Single mammary gland from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Single mammary gland from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman, Florence, Italy, 1771-1800.

Front portion of heart from wax model of woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Front wall of left side of heart from anatomical wax model of reclining woman

Fetus from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Fetus from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman, Florence, Italy, 1771-1800.

filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end and cap of red sealing wax at other end, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

Filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end and cap of red sealing wax at other end, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England 1898

Wax model of a plague scene, Europe, 1657

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1657

Wax model of plague scene in form of a heavily framed plaque, made by Gregorius Lenti, 1657, frame probably 18th century, thus European, 1657

Diorama showing the anatomy theatre at Padua in 1594, England, 1901-1950

Therapeutics

1901-1950

Scale model of anatomy theatre built at Padua in 1594 showing dissection taking place, English, 1900-1950

Three-wheeled motor car

Road Transport

1888

Benz 3 wheeled motor car, sent in 1888 by Karl Benz from Mannheim to Emile Roger in Paris in "kit" form and where it was assembled and by Roger in 1888. It is reputed to be the oldest petrol-engined car in the UK and the fifth oldest commercially produced car in the world.

Contraceptive sheath, 1800-1850.

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1850

Contraceptive sheath, made from animal gut, in waxed paper envelope, Europe, 1801-1850

African American soldiers court martialled at Paignton

Photographs

15 october 1943

Silver gelatin print by Jack Esten for the Daily Herald. 'U.S. Court Martial at Paignton'. Image shows 14 African American soldiers leaving the court at Paignton, Devon, after the adjournment. They were accused of mutiny, riot and intent to murder.

Experimental coherers designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Thirty coherers of various types and a pill box containing a quantity of porphyrised (powdered) copper, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, British, 1894-1904

Slide rule for interest calculations

Mathematics

1824

Slide rule, Bate's Interest Scale, published 1st June, 1824 by R.B. Bate, London, 1824; paper scales on wood, two slides, one on each face; size 18 7/8" x 2 7/8" x 3/8"

Coloured wax model of a female, half skeletal, half living and dressed in regency clothing, England, 1810-1850

Anatomy & Pathology

1810-1850

Coloured wax model of a female, half skeletal, half living and dressed in regency clothing, badly damaged, English, 1810-1850

stock exchange printing telegraph, 1907

Telecommunications

1907

Stock Exchange printing telegraph, made by the Exchange Telegraph Company, England, 1907. Comprises transmitter unit, two receiver uniits or tickers, one power pack, and cover.

Edison 'Concert' phonograph

Sound Reproduction

1910-1912

Edison Type A 'Concert' phonograph, model SM, with wax cylinders, by Thomas A. Edison Inc., American, 1910-1912

Model of hut and garden made of modelling clay

Materials Science Gallery

1996

Model of hut and garden made of Prima modelling clay extrusions from the "Thomas the Tank Engine fun machine" play stuff extrusion toy. Designed and made by Rachel Titcombe, Bluebird Developments.

Cinchonine sulphate crystals, England, 1860-1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1910

Bottle of cinchonine sulphate crystals with wax sealed cork stopper, English, 1860-1910

Wax death mask of Benjamin Disraeli, England, 1881

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1881

Wax death mask of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, taken six hours after his death by Sir E. Boehm, England, 1881

Seven 1/4 scale models of apparatus used by Heinrich Hertz, 1949

Radio Communication

1949

Seven 1/4 scale models of apparatus used by Heinrich Hertz, Science Museum workshops, South Kensington, 1949. Pt1 = 2 parabolic zinc reflectors, one with oscillator and other with resonator; Pt2 = plane zinc reflector; Pt3 = Open oscillator with spherical radiators; Pt4 = 3 wooden prisms; Pt5 = wire screen in wooden frame; Pt6 = apparatus for stationary wave experiments (a long cylinder of 24 copper wires)

Coloured wax model of a male, half skeletal, half living and dressed in regency clothing, England, 1810-1850

Anatomy & Pathology

1810-1850

Coloured wax model of male, half skeletal, half living and dressed in regency clothes, badly damaged, English, 1810-1850

three-nail microphone, 1875-1880

Telecommunications

1875-1880

French-nail microphone used by D.E. Hughes together with one small gauze-covered box, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1875-1880

Experimental wood-charcoal microphones, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Three experimental microphones each in sound boxes and each consisting of two small blocks of wood-charcoal pressed upon each other by a spring, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1878-1890

'Frog-pistol', 1904-1910.

Laboratory Medicine

1899-1909

Pistolet, or `Frog Pistol', devised by du Bois-Reymond, for demonstrating the stimulation of nerves in a frog's leg, by Charles Verdin, Paris, c1904

Bottle of iron, arsenic and digitalin tablets, London, 1916-1940

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1916-1940

Cardboard box contains bottle of iron, arsenic and digitalin tablets with instruction sheet (paper), made by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co. of London, under "Tabloid" trademark, English 1916-1940

Chinagraph pencil and tubes on board

Public Health & Hygiene

1917-1918

Wooden board with glass tubes attached, part of blood transfusion apparatus originally thought to be designed by Geoffrey Keynes, but believed to be designed by Oswald Hope Robertson during the 1st World War and made by the General Surgical Co. Ltd., 1917-1918

Graphophone record cylinder

Sound Reproduction

1887

Early wax-on-cardboard graphophone record cylinder, c.1888, purporting to contain a recording of the voice of Queen Victoria.

Saucer containing: thirteen pieces of wax, one piece with “Sul 3 Wax” and one piece with “I” on it

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

1 Saucer containing: 13 Pieces of wax, one piece with “Sul 3 Wax” and one piece with “I” on

Piece of brown paper with wax on

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

1 Piece of paper, brown, with wax on

Wax model of heart, parts of outside can be remove

Anatomy & Pathology

Wax model of heart, parts of outside can be removed to reveal auricles and ventricles

WarmPak™, part of Embrace® Nest Infant Warming set

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

2017

WarmPak™, serial number FD090316101007, model number FD0903, part of Embrace® Nest Infant Warming kit designed by Embrace® Innovations, Inc and made by Phoenix Medical Systems (P) Ltd, India, 2017

Half-penny surgically removed from child

Surgery

1914-1930

Jar containing foreign body - half penny removed from stomach of 3 1/2 year old by C. P. G. Wakeley, 1914-1930. Mounted on mica sheet, held in place with cotton thread or twine inside cylindrical jar, with glass cap, sealing wax and printed label describing specimen.

Front wall of uterus from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Front wall of uterus from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman, Florence, Italy, 1771-1800

Experimental microphones using steel needles and gas carbon, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Two experimental microphones consisting of steel needles suspended in contact with blocks of gas carbon, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1878-1890

one of a pair of home made Bell telephone receivers, 1875-1890

Telecommunications

1875-1890

One of a pair of home made Bell telephone receivers, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1875-1890.

one of a pair of home made Bell telephone receivers, 1875-1890

Telecommunications

1875-1890

One of a pair of home made Bell telephone receivers, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1875-1890.

1950s television illustration

Photographs

18 November 1953

Daily Herald illustration of a reflective TV set projector that allows people to watch the same programme simultaneously in different areas of the same room.

Medallion of a horse, on cardboard

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

1 Wax medallion 1½” dia. of horse, on cardboard

Experimental microphone in sound box, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Experimental microphone in sound box, consisting of two small blocks of wood-charcoal pressed upon each other by a spring, probably made by David Hughes, England, 1878-1890

Ferranti AC/DC Broadcast Receiver

Radio Communication

1946

Ferranti AC/DC broadcast receiver, model 746 (India), (Export model with medium two short wavebands, dial marked with Indian stations). Bakelite casing. Made by Ferranti Ltd., Manchester, England, 1946.

Portions of Ronalds' electrostatic telegraph, 1816

Telecommunications

1816

Portions of Ronalds' electrostatic telegraph, Sir Francis Ronalds, Hammersmith, 1816. With replica dial, unknown maker, 1816-1894. In glazed mahogany case, made by Science Museum Workshops, London, England, 1994. Also, diagram of Sir Francis Ronalds' 1816 electrostatic telegraph, in glazed mahogany frame, made by Science Museum, London, England, 1920-1929

Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph cable, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Three-foot length of telegraph cable for use in the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph system, cased, unknown maker, England, 1837

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

Receiving ‘jigger’ or oscillation transformer with single layer split secondary coil and superimposed moveable two-part primary coil, used by the Marconi Company, probably made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company, Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1899

Three-nail microphone, 1875-1880

Telecommunications

1875-1880

French-nail microphone used by D.E. Hughes together with one small gauze-covered box, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1875-1880

Wax anatomical model of a human head

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Wax anatomical dissection model of human head showing internal structure of brain, eye, cheek, neck and jaw, unsigned, European (possibly German), 1801-1900 (see note).

Wax model of a female human head, Germany, 1801-1900

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Wax model of female human head showing internal structure of skull, eye and face muscles, German(?), 19th century

Wax anatomical model of human head

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Wooden stand and parts of wax anatomical model of human head, showing structure of brain, German(?), 19th century

Working model of William Froude's hull-model shaping machine

Froude

1872-1956

Working model, scale 1:8, of William Froude's hull-model shaping machine (1872), used to create hull models out of parrafin-wax, on wood base, by R.J. Harrington, British, 1872-1956. Machine works from the lines drawings of the vessels to be created.

Prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, 1910-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, made by Kenwrick Cecil Cox, 1912-1920. Comprises: selenium cells nos. 4 and 5 (in wooden boxes); two experimental selenium cells (one in wooden box, one in cardboard box); two galvanometers (in one box); spare galvanometer coil and mirror, extra suspension spring (in cardboard box inside galvanometer box); seven grid slides, seventeen wire-wound resistors; four lenses

Haemoglobinometer

Clinical Diagnosis

1850-1950

Oliver [...............] haemoglobinometer in case, by Allen and Hanburys, English

Various pieces of chalk and wax

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Various pieces of chalk and wax

Columbia Phonograph Co record cylinder 'Angel's Serenade'

Sound Reproduction

1896-1900

Columbia Phonograph Co record cylinder in cardboard tube, 'Angel's Serenade' performed by Columbia Orchestra, No. 15132, distributed by A. P. Rey, Lower Tooting, S.W. London, 1896-1900