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Model of the SS Oceanic (1899)

Model of the SS Oceanic (1899)

1899-1919
Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)
Le Praxinoscope

Le Praxinoscope

1877
Sunbeam Mabley 'Sociable' Voiturette

Sunbeam Mabley 'Sociable' Voiturette

1902
Aircraft bubble sextant.

Aircraft bubble sextant.

1919-1922
Model of torpedo boat HMS 'Tobago'

Model of torpedo boat HMS 'Tobago'

1918-1935
Aircraft bubble sextant.

Aircraft bubble sextant.

1942-1945
Admiralty-pattern frame sextant

Admiralty-pattern frame sextant

1942-1947
Mirror Drawing Apparatus

Mirror Drawing Apparatus

1960-1990
Double-Boom Seismograph designed by John Milne, 1908

Double-Boom Seismograph designed by John Milne, 1908

1908
Model of Oil Tank Steamer the 'British General'

Model of Oil Tank Steamer the 'British General'

1922-1925
Model of HM Telegraph ship, 'Monarch'

Model of HM Telegraph ship, 'Monarch'

1916-1972
Brass framed pocket sextant.

Brass framed pocket sextant.

1795-1804
Distance meter

Distance meter

1942-1961
Claude Lorrain mirror in red leather box

Claude Lorrain mirror in red leather box

Aircraft bubble sextant.

Aircraft bubble sextant.

1940-1947
Brass triangle-pattern frame sextant.

Brass triangle-pattern frame sextant.

1940-1945
Model of twin screw yacht 'Solway'

Model of twin screw yacht 'Solway'

1903-1935
Ivory and ebony octant.

Ivory and ebony octant.

1837-1842
Burning mirror and flask, 18th century.

Burning mirror and flask, 18th century.

1701-1800
Mahogany and brass octant.

Mahogany and brass octant.

1745-1755
Scanning drum from LB Atkinson's Telectroscope

Scanning drum from LB Atkinson's Telectroscope

1882
Diamond-frame pattern sounding quintant.

Diamond-frame pattern sounding quintant.

1885-1895
Four Element Portable Oscillograph

Four Element Portable Oscillograph

Mirrors

Mirrors

Bird lure

Bird lure

Bird lure

Bird lure

Liquid air vapour trap (enclosed type)

Liquid air vapour trap (enclosed type)

1915-1925
Wooden apparatus with mirror and shield

Wooden apparatus with mirror and shield

1965-1995
Whole model of H.M. first class battleship 'Lord Nelson'

Whole model of H.M. first class battleship 'Lord Nelson'

1906-1910
Haathi - Dynamic Elephant

Haathi - Dynamic Elephant

2017
A Mirror Ganesh

A Mirror Ganesh

2017
Mirror, Dundee & Arbroath Railway, from waiting room at Broughty Ferry Station. 'D & A R Coy' carved above mirror. Overall: 940 mm x 590 mm x 115 mm.

Mirror, Broughty Ferry Station - Dundee & Arbroath Railway

Button, cut glass with silvered surface (imitating cut steel), England, c. 1840

Button, cut glass with silvered surface (imitating cut steel)

circa 1840
Button, cut glass with silvered surface (imitating cut steel), England, c. 1840

Button, cut glass with silvered surface (imitating cut steel)

circa 1840
Model railway carriage, London Midland & Scottish Railway, 1:12 scale, 1st class 12-wheeled bogie sleeping car No.352, flush-panelled prototype, built May 1937, by Bassett-Lowke Ltd, Northampton for Paris Exhibition 1937. Overall: 330 mm x 1850 mm x 240 mm.

1st class 12-wheeled bogie sleeping car No.352

1937
Model railway carriage, London Midland & Scottish Railway, 1:12 scale, 1st class corridor vestibule carriage, as used on the 'Royal Scot' service, portion of the roof is cut away, built August 1932, by Bassett-Lowke Ltd, Northampton. Overall: 330 mm x 1570 mm x 255 mm.

Model railway carriage - 1st class, Royal Scot

1931
Baird Mirror Drum Televisor 'kit', built by Harry Arnfield, 1934.

Baird Mirror Drum Televisor 'kit'

1934
Marconiphone mirror lid television receiver model 702, c. 1938. Lid is not original.

Marconiphone Model 702 mirror lid television receiver

circa 1938
A modern version of the Thomson type azimuth mirror, called an azimuth circle, used to take bearings of terrestrial and celestial objects from a compass, by SG Brown Limited, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, 1945-1951

A modern version of the Thomson type azimuth mirror, called an azimuth circle

1945-1951
Zogroscope. Pedestal viewer for small pictures, c. 1820. 14 x 20 cm mirror in pivoted frame with 10cm viewing bi-convex lens with telescopic column giving height varying from 34 to 50cm. With a wooden screw fitting. Fluted decoration on lower column and small amount of inlay. Lead weighted base.

Zograscope

1815-1825
Praxinoscope or wheel of life on turned wooden stand with metal drum; with lampshade.

Le Praxinoscope

circa 1890
Mobius strip demonstration model, made by Francis Oakes, England, 1965-1975. Mounted on a mirrored base.

Mobius strip model

1965-1975
HMV 900 monochrome television receiver, dual standard 205/405 lines, with built-in four-band radio, 1937. Hinged lid on top with viewing mirror. Model Number 900, Serial Number 10092.

HMV 900 Television Receiver

1937
Two surface silvered mirrors 6 x 8cm in hinged frame. The angle between the two mirrors is adjustable by moveable studs and tensioned by a rubber band. Fixing bar and shoe for attachment to camera. Theodore Brown.

Theodore Brown's Stereoscopic Transmitter

Mechanical item believed to have been associated with W G Pye's experiments with 30-line mechanical television systems: 7" diameter, 30 way mirror drum. (Appears to me to be a B J Lynes mirror drum 100% identical to those mass produced for use in Baird mirror drum Televisors from 1933-35 - IB 20/11/15. Further research required).

30 way mirror drum for mechanical television system

1933-35
Cine projector SUPA [Single Unit Projection Assembly) Mk. 1 and stand made by British Thomson Houston Co. Ltd., Rugby and Sound Equipment Ltd., London, fitted with Aperful Projection 4 1/2 inch, 114mm, f/1.9 Taylor-Hobson lens.

Cine Projector SUPA [Single Unit Projection Assembly) Mk 1

1950-1952
Advertising mirror-backed glass plate, illustrated with a picture of a triple-lens magic lantern and advertising the products of Noakes & Norman, manufacturers of lanterns, cinematographs, Accessory Apparatus. South London Optical Works, Nelson Street, Greenwich, London, SE.

Advertising mirror, Noakes & Norman

c. 1897
Five items found inside the vehicle: headlamp, rearview mirror, and three unidentifed items made of plastic, textile and rubber. Components for Regis 6 motor car, made by Crossley Motors Ltd, Manchester, c.1935.

Components for Regis 6 Motor Car by Crossley Motors

1935
Ives' stereoscopic Kromskop, one of two, with 16 slide transparencies and booklet.

Kromskop Stereoscope