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28 printing blocks, possibly all for a 1915 catalo

Orthopaedics
Original steam engine and boiler made for the Stringfellow flying machine 1847-8

The steam engine and boiler made for Stringfellow's flying machine of 1847-8.

Aircraft Propulsion

1845
Henson's Flying Machine model [1843]

William Henson's model of his 'Aerial Steam Carriage'

Aeronautics

1845-1847
Henson's Flying Machine model [1843]. With stand and pieces of fabric.

William Henson's model of his 'Aerial Steam Carriage'

Aeronautics

1843
Demonstration models of a bobbin-net machine, (an original model as designed by Samuel Blackmore in 1880 and one reconstructed by Museum Workshops)

Demonstration models of a bobbin-net machine, (an

Textiles Machinery

c. 1880
Twin cylinder aeronautical steam engine built by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1871. The engine was built for use during the Siege of Paris.

Twin cylinder aeronautical steam engine

Aeronautics

1871
Glass plate negatives (10"x8"), 7, showing portraits of people with artificial legs fitted by Gillinghams of Chard, Somerset, late 19th to early 20th centuries

Glass plate negatives (10"x8"), 7, showing portrai

Orthopaedics