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Three-dimensional model of electricity consumption in Manchester

Electricity Supply

1954-1955

Three-dimensional chart used by Central Electricity Generating Board, c.1954.

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.

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

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; length over buffers: 71' 3/8"; width: 9'; weight: 102 tons; 19 cwt; (total weight 165 tonnes 7 cwt); area 50.3m square. Driving wheel diameter 6 feet, 8 inches.

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).

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"

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Chinese Government Railways, designed by Colonel Kenneth Cantlie, built by Vulcan Foundry in 1935 (as number 607), withdrawn in 1981. Length over buffers: 93' 2.5" (or 73' 2.5"); width 10' 2"; height 15' 6"; weight 194,870 kgs.

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.

'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.

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

Biotechnology

1945

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

Steam Locomotive, named Winston Churchill

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.

Avro Shackleton A.E.W. 2

Aeronautics

1954

Avro Shackleton A.E.W.2 reconnaissance aircraft, Military Service No. WR 960, made by A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd, Woodford, 1954.

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, built for Southern Railway, designed by O V Bulleid at Eastleigh, 1949, rebuilt to current form in Sept. 1959. Length over buffers: 72'; width 8' 7"; height 12' 9"; weight: 97 ton, 18 cwt; driving wheel diameter 6’ 2”.

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]

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.

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. Length over buffers: 56' 9"; width: 8' 9".

Pedoscope X-ray apparatus

Chiropody

1930-1955

Pedoscope X-ray apparatus, by the Pedoscope Co. Ltd., English, 1930-1955

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.

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.

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.

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

Radio Communication

1934

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine complete in oak wood transit case, together with original German battery (Serial number A6421/1937), unsigned, Germany, 1934 (see Note)

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.

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.

'Szondi-Test', psychological test, Switzerland, 1947

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1947

Szondi-Test, Experimentelle triebdiagnostik, Testband. Box set containing cards with photographic portraits, includes instructions. From effects of psychiatrist Ann Dally.

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

Nuclear Physics

1935-1945

Porcelain bowl, retrieved from Hiroshima after the atomic bomb explosion, unsigned, Japan, August 1945

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

Class 20 No. 20050

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1957

Diesel-electric locomotive, British Railways, Type 1, Class 20 No. 20050, formerly D8000, built by English Electric in 1957, withdrawn in 1981.

V2 Rocket, A4 missile

Space Technology

1945

V2 Rocket, A4 missile, Germany, 1945

Penicillium mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

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

Receiver unit from the ENIAC computer, 1943-1945

Computing & Data Processing

1943-1945

Receiver unit from the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), designed by John Mauchly and J Presper Eckert, made at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, United States 1943-1945

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.

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

Radiomedicine

1948-1953

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

Electric locomotive, No. E5001

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1958

Electric locomotive, British Railways, Class 71 Bo-Bo, third rail 750V dc pick-up and overhead, No E5001, built at Doncaster in 1958, withdrawn in 1977.

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"

Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee (PLM) train ferry van, 1935

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1935

Train ferry van, Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee (PLM), wooden bodied ferry van used for cross channel freight services, No 475014, 1935.

Diesel Railcar No 4, 1934, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1934

Railcar, diesel railcar No 4, with buffet, Great Western Railway, 1934. Length 60' 6"; width 9' 7 1/2"; height 12' 9 1/2".

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

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".

DLR No. 5 headphones from Wireless Set No. 38, 1939-1945

Radio Communication

1939-1945

Headphones DLR no. 5 from wireless set no. 38 Mk. II serial no. 6319, unknown maker, British, 1939-1945

Portable paraffin cooking stove

Domestic Appliances

1930-1935

'Beatrice' No 33/1 portable paraffin cooking stove with single flat wick, one of the most popular types of paraffin cookers, by John Harper and Co., Willenhall, Staffordshire, 1930-1935

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr in the 1933 film 'Ecstasy'

Photographs

1933

Scene still photograph of Hedy Kiesler (Hedy Lamarr) and Leopold Kramer in the 1933 Czech-Austrian film 'Ecstasy' (directed by Gustav Machatý).

Shelvador electric compression domestic refrigerator, c. 1934-1935.

Domestic Appliances

1930-1940

Shelvador electric compression domestic refrigerator, an example of the first model to be equipped with internal shelves inside the door, streamlined design, by Crosley, U.S.A., 1930-1940

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1956

Reid III Type 2 35mm camera for 24 x 36mm pictures. Coated Taylor Hobson Anastigmat lens. F:2 inches f/2-16, Serial No 328898. Fabric focal plane shutter 1/2/5/8/20/30/40/60/100/200/500/1000/T. Interchangeable lens, Leica thread. Coupled rangefinder coincidence type, separate direct vision viewfinder. Flash synchronised, two coaxial sockets for electronic and flash bulbs. Accessory shoes. Reid and Sigrist. Camera Serial No P3277.

Glass bottle of penicillin powder

Biotechnology

1943

Penicillin, by Kemball, Bishop & Co., in a glass container with cork stopper, 1943. Label attached.

Gresley Buffet Car

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1937

Railway carriage, London & North Eastern Railway, Buffet Car No. 9135, built York, 1937, teak body.

'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

Raytheon Model M-1601 console television receiver

Television

1950

The Donald Fleming Collection of North American television receivers: Raytheon Model M-1601 C-1602, 17" console television receiver, 1949. 'Washing Machine' (circular screen or 'porthole') Type Set. Very unusual looking set to Europeans used to oblong screens.

Camera Lite camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1955

Subminiature camera for 8mm wide film 6x6mm concealed in cigarette lighter' f/8 lens, B/I shutter, fixed focus; frame finder in lighter top; functioning flint/petrol ligther.