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Stone sculpture of R J Mitchell

Stone sculpture of R J Mitchell

2005

Materials House

Materials House

1999

Campbell-Stokes type burning-glass sunshine recorder, 1899

Campbell-Stokes type burning-glass sunshine recorder, 1899

1899

Slate knife used for circumcision

Slate knife used for circumcision

1701-1900

Votive slate from Donegal deposited at a holy well

Votive slate from Donegal deposited at a holy well

1851-1915

Part of calibration table ex Kew Observatory

Part of calibration table ex Kew Observatory

Shaving equipment

Shaving equipment

1750-1850

Model of Callendar's Sunshine Receiver, 19th Century

Model of Callendar's Sunshine Receiver, 19th Century

1895-1910

Compo, gilded rosette

Compo, gilded rosette

1790-1819

Record album

Record album

1930-1940

Strop, for razor sharpening

Strop, for razor sharpening

1801-1900

Slate tobacco jar, United Kingdom, 1877-1879

Slate tobacco jar, United Kingdom, 1877-1879

1877-1879

Reproduction in marble, profile bust

1790-1819

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000

Edison cut-out and bolt switch

Edison cut-out and bolt switch

Stone with painted figure of goddess Siva

Stone with painted figure of goddess Siva

1701-1900

Etching in slate depicting cows

Etching in slate depicting cows

1790-1819

Reproduction in alabaster, profile bust

1810

Motor starting switch resistances in sand box

Motor starting switch resistances in sand box

Hedges's fusible cut-out with mica foil fuse

Hedges's fusible cut-out with mica foil fuse

Plastering on slate, in display cabinet, from 'Greenmount', Manchester

Plastering on slate, in display cabinet, from 'Greenmount', Manchester

1870

Etching in slate showing the Three Graces

Etching in slate showing the Three Graces

1790-1819

Mortar, bowl shape, carved from fairly smooth stone

Mortar, bowl shape, carved from fairly smooth stone

1-1900

Fragment of prayer plaque

Fragment of prayer plaque

1801-1900

Tobacco jar

Tobacco jar

1850-1910

Base for Pyrheliometer

Base for Pyrheliometer

1885

Top section of branch fuse

Top section of branch fuse

1888

Gramophone record, Ernest Lough and the Choir of the Temple Church, London, ‘Hear My Prayer’ and ‘Oh, for the Wings of a Dove’,

Gramophone record, Ernest Lough and the Choir of the Temple Church, London, ‘Hear My Prayer’ and ‘Oh, for the Wings of a Dove’,

1925-1935

Cosmetic grinding slab

Cosmetic grinding slab

1000-100 BCE

Materials House

Materials House

1999

Howlett anemograph by Elliott Bros., 1868 type.

Howlett anemograph by Elliott Bros., 1868 type.

1868-1893

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, His Master’s Voice, catalogue number D.A.1548, Jussi Bjorling, ‘La Donna e Mobile’ and ‘Recondita Armonia’, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd, British, 1925-1935

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, His Master’s Voice, catalogue number D.A.1548, Jussi Bjorling, ‘La Donna e Mobile’ and ‘Recondita Armonia’, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd, British, 1925-1935

1930-1940

Woodhouse & Rawson attracted coil cut-out

Woodhouse & Rawson attracted coil cut-out

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for checking the mechanical and audio performance of autochange radio-gramophones, together with five commercial 78 rpm records selected for demonstrating radio-gramophones in salerooms. Made by the Gramophone Company Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British,1930-1940

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for checking the mechanical and audio performance of autochange radio-gramophones, together with five commercial 78 rpm records selected for demonstrating radio-gramophones in salerooms. Made by the Gramophone Company Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British,1930-1940

1930-1940

Crompton lightning arrestor - 1883

Crompton lightning arrestor - 1883

1883

Noticeboard, engraved slate in wooden frame, Great Northern Railway, GNR Telegraph Dept Newark Station.

Great Northern Railway noticeboard

5 Pieces of broken slate

Five pieces of broken slate

1790-1819

1 Round piece of slate 4” dia. with hole in centre

Round piece of slate with central hole

1790-1819

Notice, Norfolk Railway Byelaws made by the Company pursuant to Act of Parliament, slate, Secretary Richard Tille.

Slate notice, Norfolk Railway

2 Pieces of slate

PIeces of slate

1790-1819

1 Piece of slate

Piece of slate

1790-1819

1 Copy of 1 Iron casting, scroll with figure of woman blowing a horn, on piece of slate for bed, in marble on marble slab fixed to

Copy of Scroll; woman blowing horn, iron casting, slate bed

1790-1819

1 Iron casting, scroll with figure of woman blowing a horn, on piece of slate for bed, 6”

Scroll; woman blowing horn, iron casting, slate bed

1790-1819

1 Piece of slate, two corners cut out

Roofing slate, two corners trimmed out

1790-1819

Switchgear and transformer designed by S. Z. de Ferranti, from the 10kV/2.5kV electricity substation that operated between 1891 and 1933 at Trafalgar Square/Cockspur St., London, supplied from Deptford power station. (Used in partial reconstruction of the substation displayed between about 1957 and 1977.)

Switchgear and transformer designed by S. Z. de Ferranti

1891

Photothermograph commissioned by the Meteorological Committee of the Royal Society, some design specifications attributed to Francis Ronalds, made in England, UK, 1867. Installed and operated at Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.

Photothermograph used at Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford

1867

Fragment of slate knife, possibly used later as amulet, Northwest Coast, 1800-1850

Fragment of slate knife

1800-1850

Green slate cosmetic grinding slab in form of two pigeons, Egyptian, 4000-3000 BCE

Green slate cosmetic grinding slab in form of two pigeons

4000-3000 BCE

Thin sheets of slate(?) coated with photoelectric medium with zigzag scratching. Dated 17/11/16 and 20/7/16.

Experimental Photoelectrical Cells

Robinson-Beckley anemometer by Munro, 1872, recorder only.

Robinson-Beckley anemometer by Munro

1872

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