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Two photographs of Monotower Crane at Dorchester House, in one glazed frame

Two photographs of Monotower Crane at Dorchester H

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

Six unmounted photographs showing views of 105,000 K.W. Turbo Alternator No.3, at Battersea. (Nos. 19792, 51492, 51368, 51475, 12/9198 and 12/9222)

Six unmounted photographs showing views of 105,000

Motive Power

Five photographs of the lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

Three photographs of wagons manufactured by W. H. Davis & Sons. The wagons illustrated are a general purpose hopper wagon, a ballast wagon for Bangladesh Railways, and an all-stainless steel van for carrying fertilisers and other corrosive bagged material.

W. H. Davis & Sons wagons

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1979

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

Photograph of J. H. Mummery (1847-1926), 1900-1920

Dentistry

1900-1920

Two photographic prints, 11 1/2" x 6 1/2", made from negatives lent by A.S.E. Ackermann, Esq., of the Sun Power Plant at Meadi, showing:- (a) General views; and (b) Closer view of end of one element

Two photographic prints, 11 1/2" x 6 1/2", made fr

Motive Power

Three photos of Wearmouth Bridge

Civil Engineering

Photograph of a Roman abacus in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris

Photograph of a Roman abacus in the Bibliotheque N

Mathematics

Photographs of early "Watt" Engine (1776) re-erected at Ocker Hill. Tipton

Photographs of early "Watt" Engine (1776) re-erect

Motive Power

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

Framed photograph, glazed, of reverse of medal commemorating the 70th birthday of Rudolph Virchow, medal by A. Scharff, photograph by C. Ulrich and Co., Wollzeile 2, Vienna, Austria, 1891-1900.

Framed photograph, glazed, of reverse of medal com

Wellcome Medals

1891-1900

Framed photograph, glazed of obverse of medal commemorating the 70th birthday of Rudolph Virchow, medal by A. Scharff, photograph by C. Ulrich and Co., Wollzeile 2, Vienna, Austria, 1891-1900.

Framed photograph, glazed of obverse of medal comm

Wellcome Medals

1891-1900

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)

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

8 boxes of photographs from Derby Works, mainly of EMU exteriors and interiors. Includes several albums marked as "spare parts lists" containing photographs of EMU and DMU parts.

Derby Photographs - Atkins Rail donation

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c. 1970-c. 1989

Three photographs on one mount, framed and glazed showing steelwork for aeroplane shed for Vickers Machines constructed at Weybridge by Messrs Dawnay & Sons Ltd.

Three photographs on one mount, framed and glazed

Building Construction

Photograph of Dr John Gregary's recipe for preparation known as Gregary's Mixture or Powder, written at Edinburgh in 1807 in his own writing and initialled by him, English, photograph possibly 1880-1920

Photograph of Dr John Gregary's recipe for prepara

Pharmacy-ware

1880-1920

Mounted photograph of a page from an Anglo-Saxon formulary, English, 1950-1975

Mounted photograph of a page from an Anglo-Saxon f

Pharmacy-ware

1950-1975

Photograph of Dr Henry Barnes of Carlisle in card folder, by Tassell of Carlisle, England, 1900-1921

Photograph of Dr Henry Barnes of Carlisle in card

Surgery

1900-1921

Two photographs of Kelvin tide predictors, 1910, for use in Britain and Brazil

Two photographs of Kelvin tide predictors, 1910, f

Geophysics

1910

Two original images received at first public demonstration of radio-telephotography in Selfridge's department store in London, 6 September 1926.

Images received at first public demonstration of radio-telephotography

Television

September 1926

Twelve postcards and six photographs showing Finsen and other light therapy, at the London Hospital, as well as several of associated nursing staff, early 20th century

Twelve postcards and six photographs showing Finse

Therapeutics

1900-1939

32 black & white prints of railway publicity photographs. Subjects include locomotives, services (including The Flying Scotsman, Cornish Riviera), European railways, trains and services for Ceylon, Australia, Argentina, Canada etc., armoured trains in Ireland, "Ghost Train" railcar, LMS "Cavalcade of Progress", LNER streamliners, etc. Photographs taken by the London News Agency Photos Ltd. of 46 Fleet Street, London.

London News Agency publicity photographs

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1930-1939

Photograph of Dr. John Milner Fothergill by Bassano, London, England, 1880-1883

Photograph of Dr. John Milner Fothergill by Bassan

Surgery

1880-1888

Two photographs illustrating manufacture of refractory ware in electric furnace

Industrial Chemistry

Two photographs of field generator made for use in prospecting by equipotential methods, c.1931

Two photographs of field generator made for use in

Geophysics

1931

Two photographs of Suss torsion balances

Geophysics

Photograph of an original photograph of X-ray therapy in 1902

Photograph of an original photograph of X-ray ther

Radiomedicine

1902

Two photographs of triangulation beacons, Nigeria Survey, 1910-1912

Two photographs of triangulation beacons, Nigeria

Surveying

1910-1912

3 photographs, Florentine thermometer of the Accademia del Cimento.

3 photographs, Florentine thermometer of the Accad

Meteorology

Three photographs of a Mainka seismograph

Geophysics

Two photographs (1/4 plate bromide prints, different views) and two drawings from above, J.Ph Lemiere's patent binocular opera glass 1825

Two photographs (1/4 plate bromide prints, differe

Optics

Four photographs of Annular Type Aeroplanes developed during the period 1911-1914

Annular Type Aeroplanes

Aeronautics

Two photographic prints of portion of Mer Island, Torres Straits, showing group of stones representing plan of Murray Islands: from negatives in possession of Dr. Haddon

Two photographic prints of stones on Mer Island, Torres Straits

Navigation

Photographs of the spectrum on the Lumiere autochrome plate. Two of the continuous spectrum of the crater of the arc, and one ditto with super-imposed wave length scale.

Photographs of the spectrum on the Lumiere autochrome plate

Photographs

23 photographs of 'International' industrial tractor

Agricultural Engineering

Circa 25 quarter plate, 12 half-plate and 12 wholeplate glass plate black & white negatives. Various steam locomotives depicted, including NER & E&MR locomotives. Photographer was the great-grandfather of the donor Andrew Britton.

Britton Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Two photographs 11 1/2" x 9 1/2", showing front and side views of large Babcock and Wilcox style 28 Travelling Grate Stokers, 1935

Two photographs 11 1/2" x 9 1/2", showing front an

Motive Power

Four unmounted photographs 8" x 6" showing models illustration field engineering

Four unmounted photographs 8" x 6" showing models

Civil Engineering

Photograph of diesel-electric Mobile Power House Class U.M., with sectional drawing; photograph of Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway 1200HP diesel-electric multiple unit suburban train, mounted together

Diesel-electric Mobile Power House Class U.M.; Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway 1200HP diesel-electric multiple unit suburban train

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Five mounted photographs of decorative panels showing:(1) a weaving shop; (2) a spinning walk; (3) a yarn-barton; (4) net braiding; (5) shipbuilding (wooden ships)

Five mounted photographs of decorative panels show

Textiles Machinery

Ninety four photographs of mechanical models

Kinematics

Four unmounted photographs 11 1/2"X 9 1/2", showing views of Flue Gas Washing Plant at Battersea. (Nos. 18683, 18795, 18792 and 18794)

Four unmounted photographs 11 1/2"X 9 1/2", showin

Motive Power

Photograph of a half tone print, of the first page of Roentgen's manuscript concerning the discovery of X-rays

Photograph of a half tone print, of the first page

Radiomedicine

1895

Photograph of the title page of Roentgen's first publication on X-rays, published in Wurzburg, Germany, 1895

Photograph of the title page of Roentgen's first p

Radiomedicine

1895