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Moldacot pocket sewing machine, 1887.

Textiles Machinery

1886-1887

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

Textiles Machinery

1866

Oil lamp used in opium smoking

Asian Medicine

Electrogalvanic amulet, Richardson's Magneto-Galva

Therapeutics

1880-1900

Pocket aneroid barograph

Meteorology

1919

Gnome 50 HP 7 Cylinder Rotary aero engine, with metal engine to fuselage gasket, designed by Louis Seguin and Laurent Seguin, and made by Societe des Moteurs Gnome, France, 1908-1914. The engine has seven cylinders, machined out of solid nickel-chrome-steel ingots. The cylinders and crank-chamber revolve around the stationary crankshaft. The carburettor, which is stationary, is of the single-jet type and feeds the engine through the hollow crank shaft. The connecting rods all operate on a single crank pin. Henri Farman used this type of engine to win a prize for the greatest distance flown (180 km), setting a World record.

Gnome 50 HP 7 Cylinder Rotary aero engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1908-1914

Samples of metallic elements

Experimental Chemistry

2019

Ward model A1 arm and platform lock stitch sewing machine

Textiles Machinery

1875-1892

Twin-pan equal arm balance

Weighing & Measuring

1950-1970

Replica of a Dewar Metal Vacuum Vessel, 1931

Heat

1931

Electrogalvanic amulet

Therapeutics

1880-1900

Electromagnetic machine containing 2 dry batteries

Therapeutics

1920

Cylindrical sample, 150mm long and 22mm diameter,

Metallurgy

c.1929

Lithotomy sound with short proximal curved bulbous end

Surgery

1801-1920

Small combined lithotomy scoop and director, nicke

Surgery

1801-1890

Urethral stricture dilator

Surgery

1801-1900

Urethral sound straight olive ended with flat hand

Surgery

1801-1900

Nickel-plated catheter with proximal curve, gauge

Surgery

1851-1930

Scoop for either lithotomy or removal of gall-ston

Surgery

1801-1900

Urethral stricture dilator

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1910

Urethral sound, with proximal curve, and wooden ha

Surgery

1781-1881

Electrogalvanic amulet, Richardson's Magneto-Galvanic Battery (or possibly a fake?), disc with cross at centre and 14 small discs arranged in a circle around it. Made of zinc, brass, copper, iron and nickel, with woven string instead of chain. Made by A.M. Richardson & Co., New York, USA, 1880-1900. Engraved on front of cross with two hearts radiating electric bolts, and on reverse side with 'PAT & RD US, GB, FRANCE, ITALY ETC.' Note gap in outer ring around disc. Similar to A602762.

Electrogalvanic amulet

Therapeutics

1880-1900

Wooden snuff box, elliptical in section with hinge

Smoking

1840-1900

Silver-plated catheter, with proximal curve and st

Surgery

1831-1880

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Electromagnetic machine, induction coil and 24 dry

Therapeutics

1900-1920

Nickel-silver catheter with tapering proximal curv

Surgery

1851-1920

Several hermetically sealed nickel cadmium cells

Electricity Supply

Mokume gane bowl made of copper and nickel

Materials Science Gallery

1990-1996

Celluloid brooch, in form of female hand holding

Plastics and Modern Materials

1870-1900

Components from household items that have been ele

Materials Science Gallery

1996

Lithotomy or bladder catheter with bulbous ended p

Surgery

1841-1910

Wheeler and Wilson lock stitch treadle powered button hole s

Textiles Machinery

1862

Four models of engraved rollers for calico printin

Textiles Machinery

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Electromagnetic machine in rectangular wooden case

Therapeutics

1920

Twin-needle lock stitch sewing machine, model No D 12 by Wh

Textiles Machinery

1890

Tongue depressor probably Ward Cousin's, 19th cent

Surgery

1801-1900

Cautery, by Blanc of Paris, France, steel, wood an

Surgery

1701-1800

Speculum, mouth, nickel and ivory, by Collin of Pa

Clinical Diagnosis

1860-1870

Urethrotome, by Charriere from the Bernard Collect

Surgery

1831-1880

Cautery, probably French, steel, nickel silver and

Surgery

1801-1900

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Electromagnetic machine in rectangular wooden case

Therapeutics

1890-1910

Torsion Balance, textile scale, type No. 5000, No. 6656, with die and mallet, by the Torsion Balance Company, New York, United States, 1902-1915.

Torsion Balance, textile scale, type No. 5000, No. 6656, wit

Textiles Machinery

1902-1915

Moldacot portable lockstitch sewing machine, complete with accessories and tin plate box, 1886-1887.

Moldacot portable lockstitch sewing machine, complete with a

Textiles Machinery

1886-1887

Gamma 2 rocket engine (2nd stage Black Arrow type), on trolley, by Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited, England, 1963-1971

Gamma Type 2 engine, c. 1968.

Space Technology

1963-1971

Abel's flash-point apparatus for petroleum, with two mercury thermometers by Baird & Tatlock Ltd., London, 1910-12, serial no. 3163.

Abel's Flash Point Apparatus, London, 1910-1912

Experimental Chemistry

1910-1912