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Sample of submarine cable laid between Dover and Calais, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Dog ornament moulded from gutta percha, 1850-1900

Plastics and Modern Materials

1850-1900

Portion of the first submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

'Progress' toy gyroscope, 1950-1960

Science Teaching

1950-1960

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

Plastics and Modern Materials

1850-1900

Short length (including a joint) of submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Portion of the first submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Shaping Attachment for a Combination Machine (lath

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1872

Gutta-percha armorial moulding in form of Royal Coat of Arms, made by the Gutta Percha Company, Islington, London, England, 1850-1900

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

Plastics and Modern Materials

1850-1900

Combined Watch Pedometer, English, 1795-1805

Surveying

1799-1805

Accessories for refracting telescope by Charles Tulley

Astronomy

1822

Intermittent venous occlusion apparatus, electrica

Surgery

1938-1955

Gutta percha inkstand, c. 1851.

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1851

Objective lens for Smythian telescope

Astronomy

1825-1829

Refracting telescope of 3 3/16-inch aperture and 48 inch focal length by Charles Tulley, Islington on an altazimuth mounting with a wooden tripod

Refracting telescope by Charles Tulley, with tripod

Astronomy

1822

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Glenys Haynes lived with her two children in one tiny room. She had been repeatedly harassed and threatened physically by her landlord She was unmarried and supported her family by working in the daytime at a tailors'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Glenys Haynes lived with her two children…

Photographs

1971-10

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "The People's Show, No ** at the King's Head Islington", taken by Roger Perry. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition "Bizarrely Beautiful", shown in March 1976

The People's Show, No ** at the King's Head, Islington

Photographs

Case for refracting telescope of 3 3/16 inch aperture and 48 inch focal length by Charles Tulley, Islington on an altazimuth mounting with a wooden tripod Accessories include, a diagonal, 5 eyepieces, 5 dark glass filters, a finder telescope and a fitted wooden box for the telescope tube which breaks down into two halves.

Case for refracting telescope by Charles Tulley

Astronomy

1822

Focusing screen for whole-plate collapsible field camera. With hand-drawn plate dimensions.

Focusing Screen For Ottewill Field Camera

Photographic Technology

1853

Bottle of potassium dichromate pills, by J. H. Page and Co., 90 Upper Street, Islington, London.

Bottle of potassium dichromate pills, by J. H. Pag

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Two lens stops with six smaller stops for whole-plate collapsible field camera in leather case. Smaller stops stamped '4,5" x 3,2'. Smaller stops by J H Dallmeyer.

Two Lens Stops For Ottewill Collapsible Field Camera

Photographic Technology

1853

Ottewill plate camera. Sliding body camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Petzval type lens by J H Dallmeyer F; 6 inches c. f/3.8 with one Waterhouse stop, No 3. Rack and pinion focusing on lens, pinion missing. Serial No 3488. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing on rear panel. With repeating type back with sliding ground glass screen.

Ottewill Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1855-1865

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Glenys Haynes lived with her two children in one tiny room. She had been repeatedly harassed and threatened physically by her landlord She was unmarried and supported her family by working in the daytime at a tailors'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Glenys Haynes lived with her two children…

Photographs

1971-10

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs Graham lived in one room with her daughter at the top of a multi-let house. They shared the kitchen and bathroom with 3 other people'. See interview top p.38 'Condemned'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mrs Graham lived in one room with her daughter…

Photographs

1971-07

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Glenys Haynes lived with her two children in one tiny room. She had been repeatedly harassed and threatened physically by her landlord She was unmarried and supported her family by working in the daytime at a tailors'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Glenys Haynes lived with her two children…

Photographs

1971-10

Morley wet-plate folding camera. Tailboard type folding camera for wholeplates. Manufactured by W Morley, 70 Upper Street, Islington, London N. Tailboard type folding camera for wholeplates 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Petzval type lens; waterhouse stops. Top loading; removable focusing screen; plate holder, largely not original. Rising front; square bellows; side wing strut. Bone inlay reads: 'W. Morley, London'. Overall (deployed approx.): 300 mm x 290 mm x 540 mm.

Morley wet-plate folding stand camera

Photographic Technology

1865

1Early stereoscopic camera by Ottewill with adjustment for eye separation, c. 1860 with focusing screen and plateholder.

Early Ottewill Stereoscopic Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1860

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Glenys Haynes lived with her two children in one tiny room. She had been repeatedly harassed and threatened physically by her landlord She was unmarried and supported her family by working in the daytime at a tailors'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Glenys Haynes lived with her two children…

Photographs

1971-10

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr Bhunno lived with his family of 6 in 2 rooms, rent was £8.50p'. See interview bottom p.36 'Condemned'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr Bhunno lived with his family of 6 in 2 rooms…

Photographs

1971-07

Sanderson plate camera. Stand plate camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. No lens or lens panel, sliding rising front, swing front, rack and pinion focusing, on front and rear panels, double extension bellows. Double swing back, swing out focusing screen, tripod turn table in base. Pendulum level. In lined and fitted carrying case with eleven book form wooden double dark slides.

Sanderson Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

Guidebook, Highland Railway, "The Official ABC Tourist Guide to The Highlands of Scotland", 1920, 202 pages, soft cover.

the official abc tourist guide to the highlands of scotland

Library Collections

1920

Whole-plate collapsible field camera, made entirely of wood, with one slide (no lens), by Ottewill; with "Carte de Visite" lens presented by Tear 15/7/30, 1853.

Whole-plate Collapsible Field Camera

Photographic Technology

1853

Whole-plate collapsible field camera, made entirely of wood, with one slide (no lens), by Ottewill; with 'Carte de Visite' lens by 'Squire & Co, late Shepherd Market, King Wm St 42, London Bridge'; lens no 7199. Presented by Tear 15 July 1930, 1853. With separate focussing screen (inserted into camera).

Ottewill Whole-plate collapsible field camera

Photographic Technology

1853

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Glenys Haynes lived with her two children in one tiny room. She had been repeatedly harassed and threatened physically by her landlord She was unmarried and supported her family by working in the daytime at a tailors'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Glenys Haynes lived with her two children…

Photographs

1971-10

Gutta-percha armorial moulding in form of lion, represents one side of Royal Coat of Arms, made by the Gutta Percha Company, Islington, London, England, 1850-1900

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

Plastics and Modern Materials

1850-1900

Objective lens of 5.9-inches aperture made by Charles Tulley of Islington for a refracting telescope on an English type equatorial mounting made by Dollond. Both elements of the achromatic lens are notched for alignment in the brass cell while the flint rear lens has numerous small air bubbles. The 5.9-inch objective lens for the Smyth Telescope was made by Charles Tulley (the elder) of Islington, London. It is probably his finest work and was judge first class when it was tested in 1929 by Dr W.H.Steavenson. The large flint blank for the Tulley lens was obtained by Sir James South from the Optician Cauchoix in Paris.

Objective lens of 5.9-inches aperture, for a refracting telescope on an English type equatorial mounting

Astronomy

1822-1824