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Davy lamp, made 1820

Davy lamp, made 1820

1820
Bottle of Apiezon "B" Oil for use in vacuum pumps, 20th century.

Bottle of Apiezon "B" Oil for use in vacuum pumps, 20th century.

1920-1980
Glorious Devon

Glorious Devon

1951
Model of hut and garden made of modelling clay

Model of hut and garden made of modelling clay

1996
Oil painting by J LYR train hauled by 4-4-0 locomotive

Oil painting by J LYR train hauled by 4-4-0 locomotive

1899
A Night Scene During the Construction of Mulberry Harbour

A Night Scene During the Construction of Mulberry Harbour

circa 1944
Cipher machine

Cipher machine

1938
the earl cawdor

the earl cawdor

1911
Bottle of sterile Catgut Ligatures, Scottish, 1890-1920.

Bottle of sterile Catgut Ligatures, Scottish, 1890-1920.

1890-1920
1st Viscount Churchill

1st Viscount Churchill

1920-1940
Glenariff

Glenariff

circa 1935
Racing off Ryde

Racing off Ryde

circa 1955
Felixstowe

Felixstowe

1952
Oil painting by D. Relf

Oil painting by D. Relf

1948
SS Glen Sannox on the Clyde

SS Glen Sannox on the Clyde

circa 1925
James Pyke, First Chief Accountant, Great Western Railway (1839-1854)

James Pyke, First Chief Accountant, Great Western Railway (1839-1854)

1853
Oil painting by J. Longden

Oil painting by J. Longden

circa 1899
SS Kirkham Abbey

SS Kirkham Abbey

1908
Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle

circa 1930
Unidentified seated man

Unidentified seated man

circa 1850
Apparatus to demonstrate the thermal expansion of liquids, mid 19th century.

Apparatus to demonstrate the thermal expansion of liquids, mid 19th century.

1831-1870
The Lake District for Holidays - Honister Crag

The Lake District for Holidays - Honister Crag

1930
Wooden Tripod stand with cover for lamp

Wooden Tripod stand with cover for lamp

1820
Double Barometer and thermometer

Double' barometer and thermometer, c. 1740.

1730-1760
Oil-on-canvas mural in three sections, each 12 ft x 9ft, depicting ships of all ages. Neg. No:4535.

Oil-on-canvas mural in three sections,

Oil bottle, double, with dropper, still with oil in base

Oil bottle

Screen for hygrometers containing wet and dry bulb thermometers, hair hygrometer and minimum thermometer, as used in Norway, 1875.

Screen for hygrometers with thermometers and their box

1875
Wooden drawer from a medicine chest containing ten bottles of oil with vellum coverings. Drawer: 245mm x 90 mm x 60 mm, 390 g. Although most of the bottles are not labelled, a few are legible including 'Olio del gran duce', 'Olio coni. Veleni' and 'Olio de Spasimo'. Unknown maker, probably Italian.

Wooden drawer of oil bottles

Oil painting, Ireland Overnight, by Claude Buckle, about 1950. Depicts the passenger ferry TSS Duke of Lancaster crossing the Irish Sea at night, lit by a shaft of moonlight from a cloudy sky. Preparatory painting for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster Ireland Overnight, Dublin via Holyhead/Belfast via Heysham. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed and unglazed.

Ireland Overnight

circa 1950
Immersion oil, in screw-capped bottle

Immersion oil, in screw-capped bottle

1900-1980