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Birmingham
Joseph Priestley: Trail-blazing Experimenter
Image: Print of Joseph Priestley, 1782, showing examples of scientific equipment beneath the portrait. Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection… read more »
Joseph Taylor, Engineer and Machinist, Birmingham
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Knapp’s Commercial Boarding House, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Labour and Genius: or, the Mill-stream, and the Cascade. A Fable
Image: View of Matthew Boulton’s Soho Manufactory in Handsworth near Birmingham. J Bisset, Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory… read more »
Laings and Company, Household Goods, Birmingham
Advertisement, Men and Things of Modern England… The New Illustrated Directory… (Birmingham, M Billing, 1856)
Lloyd and Summerfield, Park Glass Works, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Glass made in furnaces,… read more »
Mapplebeck and Lowe, Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements, Birmingham
Advertisement, Men and Things of Modern England… The New Illustrated Directory… (Birmingham, M Billing, 1856)
Maps and Map Making: the West Midlands Experience
Image: Cartouche from James Sherriff’s map of the area for 25 miles around Birmingham, 1798. Image from:… read more »
Matthew Boulton and Birmingham Silverware in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
Image: The painted sign for the King’s Head Inn, New Street, Birmingham showing the Head of George III.… read more »
Mendoza’s Trip to Birmingham
From: The Political Songster by John Freeth Local Studies and History, Central Library, Birmingham MENDOZA’s TRIP to… read more »
Messenger and Sons, Corrugated Ship & Railway Lamps, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Metal Rolling
Image: Charles Clifford, Rolling Mills, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England,… read more »
Metallic Bedsteads
Image: Richard and Edward Peyton, Brass and Iron Bedsteads, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and… read more »
Note relating to the life of John Wilkinson
Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and… read more »
On the Lledr
David Cox (1783-1859, b. Deritend, Birmingham – d. Harborne, near Birmingham)
Pearl and blue glass button
Luckock Collection, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery A mother-of-pearl button, produced around 1795, and engraved with concentric… read more »
Photograph of portrait of Joseph Priestley at the age of 30
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Photograph of Priestley House, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, from South-East, showing Priestley’s Laboratory
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Photograph of scientific instruments
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Plan of Birmingham, drawn by J. Sherrif of Oldswinford, late of the Crescent Birmingham
Image from: Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory for the Town of Birmingham, 1808 [From Birmingham… read more »
Poetic Survey Around Birmingham
POETIC SURVEY ROUND Birmingham, &c. ————————- Poetic Survey Around Birmingham Suppose some TRAV’LLERS, at an Inn set… read more »
Postscript by J. Bisset
From Bisset’s Magnificent Directory POSTSCRIPT —————– THE various beauties from Labor spring, The willing muse, in artless… read more »
Priestley and John Wesley
Image: Portrait of John Wesley struck off by electricity by Joseph Priestley Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley… read more »
Priestley and the Church of England
Image: Bishop Samuel Horsley, one of Priestley’s main Anglican opponents. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel… read more »
Priestley in Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Image: Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, from the south-east showing Priestley’s laboratory Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection… read more »
Priestley’s Arrival in America
Image: Chemical Philosophers of the Present Day, Dr Priestley. The apotheosis of Joseph Priestley. The scientist ascends into… read more »
Priestley’s Early Career
Image: The Earl of Shelburne, Priestley’s patron from 1772 to 1780 Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by… read more »
Priestley’s Educational Philosophy
People, Priestley insisted, were not what they were born but what their education had made them. A… read more »
Prime and Sons, Magneto Plate Works, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 ELECTRO-PLATING It would be… read more »
Publicans of Birmingham
From: The Political Songster by John Freeth The PUBLICANS of BIRMINGHAM to the CHURCH-WARDENS. Tune … Sit… read more »
R. F. Sturges, Manufacturer of Electro Silver Plated Wares, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Electro-Plating The origin of… read more »
Richard Bach and Co, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Robert Lucas Chance: Glassmaker
Image: Robert Lucas Chance (died 1865). From a photograph. Chance Brothers & Co., Limited, 100 Years of… read more »
Rope Making and Bewdley
Image: Print of a mid-19th century Birmingham rope, line and twine works in Dartmouth Street, Birmingham, established in… read more »
Russian Military Visitors
Image: Blair and Sutherlands, Gun Makers, Brook Street and Harper’s Hill, Birmingham. Advertisement from Bisset’s Magnificent Guide, or Copperplate… read more »
Signet Matrix: heart-shaped Seal Matrix featuring Roses
A heart-shaped seal matrix made of clear white glass, bearing a design of roses. This signet matrix,… read more »
Signet Matrix: Seal Matrix featuring Classical head
An oval signet matrix made of clear white glass, dating from c 1800. The matrix is stamped… read more »
Signet Matrix: Seal Matrix featuring Cupid, Hope and anchor, with inscription
A rectangular signet matrix made of amber glass, c 1800. This matrix features the female figure of… read more »
Signet Matrix: Seal Matrix featuring Dog next to tomb, with inscription
A rectangular mauve glass seal matrix, created c 1800, with a design of a dog near a… read more »
Signet Matrix: Seal Matrix featuring dog, with inscription
A rectangular mauve glass seal matrix, created c 1775. The matrix is decorated with an image of… read more »
Signet Matrix: Seal Matrix featuring Early type of railway locomotive
A rectangular signet matrix of opalescent white glass, featuring a design of an early type of railway… read more »
Signet Matrix: Seal Matrix featuring Early type of steamship
A rectangular seal matrix of opaque pale blue glass, dating from c 1825, and bearing a design… read more »
Signet Matrix: Seal Matrix featuring Head of Queen Victoria in her youth
An oval seal matrix of amber-coloured glass, with a design of the head of the young Queen… read more »
Signet Matrix: Seal Matrix featuring Horses
A rectangular seal matrix of clear white glass, with a design of horses, created c 1800. Seal… read more »
