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System for inputting codes and reading data from MAC and D2MAC cards, Dublin, c 1995.

System For Inputting Codes and Reading Satelite Data

circa 1995
INA telephoto image showing actress Vivien Leigh and actor/playwright Noel Coward at the airport in Dublin. Caption on front reads: Miss Vivien Leigh, on her arrival from London, is greeted by Mr. Noel Coward at Dublin Airport today. Miss Leigh will attend Mr. Coward's play "Nude with Violin" at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, tonight.

Vivien Leigh and Noel Coward

04 October 1956
Set of four lead weights by Lennan and Son, Dublin, 1850-1930

Set of four lead weights

1850-1930
Book, "Tables of Distances of the Associated Companies 1903", issued by the Irish Railway Clearing House, listed by British railways and by Irish railways, Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway.

Tables of distances of the associated companies 1903

1903
Dr. Alfred Hill, MSc hood, Birmingham University, from academic robes made by Ede and Son and by A. and F. Thompson, at 8 & 34 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Ireland, 1875-1932.

Dr. Alfred Hill

1875-1932
Student's ophthalmoscope, cased, by G. Prescot, Irish

Student's ophthalmoscope

Pocket sundial and compass with brass cap, 3 5/8-inch diameter, by Walker and Son, Dublin, Ireland, 1802-1819. For use at latitude 51.5° (see note).

Brass Compass and Sundial

1802-1819
Dr. Alfred Hill, MSc mortar board, Birmingham University, from academic robes made by Ede and Son and by A. and F. Thompson, at 8 & 34 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Ireland, 1875-1932.

Dr. Alfred Hill

1875-1932
Three-prism solar spectroscope with automatic prism adjustment for minimum deviation and a fixed equatorial mounting with drive by Howard Grubb, Dublin, dated 1871. Supplied by the Royal Society of London to J.B.N.Hennessey who used the instrument at Vincent Hill, Dehra Dun in the Indian foothills [7,000 ft.] of the Himalayas to map the solar spectrum between 1871-5.

Solar spectroscope by Howard Grubb, Dublin, 1871

1871
Books, "General Railway Classification and Scales of Charges for Merchandise Traffic by Merchandise Trains between Stations on Coras Iompair Eireann and Stations on other Irish Railways", [Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway], enclosed: Notice of revised scales 1 June 1947 applicable from 1st October 1946.

classification and scales of charges for merchandise traffic

1946
Books, "General Railway Classification and Scales of Charges for Merchandise Traffic by Merchandise Trains between Stations on Coras Iompair Eireann and Stations on other Irish Railways", [Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway], enclosed: Notice of revised scales 1 June 1947 applicable from 1st October 1946.

classification and scales of charges for merchandise traffic

1946
Scarificator with twelve lancets, in leather covered case, by Fannin, Dublin, 1829-1900

Scarificator with twelve lancets

1829-1900
"Twin Equatorial" Telescope, 1885. Made by Sir Howard Grubb, consisting of a 20in. Reflecting Telescope and a 7in. Refracting Telescope (by Cooke) mounted together on one equatorial stand. With Grubb electric control gear

"Twin Equatorial" Telescope

1885
Star plate measuring machine (X-Y) with eyepiece labelled Cooke, Troughton and Simms, specially made by Sir Howard Grubb to measure plates taken with the Radcliffe Astrograph (twin 18-inch & 24-inch refractor) for parallax observations. Originally at Radcliffe Observatory (1901-1938), Oxford, then University of London Observatory (1938-1984), Mill Hill, London.

Star plate measuring machine (X-Y) with eyepiece labelled Cooke

1900-1902
Buck's uterine dilator, nickel-plated steel, by Fannin and Co., Dublin, 1880-1910

Buck's uterine dilator

1880-1910
Drawing of an equatorially mounted 24-inch refracting telescope with dome, made for the National Observatory in Santiago, Chile by Sir Howard Grubb & Sons Ltd.

Drawing of an equatorially mounted 24-inch refracting telescope with dome

1914
Drawing of an equatorially mounted 1 metre reflecting telescope with dome, made for the Nikolaieff Observatory in the Crimea, Russia by Sir Howard Grubb & Sons Ltd.

Drawing of an equatorially mounted 1 metre reflecting telescope with dome

1900-1914
Spectroscope for "Twin Equatorial" Telescope, 1885. Made by Sir Howard Grubb, consisting of a 20in. Reflecting Telescope and a 7in. Refracting Telescope (by Cooke) mounted together on one equatorial stand. With Grubb electric control gear

Spectroscope for "Twin Equatorial" Telescope

1885
Enclosed: Notice, "Statutory Rules and Orders, Diseases of Animals Act 1894 (Extension to Poultry and Poultry Diseases) Order 1938, Eire (Irish and English) 5 pp

diseases of animals act, 1894 (extention to poultry and and poultry diseases) order 1938

1938
Dr. Alfred Hill, MSc gown, Birmingham University, from academic robes made by Ede and Son and by A. and F. Thompson, at 8 & 34 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Ireland, 1875-1932.

Dr. Alfred Hill

1875-1932
Silver gelatin wirephoto print by Press Association Limited, dated 3 March 1965. Image shows the Rolls Royce in which actress Elizabeth Taylor was travelling, after a fatal accident in which 76-year-old Mrs. Alice Maura Bryan was killed. The accident occurred on the Stillorgan Road between Dublin and Ardmore Film Studios in Bray.

Elizabeth Taylor in fatal car smash

3 March 1965
Books, "General Railway Classification and Scales of Charges for Merchandise Traffic by Merchandise Trains between Stations on Coras Iompair Eireann and Stations on other Irish Railways", [Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway], 2 copies, enclosed: Notice of revised scales 1 June 1947 applicable from 1st October 1946.

classification and scales of charges for merchandise traffic

1946
Black and white silver gelatin photograph of a mobile advertising hoarding for the Great Jeserich Circus, by John Hinde, 1947. The circus is advertised as appearing at Collins Barracks, Dublin, between June 18 and July 9 1950.

Photograph of advertising hoarding for the Great Jeserich Circus

1950
Fixed scale polar planimeter, in case marked "Yeates & Son, Opticians to the University, Dublin"

Fixed scale polar planimeter

1840-1864
Dr. Alfred Hill, MSc gown, hood and mortar board, Birmingham University, made by Ede and Son and by A. and F. Thompson, at 8 & 34 Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Ireland, 1875-1932.

Dr. Alfred Hill

1875-1932
Air pump with metal valves and separate plate, on tripod stand, with spanner, by Yeates and Son, Dublin, Ireland, 1889 (see note)

Air pump with separate plate

1889
Book. Trial of James Spollen, for the murder of Mr. George Samuel Little, at the Broadstone terminus of the Midland Great Western Railway, Ireland : August 7th, 8th, 10th & 11th, 1857. Dublin : Edward J. Milliken, 1857. Bound with "A complete report of the trial of Dr E. W. Pritchard for the alleged poisoning of his wife and mother-in-law. Edinburgh, William Kay, 1865."

Trial of J.Spollen, for murdering Mr. G. S. Little - Broadstone terminus of the MGW Railway, Ireland

1857
Enclosed: Notice, "Statutory Rules and Orders, Foot and Mouth Disease (Disposal of Swill) Order 1937 No 337, Saorstat Eireann (English and Irish). 5 pp.

foot and mouth disease (disposal of swill) order 1937

1937
Cased set of Thompson's prostatic catheters, silver(?), made by Fannin and Co., Dublin, 1829-1910

Cased set of Thompson's prostatic catheters

1829-1910
Full denture set, porcelain, damaged, by A. De Lessert, Dublin, c.1815

Full denture set

1815
Aplanat or landscape lens in a brass mount 15 inch f.l. Fixed aperture of F.16 Grubb, c.1870

aplanat or landscape lens

circa 1870
Bistoury and hernia bistoury, steel and ebony, by Read of Dublin, 19th century, in red leather case

Bistoury and hernia bistoury

1801-1900
Scale model (1:12) of the 27-inch refracting telescope, at the Vienna Imperial Observatory, completed by Howard Grubb and Sons Limited in 1878.

Scale model (1:12) of the 27-inch refracting telescope

1878-1890
Hypodermic syringe, glass and silver-plated brass, cased, by Fannin and Co., 41 Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland, 1871-1910.

Hypodermic syringe

1871-1910
Telescope drive clock with electro-mechanical controls and seconds pendulum from Sir Howard Grubb, Dublin . Purchased [£25-00] by Sir Norman Lockyer as drive for the 36-inch reflecting telescope [1913-657] at the Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington.

Telescope drive clock with electro-mechanical controls and seconds pendulum from Sir Howard Grubb

1889
Map, paper, Map of Ireland Shewing all the lines of Railway Completed or in Progress, especially laid down by their respective Engineers, issued by the Irish Railway Gazette, engraved by W.H. Holbrooke of 2 Crow Street, Dublin, circa 1845.

Map of Ireland

circa 1845
Cannon scribe in brass and iron with spirit level by James Lynch at the Sign of the Royal Spectacles, 26 Capel Street, Dublin, in original mahogany box with trade label

Cannon scribe in brass and iron with spirit level by James Lynch at the Sign of the Royal Spectacles

1784-1807
Electrical recording rain gauge in three parts, consisting of battery and battery box, gauge mechanism and relay unit, by Yeates and Son, Dublin, Ireland, 1875

Electrical rain gauge recorder, 1875

1875
Poster "Give your blood to save a life. Enrol as a blood donor." National Blood Transfusion Association, 52 Leeson Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Poster "Give your blood to save a life. Enrol as a blood donor."