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Short-wave adaptor for broadcast receivers, 1935-1936

Radio Communication

1935-1936

Model locomotive, Q1, Southern Railway

Railway Models

1948

Brown glass bottle of aspirin and opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1970

Lee and Turner Three-Colour Projector

Cinematography

1902

Reason slot meter, c.1920.

Electricity Supply

1918-1922

Electric clock

Time Measurement

1910-1920

Recycled blue glass brick made from blue bottle mi

Glass Technology

1999

Brass plate of London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive inscribed "Brighton Works 1878"

Brass plate of London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Knife marked with the Brighton Mental Hospital Stamp

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1859-1948

Darling Kinematograph 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1910

Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE

Aeronautics

1985

Reason patent kilowatt-hour electricity supply met

Electricity Supply

Locomotive Worksplate, Southern Railway, "Southern Railway B644", cast brass, oval, painted red, London Brighton & South Coast Railway "Terrier" 44 Fulham (built by Brighton June 1877), rebuilt A1X November 1912, renumbered SR B644/644, British Railways 32644, withdrawn April 1951.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1877

Spare red nose cone of Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE microlight aircraft made by Mainair Sports Ltd, Rochdale, Hiway Hang Gliders Ltd, Brighton, with wing made by Flexiform, Oldham, c.1985

Spare nose cone of Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE

Aeronautics

1985

Locomotive Worksplate, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, "Brighton Works 1913", brass, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1913

Wheelwright's rip saw, by Mitchell of Brighton, 28

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown

Recycled green glass brick made from green bottle

Materials Science Gallery

1999

Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE microlight aircraft made by Mainair Sports Ltd, Rochdale, Hiway Hang Gliders Ltd, Brighton, with wing made by Flexiform, Oldham, c.1985

Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE

Aeronautics

1985

35 mm cine camera mechanism

Cinematography

1896

Locomotive Worksplate, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, "LB & SCR 70, rebuilt 1923, Brighton Works", cast brass, oval, built by Sharp Stewart 4777/1901, 4-4-0 Class B4 No. 70 "Holyrood", renamed "Devonshire" in March 1907, Southern Railway No. 2070, rebuilt to Class B4X in May 1923, withdrawn August 1951.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1923

Mechanical dead reckoning computer, by L.N.P. Manu

Farnborough

Post Office Telegram, Brighton to Birmingham, 14 June 1974: ‘Blow their minds see you soon’, printed by the General Post Office, Brighton, England, 1974

Post Office telegram, 1974

Telecommunications

1974-06-14

Locomotive Worksplate, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, "Brighton Works Re-boilered 1912", cast brass, oval, Class A1 "Stepney", Southern Railway B655/2655 in June 1901, rebuilt to Class A1X in 1912, British Railways 32655, withdrawn May 1960.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1875

Locomotive Worksplate, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, "LB & SCR No. 13 1907, Brighton Works", brass, oval, 4-4-2 tank locomotive Class I3 No. 13 (to traffic April 1904), to Southern Railway No. 2013, withdrawn January 1939, during World War II used at Bournemouth Shed as an air raid shelter, January 1941 sold to War Department, March 1942 after overhaul became No. 2400 "Earl Roberts" on the Longmoor Military Railway, subsequently No. 72400, withdrawn October 1946.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1907

Locomotive Worksplate, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, "LB & SCRy 506 England" 1960, cast brass, oval, E4 class 0-6-2 tank locomotive No. 506 "Catherington", to Southern Railway No. 2506, British Rail No. 32506, withdrawn June 1961.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1900

William Henry Perkin and Thomas Dix Perkin

A Boucher

1865-1881

Trade card: Dixey, Spectacle Maker and Optician

.Unattributed

1860

Aquatint, Royal Chain Pier, Brighton, drawn and pu

Art

1824

Trade card: L. Dixey, Optician, Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Maker

.Unattributed

1843

Model locomotive, scale approx. 1:24, wooden, of Southern Railway `Battle of Britain' class 4-6-2 No. 21C146, with alternative front for smoke lifting, constructed at SR Brighton Works, c.1948.

Wooden model locomotive, Southern Railway

Railway Models

Projector for the Lee and Turner 38mm sequential-frame three-colour film process. Made by Alfred Darling, 1902. This has a three-frame gate and three lenses designed to align the three images in register on a screen.

38 mm Lee and Turner three-colour ciné film projector

Cinematography

1902

A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled 'Brighton' by Tony Ray-Jones, taken c. 1967. This was selected from the original contact sheet by Martin Parr, and printed from the original negative in 2013.

Brighton

Photographs

(c. 1967); 2013

A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled 'Brighton Beach' by Tony Ray-Jones, taken c. 1967. This was selected from the original contact sheet by Martin Parr, and printed from the original negative in 2013.

Brighton Beach

Photographs

(c. 1967); 2013

A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled 'Brighton' by Tony Ray-Jones, taken c. 1967. This was selected from the original contact sheet by Martin Parr, and printed from the original negative in 2013.

Brighton

Photographs

(c. 1967); 2013

Cardboard box containing parts from the reconstruction of Dondis clock. Box marked; ‘Original parts of Dondis clock replaced when repaired May 1988’

Cardboard box containing parts from the reconstruction of Dondis clock

Time Measurement

Glass bottle, originally contained soluble mercury, made by R. Williams and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists of Brighton, English, 1900-1950

Glass bottle, originally contained soluble mercury

Medical Glass-ware

1900-1950

One Mooncup, the reusable menstrual cup, size A. Made in Brighton, by Mooncup, packed in October 2018.

One Mooncup, the reusable menstrual cup

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

2018

Collection of vintage positive and original negative films made using the Lee and Turner sequential-frame three-colour process, 1901-1904, together with modern preservation 35mm fine grain positive and negative films, digital hard drive and 35mm preservation colour print made in 2012.

Collection of cine films made using the Lee and Turner sequential-frame three-colour process, and modern copies

Cinematography

1901-1904

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

Shade guide for "Cosmopolitan" acrylic teeth, boxed, by Dents ply Ltd., England, 1981

Shade guide for "Cosmopolitan" acrylic teeth, boxe

Dentistry

1981

A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled 'Brighton' by Tony Ray-Jones, taken c. 1967. This was selected from the original contact sheet by Martin Parr, and printed from the original negative in 2013.

Brighton

Photographs

(c. 1967); 2013

'Biokam' ciné camera. The Biokam Combined Camera and Projector was manufactured in Britain from 1899 onwards. The mechanism was made by Alfred Darling in Brighton.

Biokam combined camera and projector

Cinematography

1899

Demonstration Nuclear quadrupole resonance spectrometer, model MR2, Serial No. 248, by Scientific Teaching, Brighton England, 1970-72. Consists of two units, wooden stand, horseshoe magnet, two sample containers, power leads and remote control lead

Nuclear quadrupole resonance spectrometer

Nuclear Physics

1970-1972

Vintage silver gelatin print entitled 'Brighton Pier' by Tony Ray-Jones, 1968. This was reproduced as plate 7 in Ray-Jones' posthumous book 'A Day Off - An English Journal' published in 1974.

Vintage silver gelatin print, entitled 'Brighton Pier'

Photographs

1968

Reconstruction of Dondi clock, which represents a working model of the universe. Its movements, dials and calender are kept in motion by the weight driven clock, 1974

Reconstruction of Dondi's Astronomical Clock, 1974

Time Measurement

1974

Cameograph carving machine, invented by H. Edmunds c1923 with examples of photo-sculpture and accessories.

Cameograph carving machine

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1924

Silver gelatin print mounted on cardboard. "Brighton" by J. Allan Cash. Image shows a rough sea with Brighton Pier in the distance.

Brighton

Photographs

1940s-1950s

Darling 35mm cine camera, no. 00, DRP 88505 with Voightlander Colimar 2 lens, f5.4 no. 67885. No external feed or take-up magazines.

Darling 35mm Cine Camera

Cinematography

1896

Three items of cutlery, comprising one fork, one knife, and one spoon, marked with the Brighton Mental Hospital Stamp. Made in Brighton, c.1859-1948.

Cutlery marked with the Brighton Mental Hospital stamp

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1859-1948

35mm film measuring machine made by Alfred Darling & Sons, Brighton and sold by the Charles Urban Trading Co. Ltd., Ltd.

35mm film measuring machine

Cinematography