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Polaroid Land camera Model 95

Photographic Technology

1948-1953

Polaroid Land Model 95 made by Polaroid in the United States, 1948-1953. Folding camera for self processing film packs 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Lens with rotating plate with apertures marked 1-8. T/I shutter. Lever focusing. Folding optical frame finder with front ball sight on spring stalk. Accessory show. Flash synchronized, bayonet fitting. No.0570942.

London & North Eastern Railway steam locomotive 'Mallard'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938

Steam locomotive and tender, No 4468 ‘Mallard’, Class A4 Pacific, 4-6-2, designed by Nigel Gresley for LNER, built at Doncaster in 1938.

Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model

Biochemistry

1953

Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA, using some of the original metal plates, by Francis Crick and James Watson, England, 1953

British Railways D200

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1958

Diesel-electric locomotive, British Railways, Type 4 Class 40 No. D200 (later 40122), built by English Electric in 1958.

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1935

Steam locomotive KF class number 7, 4-8-4, Chinese Government Railways, designed by Colonel Kenneth Cantlie, built by Vulcan Foundry in 1935 (as number 607), withdrawn in 1981.

Penicillium Mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

A sample of Penicillium mould presented by Alexander Fleming to Douglas Macleod, 1935.

Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

Clockmakers

1953

Wristwatch by Smiths English Clocks Ltd. Steel waterproof case by the Dennison Watch Case Co. Silvered dial with a subsidiary seconds dial and signed ‘Smiths De Luxe'. 15 jewel lever-escapement movement. Cheltenham, England, 1953.

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

Radio Communication

1938 and 1951

Two amateur radio call books: RSGB Amateur Radio Call Book First Edition, published by the Radio Society of Great Britain, British, Autumn 1951; Radio Amateur Call Book Magazine Vol.19. (worldwide), unknown publisher, Summer 1938.

English Electric Company diesel electric locomotive 'Deltic' Co-Co 3300HP, 1955

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1955

Diesel-electric locomotive, prototype English Electric 3300HP "Deltic", 1955, BR number 'DP1"

LMS(R) steam locomotive with tender 'Duchess of Hamilton' 4-6-2 Coronation class, No 6229, 1938

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938

Steam locomotive and tender, No 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton', 8P Coronation class, 4-6-2, London Midland & Scottish Railway, designed by William Stanier, built at Crewe in 1938. Length over buffers: 73' 10 1/4"; width 9' 3"; height 12' 9'; weight: 105 tons; 5 cwt; driving wheel diameter 6 feet, 9 inches (total weight according to H C Casserley 161 tonnes 12 cwt).

'Jason I', de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth

Aeronautics

1928

De Havilland Gipsy moth Aeroplane 'Jason I', by De Havilland Aircraft Company, Brent, Greater London, United Kingdom, 1928. Used on historic flight of Miss Amy Johnson to Australia, May 1930, DH.60G, G-AAAH

Railway Collecting Dog: "Laddie"

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1948

Railway Collecting Dog: "Laddie", stuffed Airedale Terrier in glass showcase with collecting box for London & South Western Railway Servants' Orphanage, ex Wimbledon Station.

Passalong Test, London, England, 1937

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937

Passalong Test, a performance test of intelligence for persons 7 to 20 years old, invented by W.P. Alexander c. 1937 and published by University of London Press in 1937.

British Railways diesel electric locomotive AIA-AIA Class 31, No D5500 (31018), 1957

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1957

Diesel electric locomotive, No D5500 (31018), Class 31, AIA-AIA, British Railways, built by Brush Electrical Engineering Company at Loughborough in 1957, withdrawn in 1976. Originally known as the Brush Type 2.

'Form M Revised Stanford-Binet Scales', IQ test, United States, 1937

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937-1960

'Complete Test Material Form M Revised Stanford-Binet Scales by Terman-Merrill', in wooden case containing form board, printed card material, and picture of child, by Houghten Mifflin Co. USA, 1937. See 1980-1429/4 for a complete description of this revision of the Stanford-Binet.

Ampoule of Anti Gas-Gangrene Serum

Public Health & Hygiene

1934

Single glass ampoule, one of four, of gas-gangrene serum, by Laboratoire due Val de Grace, French, 1934

Bush TV22 Television Receiver, 1945-1955

Radio Communication

1945-1955

Bush TV22 9 inch television receiver, made by Bush Radio Limited, England, 1945-1955. With band III convertor, 1957

SR 'Ellerman Lines' 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class sectioned steam locomotive, No 35029

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1949

Steam locomotive and tender (sectioned), No 35029 ‘Ellerman Lines’, Merchant Navy Class, 4-6-2, designed by O V Bulleid for the Southern Railway, built by British Railways at Eastleigh in 1949, rebuilt to current form in Sept. 1959, withdrawn in 1966. Length over buffers: 72'; width 8' 7"; height 12' 9"; weight: 97 ton, 18 cwt; driving wheel diameter 6’ 2”.

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1960

Steam locomotive and tender, British Railways, 9F class 2-10-0 No 92220 "Evening Star", designed by R.A.Riddles, built at Swindon in 1960, withdrawn in 1965.

Hoover constellation vacuum cleaner with attachments

Domestic Appliances

c. 1956 - 1959

Hoover Constellation vacuum cleaner, about 1956. A particularly ’space age’ 1950s vacuum cleaner, noted for its use of exhaust air to make it hover. Coupled with a futuristic spherical shape and fashionable colouring, the Constellation is truly a design classic among vacuums. It is made from metal with plastic components. This example is mainly grey with blue details.

Phillip's Economic Computer

Computing & Data Processing

1949

Phillips Economics Analog Computer, devised by Bill Phillips at the London School of Economics, 1949 known as MONIAC [Monetary National Income Analogue Computer]

Insecticide powder for delousing, United States, 1939-1945

Public Health & Hygiene

1939-1945

Tin of insecticide louse powder by Lucky Heart Laboratories Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, USA, war time issue

Medresco Portable Hearing Aid

Audiology

1953

Medresco portable hearing aid, Cat. OL35/ET/53 by Remploy Ltd. in leather carrying patch, England, 1953

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

Radiomedicine

1948-1953

Pedoscope, by the Pedoscope Company Limited, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, 1948-1953

Spinning mule

Textile Industry

1927

Self acting spinning mule, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1927 and used at Elk Mill in Oldham until September 1974 when mule spinning operations there ceased.

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1933

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1933

Railway carriage, sleeping car No 3792, Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens, built in 1933, withdrawn 31st December 1974. Length over buffers: 65' 6"; width 9' 1"; height 12' 7".

SR 'Winston Churchill' 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class, No 34051

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1945

Steam locomotive, Southern Railway, Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 No 34051 "Winston Churchill", designed by O.V. Bulleid, built at Brighton in 1945, withdrawn in 1965.

Electric locomotive, No. 26020

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1951

Electric locomotive, British Railways, Class 76 (EM1) Bo-Bo (Overhead) No. 26020, built at Gorton Works in 1951, withdrawn in 1977.

Caesium atomic clock, 1955.

Time Measurement

1955

Caesium atomic clock made by Louis Essen and J.V.L. Parry at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, London, 1955.

Vessel for growing mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1940-1944

Penicillin surface fermentation vessel, European, 1940-44, in porcelain.

Gaumont-Kalee GK21 35mm cinema projector

Cinematography

1948-1958

Gaumont-Kalee GK21 35mm cinema film projector with President lamphouse, made in Leeds, 1948-1958. Type 83. Manufactured by BAF Ltd London Ser No 653.

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

Biotechnology

1945

Penicillin; molecular model by Dorothy Hodgkin, ca. 1945.

Bottle of Fennings' Fever Mixture, England, 1950-1960

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1960

Bottle of Fennings Fever Mixture, cost 1/6d, by Alfred Fennings, 1950-1960

main frame, for Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) pilot model, 1949

Computing & Data Processing

1949

Main frame, for Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) pilot model, made at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, London, England, and some of the valves by Osram, Germany, 1949. The construction of the (ACE) pilot model was based on designs by Alan Turing.

Submerged repeater for TAT-1, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Sectioned submerged repeater for TAT-1 the first transatlantic telephone cable, designed at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, made by Standard Telephones and Cables Limited, Woolwich, London, England, 1956

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

Surveying

1940

F-71 magnifying stereoscope, made by Fairchild Aviation Corporation, Jamaica, New York, United States, 1940

Penicillin powder in bottle

Biotechnology

1942

Penicillin powder in screw top bottle with label, unsigned, Oxford, England, 1942

Alexander Performance Scale Test kit, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1946-1950

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1946-1950

Alexander Performance Scale Test material comprising: Passalong Test, Kohs' Block Design Test and Cube Construction Test with test cards and instructions in wooden case, made by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, 1946-1950

Contax S camera

Photographic Technology

1948

VEB Carl Zeiss Ikon Jena, East Germany. Solid body 35mm refelx camera for 35mm film 24x36mm. Zeiss, Jena, Tessar lens F:5cm f/3.5-22, No 3220957, interchangeable, screw thread, helical focusing through pentaprism. Fabric focal plane shutter, horizontal travel 1/2/5/10/20/50/100/200/500/1000/B, delayed action lever. Body release, with lock-on time exposures. Film type and speed indicator on rewind knob. Knob windon.

London Midland & Scottish Railway United Dairies milk wagon, 1937

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1937

Tank wagon, No ADW44057, six wheeled United Dairies milk wagon with glass-lined tank, London Midland & Scottish Railway, built Derby 1937. Length over buffers: 23' 11"; width 8' 7"; height 12' 9".

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1926

Toyoda Automatic Loom, type G, made in 1926.

Kendrew's original model of the myoglobin molecule

Experimental Chemistry

1957

The original model of the myoglobin molecule, (the first ever to be made of protein molecule) constructed in plasticine in 1957 by Dr. J.C. (later Sir John) Kendrew; the contorted cylindrical shape, showing the track of polypeptide chain, is supported by wooden rods protruding from a pegboard base; an attached label reads "Medical Research/ Laboratory of Molecular Biology/Cambridge"; dimensions of base 18" x 1 1/2"; overall height 8 1/2"

Elliott / NRDC 401 Mk I mainframe

Computing & Data Processing

1952-1953

Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c.1953

Ilford Witness camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Ilford Witness camera. 35mm camera; coated Dallmeyer Super-Six anastigmat lens, F:2"; f1.9-22 in bayonet mount, Serial No 373726. Fabric focal plane shutter - two speed rings: 1-T/2/4/8/B-25 and BT/25-1/50/100/250/500/1000. Coincident coupled rangefinder, focussing inf.-3'; movable stop flash synchronising sockets. Accessory shoe.

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

Photographic Technology

1934-1935

Retina camera type 117. Folding camera for 35mm for 24 x 36mm. Fitted with a Schneider Xenar lens F: 5cm, f/3.5 No 694235. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/300/B/T. Helical focusing of whole lens to 3.5 feet. Direct vision optical finder. Rotary exposure counter. Depth of field scale. No. 449875. Kodak AG, 1934-1935.

'Paragon' reusable rubber condom, London, England, 1948-1950

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1948-1950

"Paragon" re-usable rubber condom, medium size, in original box with instructions, by Georges (Chemists) Ltd., London, c.1948

Statue depicting Shou Lao (Shou Xing), Chinese god of longevity

Asian Medicine

before 1930

Wooden statue depicting Shou Lao (Shou Xing), the Taoist god of longevity, Japanese

British Railways Presflo cement wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1961

Railway wagon, British Railways, 22T Presflo wagon, No B873368, built Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company, 1961, ex Bletchley. [Built to diagram number BR Wagon 272, batch number 3361, construction span 1955-1963, number built 1820].

Metal lice comb, 'Derbac' brand, England, 1930-1940

Public Health & Hygiene

1930-40

Metal lice comb for the removal of lice and their eggs from human hair, 'Derbac' brand, made in England, 1930-1940

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

Photographic Technology

1935

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.