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Head dressing in cardboard box

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1928-1930

Head dressing in cardboard box. In an oblong cardboard box with printed inscription reading "Tabloid' brand adjustable head dressing compressed'. Wrapped in transluscent brown paper, which is torn and frayed. Stored in the First aid kit used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1928-1930

Tube of 'Borafax'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1928-1930

Green metal tube with metal nozzle. Labelled 'Borafax' along one side, and distorted through use. Stored inside the first aid kit used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., United States, 1928-1930

Cosmos DE.11 general-purpose triode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1924

Electronic Components

1924

Cosmos DE.11 general-purpose triode valve, B4 base, pinch marked 6/ 88, made by the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company Ltd., probably Manchester, England, 1924. McVitie Weston number = RMW/C134

Laboratory coat worn by Geoff Tootill

Computing & Data Processing

1947

Laboratory coat worn by Geoff Tootill when working on the 'Baby' computer in 1948.

Bronchitis amulet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

London bronchitis amulet, green beads, Upper Holloway, 1914

Pneumatic Send/receive terminal

Telecommunications

c.1946

Send/receive terminal from the 3" pneumatic communications equipment made by Lamson Engineering Co. Ltd of London in around 1946 and used at the Manchester Evening News/Guardian building on Cross Street in Manchester.

Baby's gasmask of khaki green rubber with metal fr

Plastics and Modern Materials

1939

Baby's gasmask of khaki green rubber with metal frame, made by the L. and B.R. Co., November 1939

"Ogee-de-Luxe" face massager by Osborne Garratt an

Domestic Appliances

1920

"Ogee-de-Luxe" face massager by Osborne Garratt and Co. c.1920

Single surface of revolution of constant negative

Mathematics

1910

Single surface of revolution of constant negative curvature

telephone switch room chair

Telecommunications

c.1920

Wooden chair for switch room, c.1920.

Addac adding machine, marked for American currency

Mathematics

1926

Addac adding machine, marked for American currency, finger-operated wheels, serial no. 00516

loud speaker valve type L.S.5. W/T, 1923

Electronic Components

1923

Loud speaker valve type L.S.5. W/T, made by the Marconi-Osram Valve Company Limited, London, England, 1923

Straight horn loudspeaker, 1921-1926

Radio Communication

1921-1926

Straight horn loudspeaker, made by S. G. Brown Ltd., Acton, London, England, 1921-1926

Burroughs hand operated adding and listing machine

Mathematics

1913

Burroughs hand operated adding and listing machine, serial no. 5029, by Burroughs Adding Machine Company, Detroit, dated 1913.

K.L.1 ungettered valve, 1920-1927

Electronic Components

1920-1927

K.L.1 ungettered valve, early Osram indirectly heated output triode, made by the M-O Valve Company Limited, Hammersmith, London, England, 1920-1927

Radio tuning coil No. 400, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Burndept plug-in inductance coil No. 400 (in section), made by Burndept Limited, Blackheath, London, England, 1922-1923.

Cylindrical container

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1928-1930

Cylindrical container with detachable lid. Label reading "Tabloid' brand caffeine citrate' wrapped around the cylinder. Stored inside the first aid kit used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., United States, 1928-1930

Head dressing in cardboard box

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1928-1930

Head dressing in a cardboard box printed with the inscription "Tabloid' brand adjustable head dressing compressed'. Stored inside the First aid kit used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., United States, 1928-1930

Synchronous mains electric clock of the self-start

Time Measurement

1934

Synchronous mains electric clock of the self-starting type, with digital display. Made by The Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. USA. Early c.1934's

Tongue depressors wrapped in paper

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1928-1930

3 flat tongue depressors with rounded ends, wrapped in brown paper package. Paper torn with sections missing. Stored inside the first aid kit used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., United States, 1928-1930

Steiff donkey on wheels

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1913

Steiff donkey on wheels

BBC ribbon microphone

Radio Communication

c.1945

BBC ribbon microphone, made by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd, London, c.1945.

Mullard video output pentode, T.S.P.4, 1920-1936

Electronic Components

1920-1936

Mullard video output pentode, T.S.P.4, made by Mullard Limited, England, 1920-1936

Trephine used in experiments on Neolithic trephination

Surgery

1918-1920

Trephining instrument, cutting edge of shark's tooth with wooden handle, presumably made and used by Dr.T. Wilson Parry in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1918-1920

Marconi Osram DE 5b radio valve, 1920-1937

Electronic Components

1920-1937

Marconi Osram DE 5b radio valve, made by the M-O Valve Company Limited, England, 1920-1937

Medicinal water from La Esquirette

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1928

Medicinal water bottle, with contents, from La Esquirette, France, 1928

Necklet to cure sore throats

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

Necklet to cure sore throats, north and north-west London, English, 1914

Local anaesthestic mixing thimble

Dentistry

1920-1940

Local anaesthestic mixing thimble, for use with Novocaine tablets, porcelain, English manufacture, 1920-1940

Document carrier

Telecommunications

c.1946

Document carrier from the 3" pneumatic communications equipment made by Lamson Engineering Co. Ltd, London, and used at the Manchester Evening News/Guardian building on Deansgate, c.1946

Case for 'Tabloid' first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1919

Case for Tabloid first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown, on their first transatlantic non-stop flight, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1919

'All Weather' press camera

Photographic Technology

1945

'All Weather' press camera made by Peeling & Van Neck, London in 1945. Used by Charles R. Sutcliffe of the Ashton-under-Lyne group of newspapers from 1946.

16-mm cine camera

Photographic Technology

c.1925

Model B 16-mm cine camera in case made by the Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, USA, c.1925.

London bronchitis necklet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

London bronchitis necklet, for a child, Stoke Newington, 1914

J-type wall bracket

Telecommunications

c.1930

Overhead line double J-type wall bracket with two porcelain insulators, made in around 1930.

Air pump

Telecommunications

c.1920

Air pump for cleaning manual switchboards, made in around 1920.

Ceramic cup, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1937

Cup, ceramic, by Alfred Meakin, London & North Eastern Railway, white with border of pink and green roses and thistles, LNER "Keswick" design (Scottish).

Ceramic plate depicting Ely Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1938

Dessert plate, ceramic, London & North Eastern Railway, Cathedral First Series, Ely Cathedral, marked on reverse ‘Catherine shape, as supplied to the Empress Catherine II of Russia by Josiah Wedgwood F.R.S in 1774’, by Wedgwood, Etruria, CK 5760 T.

Continuously loaded transmission core Pacific cable, 1926

Telecommunications

1926

Continuously Loaded Transmission Core from the Suva-Fanning Island section of the Pacific Cable of 1926 (Shore-end), made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, probably Woolwich, London, England, 1926

Wrapping Block

Textile Industry

c. 1920

Wrapping block, made by John Nesbitt, Manchester, c.1920.

Radio tuning coil No. 75, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Burndept plug-in inductance coil No. 75, made by Burndept Limited, Blackheath, London, England, 1922-1923.

Radio tuning coil No. 150, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Burndept plug-in inductance coil No.150, made by Burndept Limited, Blackheath, London, England, 1922-1923.

Burndept mark IV tuner with glass back, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Burndept mark IV tuner No. 5224 with glass back, made by Burndept Limited, Blackheath, London, England, 1922-1923.

Cossor Wurncell W.1 output triode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1923

Electronic Components

1923

Cossor Wuncell W.1. output triode valve, B4 base, with blue printed label, made by A C Cossor Limited, possibly Highbury, London, England, 1923. McVitie Weston number = RMW/D1A

Mazda QP.240 battery double output pentode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1935

Electronic Components

1935

Mazda QP.240 battery double output pentode valve, B9 base, pinch marked K171, made by the British Thomson-Houston Company Limited, Rugby, England, 1935. McVitie Weston number = RMW/Y170

"Stebull" box shaped electric hair dryer, for plac

Domestic Appliances

1920-1940

"Stebull" box shaped electric hair dryer, for placing on a table so that hot air emerges from square gauze hole at front, with brackets each side for pivoted mirrors, the forerunner of automatic dryers for swimming baths, by Stevens and Bullivant, Birmingham, 1930.

Lucky Lindbergh Coin

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1927

Medal: "Lucky Lindbergh Coin". Commemorative piece issued USA, 1927. Bronze, 32mm diameter. obverse, airplane The Spirit of St Louis above clouds, lucky shamrock, shield and horseshoe. reverse, Lindbergh relief Head profile to R, dates May 20th May 21st 1927, legend Capt. Charles A Lindbergh. First non-stop flight New York to Paris

Tongue depressor

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1928-1930

Flat wooden tongue depressor with rounded edges. Orange in colour. Stuck to the bottom of the first aid kit beneath a tube of carron oil. Stored inside the first aid kit used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., United States, 1928-1930

3 tongue depressors wrapped in paper

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1928-1930

Elongated, rectangular brown paper package, labelled 'Tooth Stopping m118'. Stored inside the first aid kit used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., United States, 1928-1930

Bottle containing water from the Dead Sea

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930

Bottle containing water from the Dead Sea, collected by Capt. Saint, March, 1930

Lower dental impression tray, with long handles, n

Dentistry

1920-1940

Lower dental impression tray, with long handles, nickel plated brass, English, 1920-1940