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Edmund Culpeper

1720

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

John Webb

1760-1846

Trade card: Alfred Apps

1840-1890

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

Folding Prismatic Compass, 1846-52

1846-1852

Pair of round lens spectacles with wire arms

1860-1910

Pair of tortoiseshell spectacles with blue lenses

1838-1870

Pair of metal spectacles with blue tinted lenses

1838-1870

Gold coloured eye glasses with handle

1838-1860

Pince-nez nose spectacles with round lenses

1860-1910

Pair of plastic tortoiseshell spectacles

1900-1930

Pair of oval lens rimless spectacles with wire arms

1860-1910

Rimless pince-nez nose spectacles

1860-1910

Confidential Letter from Sir Gilmour Jenkins to Albert George Powell Marsh

1956-04-27

Letter from Private Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Aviation, to Albert George Powell Marsh

1956-04-28

Folding pocket stereoscope with stereoscopic coloured Daguerreotype

Compass in fob-watch case, English,1784-1809.

1784-1809

Topometer, combined box sextant & range-finder, British, 1905-1920

1905-1920

Portable transit theodolite, British, with case and accessories

1823-1841

Institution of Locomotive Engineers gold medal awarded to G Collingwood

1964-1965

Letter from Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation to Albert George Powell Marsh concerning his British Empire Medal

1956-10-15

Invitation from Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation

1956-08-16

Folding lorgnette in Tortoiseshell and gold

1838-1870

Pair of plastic tortoiseshell, round lens spectacles frames

1900-1930

Pair of steel wire framed protective goggles

1838-1850

Rimless pince-nez nose spectacles

1860-1910

Pair of silver framed protective spectacles

1855-1856

Pair of bifocal spectacles with steel frames

1870-1910

Pince-nez nose spectacles with chain

1880-1910

Pince-nez nose spectacles with loop

1900-1930

Oval quizzing glass hand magnifer with carrying loop

1838-1860

Detachable clip-on blue sunglass lenses

1860-1910

Hand-crank model, of William H. Mallory's combined propelling and steering screw

1878-1879

Opera glass telescope

1838-1862

Bancks

1800

Jonathan Sisson

1735

Pair of split-lens treatment spectacles

1900-1920
Examples of photosculpture made on the Cameograph - 4 plaster plaques; 1 metal plaque; 1 plaster bust on plinth of Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and plaster bust

Examples of photosculpture made on the Cameograph

1924-1931
A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled 'Carnaby Street, London' 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.

Carnaby Street, London

(circa 1967); 2013
Artificial glass horizon in fitted rectangular mahogany case, made by Elliott Brothers, 30 Strand, City of Westminster, London, England, 1885-1895. Consisting of a circular brass base with three levelling feet, covered by a black glass mirror and two spirit levels.

Artificial black glass horizon.

1885-1895
Vintage silver gelatin print entitled 'Brook Street, London, W1' by Tony Ray-Jones, 1968. This was reproduced as plate 90 in Ray-Jones' posthumous book 'A Day Off - An English Journal' published in 1974.

Brook Street, London, W1

1968
Pocket box sextant in leather case, made by Elliott Brothers, City of Westminster, London, England, 1853-1860. Consists of two circular lacquered brass plates (76mm) with lid that acts as a handle when used. Fitted with Inlaid silver scales, the index arm is rotated by a milled knob on the upper plate with two filter shades (red & green) operated by lever. The index glass is fixed with adjustment for the horizon glass. Marked ‘Lt. E.J. Bori, Royal Engineers’.

Box type pocket sextant.

1853-1860
Miner's surveying compass (mining dial) by Henry Barrow & Co.., 2 Oxenden St., London, England, 1845-1855

Miner's surveying compass, 1845-1855

1845-1855
Regnault hygrometer with aspirator, by Elliott Bros., St Martin's Lane, London 1893.

Regnault hygrometer and aspirator, 1893

1893
Opera glass telescope, 'Galilean' type, gilded brass, 2-draw tube with ivory body and red leather covered wooden case with silk lining, by George Dollond, London, 1820-1840.

Opera glass telescope with gilded brass tube and leather case

1820-1840
Spyglass telescope (prospect glass), non-achromatic, shagreen single draw-tube, leather body with brass fitting and cylindrical fishskin covered wooden case, by J. Dollond & Son, England, 1752-1761.

Spyglass telescope with fishskin case.

1752-1761
Objects and accessories to the Cameograph received later than the Cameograph. 1 cutter; an early example of work of the rotary machine; 1 relief bust of Katherine Lambourne in plaster made on the Museum machine; 8 photographs and 1 Cameograph negative

Objects and accessories to the Cameograph

1924-1931
Pocket box sextant with leather carrying case (damaged), made by Elliott Brothers, 30 Strand, City of Westminster, London, England. 1855-1865. Consists of two circular lacquered brass plates with lid that acts as a handle when used. Fitted with Inlaid silver scale (-5° to 165°) with 30' divisions and a silver vernier (1' div.). The index arm is rotated by a milled knob on the upper plate with two filter shades (red & green) operated by lever. The index glass is fixed with adjustment for the horizon glass. Fitted with magnifier (single lens) on hinged 40 mm swivel arm and choice of a large and a small pinhole. Marked 'Walter I. Tatham' on lid (possibly owner).

Box type pocket sextant with case.

1855-1865
Transit theodolite, 5-inch, by Thomas Charles Robinson, London, England, 1835-45. Fitted with striding spirit level, extra eyepiece and plumb bob.

Transit theodolite, British, 1835-1845

1835-1845