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Art

1912

Planting and manufacturing of indigo: Beating a vat by hand

Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte

1877

Loch Corruisk, Skye

Art

1850-1900

Planting and manufacturing of indigo: Group of Indigo beaters

Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte

1877

The Ice Cave in the Rosenlaui glacier

Art

1850-1900

Planting and manufacturing of indigo: Persian Wheel

Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte

1877

Planting and manufacturing of indigo: Bailing water in time of drought

Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte

1877

Aiguille Verde

Art

1850-1900

South or half dome, 6000ft, Yosemite

Art

1850-1900

photograph. (gelatine silver gloss print) 'Tiles b

Art

1905

photograph. (gelatine silver gloss print) 'Open Ap

Art

1906

photograph. gelatine silver. 'Shield being dismant

Art

1907

photograph. (gelatine silver gloss print) 'View of

Art

1906

photograph. (gelatine silver gloss print) 'Open ap

Art

1906

photograph. (gelatine silver gloss print) 'View of

Art

1907

photograph. (gelatine silver gloss print) 'Woolwic

Art

1906-1907

photograph. (gelatine silver gloss print) 'Cut and

Art

1905

Two photographs of Great Western Railway express locomotives: 4-2-2 "Empress of India" and 4-4-0 "City of Birmingham"

Great Western Railway express locomotives: 4-2-2 "Empress of India" and 4-4-0 "City of Birmingham"

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Photographs, a collection of approximately 100 35mm colour transparencies. Featuring views of the West Somerset Mineral Railway, Taff Vale Railway and the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway taken during visits made by the Railway Canal and Historical Society, 1962-1964. Photographer: Charles F Klapper.

Klapper Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1962-1964

Five photographs of Cambridge mechanical seismograph, c.1929

Five photographs of Cambridge mechanical seismogra

Geophysics

Three photographs of locomotive by FC Winby, 1893 made by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co.

Locomotive by FC Winby, 1893

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1893

A collection of photographs taken by J H L Adams, Norman Thompson and others. Approximately 650 silver gelatin glass, cellulose nitrate film and triacetate safety film negatives and 127 silver gelatin triacetate colour negatives featuring railways in Britain and overseas, c1928 to 1970.

j h l adams collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1928-1970

Photograph of a Roman abacus in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris

Photograph of a Roman abacus in the Bibliotheque N

Mathematics

Three photographs, mounted in one frame, of Robert Stephenson's locomotive "Invicta", for the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway, 1830

Robert Stephenson's locomotive "Invicta", for the Canterbury & Whistable Railway, 1830

Photographic Collections (Railway)

A collection of photographs by R T Russell, approximately 184 glass plate negatives and 21 safety film negatives covering industrial locomotives in Britain, c 1947 to 1955.

Russell Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1947-1955

Ten large and five small photographs of locomotives of Bavarian State Railways, with full particulars

Photographs of locomotives of Bavarian State Railways

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Photographs, a collection of approximately 130 silver gelatin glass negatives, 8½ x 6½ and 5 x 4 ins from Earlestown Carriage and Wagon works, featuring photographs of London & North Western Railway wagons and road vehicles, c 1900-1910.

Earlestown Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1900-1910

Model, scale 1:12, GWR lorry fitted with patent movable floor

Model of G.W.R. lorry fitted with patent movable f

Road Transport

Collection of 32 silver gelatin prints taken for the Brighton line re-signalling work, December 1978. The photographs show layouts at stations prior to the work starting. Taken by the British Railways Board Central Photographic Unit, Waterloo Station.

Brighton Line re-signalling photographs

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1978

Photograph of chastity belt in the Musee de Cluny

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

3 colour and 2 black & white prints of British Rail's new Class 140 lightweight diesel multiple unit for local and branch line services, June 1981. The 2 black & white shots were taken by the Central Photographic Unit at the Rail Technical Centre, Derby, while the colour shots were issued by the Eastern Region Publicity Officer and show the unit at Leeds Station.

Class 140 Lightweight Diesel Train

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1981-06

Photographs featuring locomotives at Whitby and Stockton & Darlington Railway sites, c 1936 - 1970 by photographers T E Rounthwaite and J Tindale. A collection of three silver gelatin film negatives, six silver gelatin glass plate negatives and two silver gelatin photographic prints.

Tindale collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1936-1970

Copy of documentation of Agnes Lister, Joseph Lister's wife, taken c.1862, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of documentation of Agnes Lister, Joseph List

Surgery

1927

Photographs, an album of 32 platinotype prints, featuring portraits of officials of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and autographed by them, possibly the property of Fred Attock, Newton Heath Carriage and Wagon Superintendent. Album, dark brown hardback covers, front cover inscribed in gold "Officials of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company 1895. F Attock". 17 gilt-edged pages, prints 5¾ x 4 ins, foxing.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway officials album

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1895

A collection of photographs taken by Cuthbert Hamilton-Ellis. Approximately 1,025 cellulose nitrate film negatives and 8 glass plate negatives featuring railways in Britain, Ireland and overseas. The photographs are predominantly of trains moving through the landscape and at railway stations with some photographs of infrastructure, carriage interiors and landscapes.

Hamilton-Ellis Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1923-1955

Photographs, a collection of approx 555 silver gelatin glass negatives, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 ins to 12 x 10 ins, featuring views of newly completed industrial locomotives at Thomas Peckett & Sons' Atlas Works in Bristol, c 1890 - 1950.

Thomas Peckett & Sons Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1890-1950

A collection of 131 photographs by Stuart Jones. 6 x 9 cm safety film negatives featuring railway operations and infrastructure in East Anglia, Devon, Cornwall and the Midlands, 1960-1962.

Stuart Jones Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1960-1962

Photograph of a half tone print of a drawing of the first form of the Coolidge X-ray tube, introduced in 1913

Photograph of a half tone print of a drawing of th

Radiomedicine

1913

Photographic record of the construction of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway

Photographic record of the construction of the Gre

Railways

Photograph of "Puffing Billy" and two photographs of "Wylam Dilly" on one mount; also three photographs of Sirhowey Loco no.1

Photograph of "Puffing Billy" and two photographs

Railways

Two photographs (pair) showing the collision of an electron of energy 700,000 volts with an electron

Collision of an electron of energy 700,000 volts with an electron

Nuclear Physics

One of three photographs taken depicting children with rickets, taken by T. Ball of Kidderminster, 1870-1910; 7-8 Clarendon Place. This particular image shows a young female child, wearing a white nightgown and a cardigan, stood on top of a chair displaying her legs.

Photograph of a child with ricketts

Anatomy & Pathology

1870-1910

Collection of photographs, albums, negatives and ephemera assembled and prepared by Patrick McCoy. Includes 14 framed colour photographs from the series 'The People's Taxis'.

Collection of photographs, albums, negatives and ephemera assembled by Patrick McCoy

Photographs

1996

Three different photographs of spectrograph no.3

Experimental Chemistry

Copy of photo-montage of guests at banquet to Lord Lister given by his former surgical colleagues, 1897, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of photo-montage of guests at banquet to Lord

Surgery

1927

Seven unmounted photographs of the Midland Railway workshops

Midland Railway workshops

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Two photographs, on one mount, of 60 h.p. and 120 h.p. Mirrlees-Ricardo diesel engines

Two photographs, on one mount, of 60 h.p. and 120

Heat Engines (non steam)

Copy of a photograph of Lister as a young man, probably taken in London 1845-1853, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of a photograph of Lister as a young man, pro

Surgery

1845-1853

Two photographs of the first Sulzer diesel direct drive locomotive built for the German State Railways in 1912

First Sulzer diesel direct drive locomotive built for the German State Railways

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Four photographs of the stone tramway on Hay Tor, taken in 1936.

Stone tramway on Hay Tor

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1936