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Object type
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Place of origin
Date

Diorama Showing a View at Marble Arch at night, with 1935 Lighting

1930

Components for model Waygood-Otis Passenger Electric Lift. Including grey Lift COP (Car Operating Panel)

Model of a Canoe hollowed from a tree trunk

Transparency, 12"x10", of fish tail gas burner

One model of a Norse Whale-boat

Adana 'Eight Five' printing machine

Model of a Lever Escapement on a mahogany stand

Model of Post Windmill.

1928-1930

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with pulley block and weight.

1932

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with pulley block and weight.

1932

Two tuning forks

Working model of an electric passenger lift.

1924

Diorama illustrating Graco-Roman Chariot or wagon

Diorama illustrating Transport in 1850-1900

Diorama illustrating Transport in the Modern Age

Diorama - A Kitchen of about 1830

Transparency, 12"x10", of upright incandescent gas burner

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with windlass, pulley block and weight

1932

Model of steam engine, sectioned

Glass faced skeleton clock.

1937-1938

Wooden model of Tallow Dip and iron holder, with illuminated wick

Moonstone Electric Shade, with gallery (for electric filament lamp)

Electronic Reation Timer.

Diorama illustrating an Early Electrically Lit Street

Diorama, "Street Lighting in the 1960s"

1969

One model of Wheatstone's 5-needle telegraph

Model of a Man riding on a log

Model of a Dug-out Canoe with it sides and ends built up

One exhibit showing the automatic opening of a door, controlled by a photoelectric cell.

One exhibit showing the automatic opening of a door

1931-1933

Model illustrating use of Arc Lighting:- "Dockside Warehouse"

Model illustrating use of Arc Lighting

Diorama illustrating Flint Mining in Neolithic times

Diorama illustrating flint mining

Skeleton pendulum clock

Skeleton pendulum clock

Astronomical Clock, in the style of those of the 16th century makers but electrically driven, showing equation of time, phases of the moon etc. Made by Professor F. Martin Haines, 1930-31

Astronomical Clock

1930-1931

Four tuning forks on resonators

Four tuning forks on resonators

Overhead transporter Crane (from model of 50,000kW Turbo-Alternator)

Overhead transporter Crane

Remote-handling box for radio-active materials

Remote-handling box for radio-active materials

Small 26-second sand-glass

Small 26-second sand-glass

Large 2-hour sand-glass by Henry Hughes & Son Ltd., Hainault, England, 1931

Large 2-hour sand-glass by Henry Hughes & Son Ltd.

1931

Model illustrating eclipse of the sun

Model illustrating eclipse of the sun

D.W.S. Permanent Jack without handle. With 28 lb square weight

D.W.S. permanent jack

Liverpool jug thrown as it comes from the wheel

Liverpool jug thrown as it comes from the wheel

Painting, 15ft long and 5ft high, in distemper, on board, representing a "Dockyard Scene, with Liner & Cranes"

Painting, 15ft long and 5ft high

Magnetic speedometer by Smiths, 1958, with flexible drive and separate magnet unit

Magnetic speedometer by Smiths

1958

Toy gramophone (Pygmyphone)

Toy gramophone (Pygmyphone)

Victorian Table Fountain, Storer's patent (Hero's invention) 1870

Victorian Table Fountain

1870

Model of Wankel engine

Model of Wankel engine

Van de Graaff generator

Van de Graaff generator

Model illustrating use of modern Electrical Illumination:- "Studio"

Model illustrating use of modern Electrical Illumination:- "Studio"

Motor car Jack, type XJ 87 with 14lb square weight

Motor car Jack, type XJ 87 with 14lb square weight

Demonstration model to illustrate the principle of the sundial

Demonstration model to illustrate the principle of the sundial