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Hercules 264 Radial Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1953

Conditioned Reflex Analogue, ‘CORA’, England, 1950-1953

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1953

'Radio Celebrities' cigarette card albums, 1934-1940

Radio Communication

1934-1940

Olympus 201 jet engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1960

'Radio Celebrities Second Series' cigarette card album, 1934-1940

Radio Communication

1934-1940

Belvedere Helicopter

Aeronautics

1960

'Radio Celebrities' cigarette card album, 1934-1940

Radio Communication

1934-1940

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1952

X3 satellite 'Prospero', with associated handling equipment

Space Technology

1971

Henry the Bristol Zoo orangutan

Photographs

1950

Whole model rigged of the screw steamship "Great Britain"

Water Transport

1840-1878

Henry's Ascot Problem

Photographs

1950
Bristol ‘Centaurus’ sleeve-valve radial 18-cylinder aero engine, part-sectioned, by The Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited, Bristol, Somerset, England, 1942-1950

Bristol 'Centaurus' sleeve-valve aero engine, c 1940s.

Aircraft Propulsion

1942-1950

Optical illusion demonstration comprising mask and

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1977

Twisted glass stirring rod, Bristol, England, 1750-1900

Laboratory Medicine

1750-1900
Locomotive Worksplate, Fox Walker & Co (Bristol) No. 410, ex works November 1878, 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive inside cylinder, new to North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway "Margaret", to Great Western Railway February 1898 No. 1378, sold to Gwendraeth Valley Railway as No. 2 in 1910, to Kidwelly Tinplate Co. Ltd in 1923, out of use from 1941, now preserved at Scolton Manor Museum, near Haverfordwest.

fox walker & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Marine sand glass

Navigation

1750-1900

Scalpel, steel and ebony, by Ferris and Co. of Bri

Surgery

1893-1900

Display board of spectacles and lenses, c.1921

Optics

1920-1921

Forceps, steel, nickel-plated, by Ferris and Co. o

Surgery

1893-1930

Cuff-type microscope, by Springer, Bristol, with a

Microscopes

Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor, Bristol, England, 1946-1949

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1946-1949

Ballpoint pen advertising telephone counselling service, Bristol, England, 1984

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1984

'Helical' spring folding eyeglasses with oval lens

Optics

1828-1838

Gold turnpin bent 'preserver' spectacles, with ova

Optics

1828-1838

Half set of gold electrodes

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1962

Electrode head board, Bristol, England, 1958

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1958

Stereotactic frame and introducer needles

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1958

Beranger-type butcher's counte

Weighing & Measuring

c.1880

Electroencephalogram from epileptic patient

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1958
Locomotive Worksplate, Peckett & Sons, Bristol No. 1282, 1912, brass, oval, 0-6-0ST inside cylinder No. 15, Swansea Harbour Railway Trust, Great Western Railway No. 1085, renumbered 1146 in 1949, withdrawn January 1951.

Worksplate, Peckett & Sons

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1912
Locomotive Worksplate, "The Avonside Engine Co Limited Rebuilt by - 1924 Bristol", red, brass, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1924

Flexographic Printing Sleeve, 1960-1983

Printing & Writing

1960-1983

Uterine dressing forceps, steel, by Ferris and Co.

Surgery

1851-1900

Spectacles with 'new system' oval deep concave lenses

Optics

1863-1818

Wire from the Bristol Siddeley Olympus Aero-engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1959-1968
Locomotive Worksplate, "Avonside Engine Co. Limited, 1589, 1910 Bristol", 0-4-0 tank outside cylinder, AE Special Tank, new to Cadbury Brothers, Bournville, Birmingham, No.4, scrapped February 1954, black, brass, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1910

Suture needle, steel and ivory, by Ferris and Co.

Surgery

1893-1900
Walschaerts radial valve motion (right hand side) from 0-4-4-0T double Fairlie locomotive 'Snake', No. 238 Class 'B', built by Avonside Engine Co., Bristol, 1874 for Otago Provincial Council, New Zealand, believed to be one of the first locomotives to be built in Great Britain with Walschaert's valve gear, after a boiler accident in c.1881 the valve gear and cylinders were incorporated into a steam crane.

Walschaert's valve gear from double Fairlie locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1874

Barnes obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1834-1900

White plano-concave spectacle lens, designed to co

Optics

1905-1915

Gould microscope by John Braham of Bristol, Englis

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1801-1830

Nocturnal

Time Measurement

1702
Folding single-sheet leaflet, ‘the samaritans’, showing telephone dial on cover with the number BRISTOL 298787, c. 1972

the samaritans

Telecommunications

1972

Twisted glass stirring rod

Laboratory Medicine

1750-1900

Flexographic Printing Sleeve, 1960-1983

Printing & Writing

1960-1983

Uterine polypus forceps, steel, plated, by Ferris

Surgery

1893-1920

Lancet, steel, in tortoiseshell sheath, by Pearce,

Therapeutics

1851-1900

Crotchet, obstetrical and blunt hook

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1831-1939

Gold 'pantoscopic' spectacles by John Braham of Br

Optics

1828-1838