Monotype composition caster used for hot-metal typesetting.

Factory producing casein plastic, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1900.

Grinding machinery used to produce casein plastic, 1900.

Grinding machinery used to produce casein plastic, 1900.

Grinding machinery used to produce casein plastic, 1900.

Grinding machinery used to produce casein plastic, 1900.

Grinding machinery used to produce casein plastic, 1900.

Tabloid caster oil capsules, late 19th early 20th century.

Stephenson's 'Rocket', 1829. 'O' gauge Ful

Bras, copper 60% zinc 40%. Hot extruded th

'Comets and aerolites (Meteors)', c 1851.

'Comets and aerolites (Meteors)', c 1851.