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1923-2012, amateur astronomer; writer; broadcaster, British; English

Moore, Sir Patrick

1923 - 2012

1924-current (2010), manufacturer of electro-medical equipment, London, later Wantage, England

Electro Medical Supplies (Greenham) Limited

1924

One of two laundry presses, 1924, by R.G. Whitaker Ltd. (1/4 scale) Marked (b) on base

Two laundry presses, 1924, by R.G. Whitaker Ltd. (

Domestic Appliances

1924

BBC Radiola 'Bijou' crystal set Type 6, 1923. Made by British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd, Rugby. 'BTH' logo in gold paint on top of lid. 'BBC' logo in paint on front of box. Serial No R23301.

BBC 'Bijou' Crystal Set Receiver Type 6

Television

1923-07

Cameograph carving machine, invented by H. Edmunds c1923 with examples of photo-sculpture and accessories.

Cameograph carving machine

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1924

Collection of stamps cards and covers illustrating the development of international air post 1870-1950 / amassed by Miss Winifred Penn-Gaskell. 72: Broadsheet notice, A Grand Military Searchlight Tattoo. Fort William Calcutta. [India], 1925. 25x17.5cm. Franked 31.12.25 10AM. The Calcutta air drop, 31 December 1925, the cachet explained in accompanying note

A Grand Military Searchlight Tattoo

Penn-Gaskell Collection

1925

Guidebook, International Railway Congress, "London, Guide Issued on The Occasion of The International Railway Congress", 1925, by E V Lucas, guide to the sites, 156 pages, illustrations by Ernest Coffin, soft cover.

london guide issued on the occasion of the international railway congress

Library Collections

1925

One pair Brandes Superior headphones, with BBC mark; c. 1923

One pair Brandes Superior headphones

Radio Communication

c. 1923

Marconi valve, type D.E.8.H.F., (RMW/C38 - McVitie Weston number), by Marconi Company Limited, 1925.

McVitie Weston valve collection, Marconi valve, type D.E.8.H.F.

Electronic Components

1925

Bronze commemorative medallion, First in the World railway centenary 1825-1925, Pease & Stephenson and Vulcan holding Locomotion No.1. Overall: 6 mm x 78 mm.

First in the World 1825-1925 centenary medallion

Coins and Medals

1925

Commemorative mug, ceramic, produced to commemorate the centenary of the railway 1825-1925, depicting George Stephenson 1781 -1848 and picture of 'Locomotion'. Salt glazed stoneware; text and images moulded. Made by Ashtead Potters Limited. Makers marks underneath. Overall: 170 mm x 135 mm x 95 mm diameter. Commissioned by London & North Eastern Railway. Described by maker as a 'One quart capacity tankard J17'.

Railway centenary commemorative mug 1825-1925

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1924-1925

Medallion, nickel-plated brass and enamel, Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, ASLEF M & C Locomotivemen United, 1924 ( Solidarity Won; United We Fought)

Medallion, Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - M & C Locomotivemen United, 1924

Railway Uniform & Costume

1924

Mounted sheet of instructions for working the Mirrlees Diesel Oil Engine, with diagram. Drawing number 13270. Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, c 1924.

Mirrlees Diesel Oil Engine instructions

McVitie Weston valve collection, Marconi valve, type DE5

Electronic Components

1924

"Philips' Railway Map of the British Isles showing the new Grouping System" 1923. With insets of the principal industrial centres.

Philips' Railway Map of the British Isles showing the new Grouping System

Railway Maps & Plans

1923

Roger's Vitalator Electromedical instrument by Ideal Home Electrical Appliances Ltd, 1925.

Roger's Vitalator

Domestic Appliances

1925

Cased bronze medal to commemorate William Harvey and the International Physiological Congress, Edinburgh, 1923, by Pilkington Jackson, England, 1923

Cased bronze medal to commemorate William Harvey a

Wellcome Medals

1923

Ernemann Cronos 'B' folding bellows camera for negative size 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 using plates or cutfilm. Drop-front pull-out type with lever focusing. Fitted with a Nostar Anastigmat F.6.8 105mm lens mounted in a Zeiss Ikon everset shutter with speeds 1sec-1/100 B. & T. Lens panel has rising front and side movement. With ground glass screen and brilliant waist-level viewdinedr with spirit level. Metal construction with black leather cover. c.1924

Ernemann Cronos 'B' folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1924

Bronze medal struck to commemorate the Centenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825-1925. Diameter 3"., Obverse legend: FIRST IN THE WORLD. 1825 1925. A Railway worker or Vulcan rests on a hammer an in his right hand. holds Locomotion No. 1. Pacific class locomotive in background. Reverse: Conjoined busts of Edward Pease (1767-1858) and George Stephenson (1781-1848) between two coats of arms, Stockton and Darlington. Reverse Inscription: EDWAED PEASE. GEORGE STEPHENSON. STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY - INCLUDED IN LONDON& NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 1825-1925. Obverse and Reverse Maker's mark: G.B.

Bronze medal struck to commemorate the Centenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway

Coins and Medals

1925

Commemoration plaque, embossed brass on stained pine mount, illustrating S&DR locomotion No.1 `Locomotion' and Bulmer's stone, probably by Arthur E. Berry, Darlington, 1925. Overall: 122 mm x 251 mm x 15 mm.

Locomotion and Bulmers Stone plaque

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1925

"Thor" washer, cylinder type with wringer, 1925

Domestic Appliances

1925

Box Tengor 54/2 box camera for rollfilm No.120 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Fitted with a fixed focus Goerz Frontar Meniscus lens F.11. A strip of metal with three cut outs acts as stops. With two setting shutter: instantaneous and time and waist-level viewfinder. Zeiss Ikon A.G. c.1924.

Box Tengor 54/2 box camera

Photographic Technology

c.1924

Original Lindemann electrometer, 1924

Lindemann electrometer

Electricity and Magnetism

1924

Carreras Ltd. Set of 50 half-tone printed cards. Each card carries camera tips and hints, and refers to offer of Hawk-Eye camera free for 200 Black Cat cigarette coupons.

Cigarette card set 'A Kodak at the Zoo'

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1924

The Adams VESTA camera, a folding plate camera for negatives 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Fitted wutg a Zeiss Tessar F.4.5 4.5" f.1 lens mounted in a pneumatic pre-set shutter, speeds 1 sec to 1/100sec and time and bulb. Focusing by geared lever mounted in lens mount. With metal trellis. Adams & Co c.1924

The Adams VESTA camera

Photographic Technology

c.1924

Book, railway holiday guide, softbound, Holidays by LMS, published c 1925 containing maps and photographs of holiday resorts served by the LMS

Holidays by LMS

Documents

c. 1925

Painting, oil on canvas, The Night Mail; The Enginemen, by Sir William Orpen, RA, 1924. Depicts the footplate of a London, Midland and Scottish Railway locomotive, seen from the side. A fireman leans over, shovel in hand, lit by the glow from the unseen firebox. In front of him is the engine driver. He is an older man, leaning on the side of the cab and looking straight ahead. Smoke drifts across the front of the cab. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original artwork for an LMS poster, one of a series which featured artworks by members of the Royal Academy. Framed, unglazed.

The Night Mail, The Engineman

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

b 1924, actor, British

Rix, Brian

1924

1925-current (2009), audio, video, telecoms and multimedia manufacturer, Struer, Denmark

Bang and Olufsen

1925

1924-current [2011], artist, English; British

Daniels, Alfred

1924

Silver gelatin print entitled 'Gloria Swanson', by Edward Steichen, 1924.

Gloria Swanson

Photographs

1924

Apem 'Press' camera, no. W251. A collapsing camera for 2 1/2 x 3 12 inch plates. Fitted with a Soho anastigmat lens f/4.5-22. Fabric focal plane shutter 18/24/36/75/150/300/800/B/T. Folding wire frame finder. Sliding rising and cross from (little movement). Helical focusing. Focusing screen missing. Apem. Patent no 170719/21. Overall (deployed): 170 mm x 160 mm x 135 mm.

Apem Press camera

Photographic Technology

1925

Railway carriage, London Midland & Scottish Railway, vestibule 3rd, No 7828, built 1925.

LMS vestibule 3rd

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1925

"Willing Worker" cylindrical mowing machine, made by Drummond Bros. Guildford, England c. 1925

"Willing Worker" Cylindrical Mowing Machine

Agricultural Engineering

1925

Voigtlander 'Vag' folding bellows camera for plates and cutfilm negative size 9 x 12cm. Drop-front pull-out camera. Single extension bellows. Fitted with a Voigtlander Voigtar F.6.3. 135mm lens mounted in an ever set Ibsor shutter, speeds 1-1/125sec B.&T. Viewing by ground glass back. With brilliant waist level viewfinder. Aluminium alloy body with black leather covering. c.1924

Voigtlander 'Vag' folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1925

Marconi Osram valve, type D.E.5.B, etched J695, (RMW/C35A - McVitie Weston number), by M-O Valve Co. Limited, 1924.

McVitie Weston valve collection, Marconi Osram valve, type D.E.5.B

Electronic Components

1924

A photograph entitled 'Karnak - The Amon Temple' taken by Lehnert & Landrock of Cairo in the 1920s.

Karnak - The Amon Temple

Photographs

c.1925

Urban-Joy 'Spirograph', 16mm home projector by H W Joy, manufactured by Urban Motion Picture Industries, Inc, 1923.

Urban-Joy 'Spirograph' 16mm home projector

Cinematography

1923

1923 diary of bookings for the Cinema at Portmadoc and Parish Hall at Criccieth.

Cinema Diary

Cinematography

1923

Ignition coil for Trembler System on Ford Model T cars. Coil contained in wooden box, with make and break contacts on top and connections on the side.

Ford Model T Car Ignition Coil

Road Transport

1923

Ultraphon table grand gramophone with two wood soundboxes, 1925.

Ultraphon table grand gramophone with two wood sou

Sound Reproduction

1925

Soup tureen, silver plated, with two handles and lid, stamped in garter 'Station Hotel Perth' on bowl and lid, by Elkington & Co, 1925. Bowl: 155 mm x 324 mm 263 mm, lid: 95 mm 270 mm. Overall height: 230mm.

Silver plated soup tureen, Station Hotel Perth

Passenger Comforts

1925

Photographic print of Maurel and Jayet's Arithmaurel calculating machine

Photographic print of Maurel and Jayet's Arithmaur

Mathematics

1925

Hill's whole sky cloud camera R. & J. Beck Ltd, London, Patent No. 31931, date 1923.

Hill's whole sky cloud camera R. & J. Beck Ltd, Lo

Meteorology

1923

Trouser press by Everitt Press Manufacturing Co. London, 1925

Trouser press by Everitt Press Manufacturing Co. L

Domestic Appliances

1925

1923-current (2010), media and entertainment company, American

The Walt Disney Company

1923

Spirograph experimental printing sheet, by Urban Motion Picture Industries Inc, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, USA for Urban-Joy by H W Joy, about 1923.

Spirograph Experimental Printing Sheet

Cinematography

c 1923

1923-, active 1962, poster artist; artist; botanical illustrator; painter, British born; Irish

Piper, Raymond

1923

b. 1924, astronomer; aeronaut, French

Dollfus, Audouin Charles

1924

Worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway, LNER 3990 Doncaster Works 1898, carried by ex Great Northern Railway 4-4-2 locomotive no. 990 "Henry Oakley".

Worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway, LNER 3990 Doncas

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1925