscope

King George III

1828-1830

KLG Ford spark plug made by Robinhood Engineering

Road Transport

1920-1930

Aluminium tube heater, capsule shaped at end, heat

Therapeutics

1880-1920

Submarine projector liquid compass, pattern no.27P

Navigation

1917-1924

Callendar's Bolometer, 1914

Heat

1914

Cuff type (scroll foot) microscope by James Mann, c. 1755

Microscopes

1750-1760

Frequency indicator vibrating reed meter

Electricity Supply

1907-1917

Two brass earth arrester plates 4" diameter, made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company Limited, Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1900-1950

Brass earth arrester plates, 1900-1950

Radio Communication

1900-1950

Eloin Safety Lamp, 1846-1853

Mining & Ore Dressing

1846-1853

Crookes' Radiometer, 1877

Heat

1877

Marvin type kite meteorograph, by Schneider Brothers Instrument Company, Jersey City, United States, 1898

Marvin type kite meteorograph, by Schneider Brothers, USA, 1898

Meteorology

1898

Hand anemometer with wooden case, Lind type with Snow Harris modification, by John Lilley & Son, 9, London Street, London, 1855-1859. Lid of case fitted with thread to mount anemometer with separate magnetic compass.

Lind type hand anemometer, 1855-1859

Meteorology

1855-1859

'New Universal Single Microscope' by George Adams at Tycho Brahe's Head in Fleet Street, London, c. 1750.

'New Universal Single Microscope', George Adams, London, c. 1750

Optics

1745-1755

Platinum electrical resistance thermometer (pyrometer), laboratory pattern, with porcelain tube and fitted with glass tube, by The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited, Cambridge, England, 1910-14.

Platinum Electrical Resistance Thermometer, 1910-14

Heat

1910-1914

Gould type microscope by J. Davis of Cheltenham, English, mid 19th century.

Gould type microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1800-1825

Nose piece from nasal nitrous oxide apparatus, English(?), 1871-1930

Nose piece from nasal nitrous oxide apparatus, Eng

Anaesthesiology

1871-1930

'Wound Mica Coated With a Film of Selenium'. One of four examples of photosensitive (selenium) material in various stages of construction. Fixed to wooden mount. Part of apparatus for transmitting pictures by telegraph (phototelegraphy). Designed and constructed by Dr Shelford Bidwell in 1881.

Wound Mica Coated With a Film of Selenium

Telecommunications

1880-1900

Ellis type aquatic microscope, by Peter Dollond, London, England, c. 1765; in fishskin case with accessories: 3 objective lenses, 3 bone slides, 1 ivory container, 2 pieces of glass, 1 pair of tweezers, 1 adjustable probe, 1 spare crosspiece for mounting microscope. Compound and simple microscope attachments.

Ellis type aquatic microscope, by Peter Dollond

Microscopes