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Fechner's double sound pendulum

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1898-1908

Minot-Zimmermann-type microtome, Leipzig, Germany, 1908-1918

Microscopes

1908-1918

Automatic micrometer by Louis Schopper with direct reading s

Industrial Metrology

1850-1900

Plaster cast of female genitalia showing also bone

Anatomy & Pathology

1871-1900

Moon globe, 33cm in diameter on bakelite stand wit

Astronomy

c.1963

Sledge induction coil, Du Bois-Reymond type

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

Plaster cast of female genitalia showing also bone

Anatomy & Pathology

1871-1900

Polarimeter with jacketted sample tube marked Frit

Experimental Chemistry

Ergograph by E. Zimmerman

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

Sliding microtome no.1849, with 4 knives in cases,

Microbiology

1885-1895

Clinical thermometer

Clinical Diagnosis

Wossidlau urethroscope, plated metal, in mahogany

Clinical Diagnosis

1901-1910

Plaster cast of female genitalia showing also the

Anatomy & Pathology

1871-1900

Automatic micrometer made by Louis Schopper of Leipzig.

micrometer

Papermaking

Dynamo by Gebruder Kaiser Elektrotechn

Collection Unassigned

Microscope glass slide with original vacuum photographs of ultra-violet spectra of aluminium and hydrogen

Optics

1900

Leipzig wheel with arms and contacts

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

Glass specimen phial of homeopathic opium pills, now empty. 55mm. Homeopathic medicine is based on the 'law of similars' that 'like is cured by like'. Dispensed by Dr. William Schwabe, German, 1870-1930.

Phial of homeopathic opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Symphonion twin-disc musical box with key and winding handle, on base unit providing storage for discs, with sixty pairs of discs

Symphonion twin-disc musical box

Acoustics

1889

Bench lathe by Wilhelm von Pittler A.G., model B2. Inscribed Leipzig-Gohlis.

Bench lathe by Wilhelm von Pittler A.G., model B2.

Hand and Machine Tools

Hand operated wire stitching machine by Brehmer

Hand operated wire stitching machine

Printing & Writing

Spin dryer, electric, by Krauss of Leipzig, 1929

Electric spin dryer, 1929.

Domestic Appliances

1929

Early pittler capstan lathe / turret lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1892

Homoeopathic medicine pocket dispensary, folding leather case containing 60 glass phials all labelled, made by Dr.W. Schwabe of Leipzig, German, 1870-1930

Homoeopathic medicine pocket dispensary, folding l

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Poster. Gerasch Druck Waren Schmuck. from a book, Waren Schmuck by Ludwig Hohlwein, published Druck: Emil Gerasch GMBH, Leipzig, 1926. Lithograph, col, backed on linen. Featuring a geometric [almost a swastika] figure striding forward distributing leaflets above the black silhouette of a large industrial plant with smoking chimneys [Emil Gerasch were art printers in Leipzig]

Gerasch Druck Waren Schmuck

Art

1926

Microtome, sliding, usable for paraffin and frozen sections, with 4 knives (in cases). Numbered 1849

Microtome, sliding, usable for paraffin and frozen

Laboratory Medicine

Hand-cranked symphonium musical box, with 19 records.

Hand-cranked symphonium musical box, with 19 records

Acoustics

1909

Centigrade clinical thermometer, mid 19th century, by M. Leyser of Leipzig

Centigrade clinical thermometer, mid 19th century,

Clinical Diagnosis

1831-1870

Ludwig sphygmograph by Petzold, Leipzig

Clinical Diagnosis

Manometer from early example of Gaertner sphygmomanometer (tonometer), German, 1801-1900

Manometer from early example of Gaertner sphygmoma

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1900

Sliding microtome no.1373, with 3 knives, by Schanze, Leipzig, 1885-1890

Sliding microtome no.1373, with 3 knives, by Schan

Microbiology

1885-1890

Coal-fired washing machine, with electric agitator, by Krauss of Leipzig, 1923

Coal-fired washing machine, with electric agitator

Domestic Appliances

1923

'Micrometer' mechanism, incomplete - brass 'pencil' missing. Used to test 'just noticeable differences' (J.N.D.), scale measured to 0.1 mm, by E. Zimmerman, Leipzig and Berlin, 1920-1939. (BPS Inv. No. 0074)

'Micrometer' mechanism, incomplete - brass 'pencil

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1920-1939

Medal, gilded silver, to commemorate the International Exposition for the Red Cross, Army Needs, Hygiene, Public Health, and Culinary Arts, at Leipzig, 1892, made by A. M. Nitzsche, Leipzig, Germany, 1892.

Medal, gilded silver, to commemorate the Internati

Wellcome Medals

1892

Specimen phial containing homeopathic cannabis pills. Phial: 55mm. Homeopathic medicine is based on the 'law of similars' that 'like is cured by like'. Dispensed by Dr. William Schwabe, German, 1870-1930.

Phial of homeopathic cannabis

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Collotype press by Shmiers, Werner and Stein of Leipzig

Collotype press by Shmiers, Werner and Stein of Le

Printing & Writing