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Elizabethan galleon, 'Elizabeth Jonas'

Water Transport

1931

Flag from Cable Ship 'Faraday' (sunk 1941), 1923-1941

Telecommunications

1923-1941

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

Water Transport

1910-1921

Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad

Water Transport

1913; c. 900 CE

Model of Brighton Hog Boat, "The Prince George"

Water Transport

1797-1912; 1962

"Cherub" rotator. (ex "Navigation Today" N.T.E. ex

Navigation

1861-1873

Bell from Cable Ship 'Faraday', 1923

Telecommunications

1923

16th century iron chamber-clock with weight and ro

Time Measurement

1596

Piece of telegraph cable, c. 1869

Telecommunications

c.1869

Walker's harpoon log with rotator and recording mechanism combined into one

Navigation

1861

Log-ship, in the form of a fish

Navigation

1750-1850

Rope halter, decorated with blue beads, iron ring,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925

Transducer

Navigation

1965-1966

Model of Cargo Prow

Water Transport

1900-1929

4 cylindrical cones with flat circular tops and bases attached together length ways with a piece of rope

Hand and Machine Tools

No.8 "Phoenix" log line

Navigation

1805-1873

Model of Swedish warship 'Wasa'

Warships

1982

Large main transmitting condenser in wood case, No. 48130, made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company Limited, Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1900-1950

main transmitting condenser in wooden case, 1900-1950

Radio Communication

1900-1950

Length of rope with loop at either ends, used for strangulation

Asian Medicine

1601-1800

Marcet's Water Sampler, 1818

Oceanography

1818

Self-registering perpetual log

Navigation

1853-1870

Wheel governor

Navigation

1861-1873

Leather water carrier made from the skin of an animal, circular ring around top, rope sling for carrying, Middle Eastern, 1851-1920

Leather water carrier made from skin

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1851-1920

Colt's stretcher designed for going around corners in the trenches, the main shaft jointed, patient is carried in canvas sling suspended underneath, British, 1914-1918

Colt's stretcher designed for going around corners

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Horse's crib, iron and wood, bad condition, probably British, 18th 19th centuries

Horse's crib, iron and wood, bad condition, probab

Veterinary Medicine

1701-1800

Weight comprising five cork slabs bound together with rope, European, 1880-1920

Weight comprising five cork slabs bound together w

Pharmacy-ware

1880-1920

4 lancets, 2 sharp, 2 blunt, length of rope with noose, by Arnold and Sons of London, 1866 and 1900

Lancets

Veterinary Medicine

1866-1900

4 lancets, 2 sharp, 2 blunt, length of rope with noose, by Arnold and Sons of London, 1866 and 1900

4 lancets, 2 sharp, 2 blunt, length of rope with n

Veterinary Medicine

1866-1900

Canvas sling for Colt's stretcher designed for going around corners in the trenches, patient is carried suspended from joined frame, unsigned, British, 1914-1918.

Sling for stretcher

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Bamboo tube, used to hold kohl, Chinese or Japanese, 1801-1900

Tube used to hold kohl

Oriental Medicine

1801-1900

Airman's harness, consisting of metallic arm rings and rope attachment for "Spencer" silk parachute.

Airman's harness, consisting of metallic arm rings

Aeronautics

1914-1918

"Spencer" silk parachute, army type, complete in case, and fitted with airman's harness.

"Spencer" silk parachute, army type, complete in c

Aeronautics

1914-1918

Twitch, wood and rope, worm-eaten, 18th to mid 19th centuries

Twitch

Veterinary Medicine

1701-1850

Electrical winding mechanism for reconstruction of Dondi clock. Reconstruction made from detailed account of astrarium written by Dondi, 1961-1974

Winding Mechanism for Reconstruction of Dondi's Astrarium, 1961-1974

Time Measurement

1961-1974

Large gourd bottle, globular body, funnel-shaped neck, rope tied round neck, empty container from the Turkish Drug shop exhibition, Middle Eastern, 19th century

Large gourd bottle, globular body, funnel-shaped n

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Stern model, scale 1:24, fitted with a jury rudder with single iron gudgeon, designed by Richard F.S. Blake, master shipwright at the HM Dockyards, and made by J.J. Hardie, England, 1830-1835

Model of stern of vessel showing Richard F.S. Blake's plan for constructing a Jury Rudder, with a single iron gudgeon

Marine Engines

1830-1835

"Spencer" silk parachute, army type, complete in case.

"Spencer" silk parachute, army type, complete in c

Aeronautics

1914-1918

Suspension loop, padded leather with rope and metal fittings, with pulley system for adjustment, by Weiss of London, 1910-1930

Suspension loop, padded leather with rope and meta

Orthopaedics

1910-1930

Subsidiary electric clock (no weight, hands, pulley and suspension spring) of the Alexander Bain type, United Kingdom, 1875-1885.

Bain's subsidiary electric clock

Time Measurement

1875-1885

Large photographic vertical enlarger manufactured by O Sichel & Co, London, about 1930. Lacks lenses. Bone manufacturer's plate inscribed 'O SICHEL & CO / 52 BUNHILL ROW / LONDON / EC1 / Tel Clerkenwell 1226'.

Vertical Enlarger

Photographic Technology

1925-1935

Small steel knife/sickle reputedly for cutting grass, hooked blade, with large teeth, Shilluck tribe, Sudan, Africa, 1871-1910

Small steel knife/sickle reputedly for cutting gra

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910

Horse's crib, iron and wood, bad condition, probably British, 18th 19th centuries

Horse's crib

Veterinary Medicine

1701-1800

Wooden box, filled with wrapped skulls and post cranial material and histological slides, collected by Dr. Albert Wilson, 1880-1928

Wooden box, filled with wrapped skulls, post cranial material and histological slides

Anatomy & Pathology

1880-1928

High pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch engine, fitted to the experimental steam launch 'Firefly' (1841), by Henry Warriner, British, 1840-1841

High pressure, non-condensing oscillating launch e

Marine Engines

1840-1841

Wooden main jointed carrying frame for Colt's stretcher designed for going around corners in the trenches, patient is carried in canvas sling suspended underneath, unsigned, British, 1914-1918.

Frame for stretcher

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Copper model, scale 1:12, showing an arrangement of a one length telescopic or reefing funnel on a vessel with two adjacent masts, unsigned, British, 1850-1861.

Model of telescopic or reefing funnel

Marine Engines

1850-1861

Royal Naval sick hammock consisting of mattress and canvas cover, used by British Army, unsigned, British, 1901-1918.

Royal Naval hammock

Therapeutics

1901-1918

Canvas stretcher in form of a bag in which body is securely strapped, handles, and ropes and pulleys for transportation, British(?), 1901-1918.

Canvas stretcher

Therapeutics

1901-1918