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Asbestos suit

Photographs

1936-01-30

Astra the Robot

Photographs

1932-07-13

Oxford boat race crew

Photographs

1938-03-15

Matrix binocular optical depth testing instrument

Printing & Writing

1937

Notre Dame

Photographs

c. 1937

Hans Stuck in a Mercedes-Benz SSK racing car

Photographs

1931

'Pyramid' dental unit, Japan, 1930-1938

Dentistry

1930-1938

A driver at wheel of an Amilcar C6 racing car

Photographs

1933-05

Golden Spurs and Coronation Ring

Photographs

1937

'Step-up' transformer from Battersea Power Station

Electricity Supply

1932

Women ducking for apples

Photographs

1935-09-14

Child fishing on the pier

Photographs

1937-07-29

Eddie Rainer's kiddie (Pat) with the Christmas tree

Photographs

1936-12-23

Raich Carter holding the FA Cup

Photographs

1937-05-03

Walt Disney filming penguins at London Zoo

Photographs

1935-06-13

Amy Johnson in her plane 'Jason'

Photographs

c. 1930

Streamlined car on display at a motor exhibition, Olympia

Photographs

1935-10-17

Children at an adoption home

Photographs

1938-12-20

Father Christmas with the kiddies

Photographs

1932-12-03

The Model Railway jigsaw puzzle

Toys & Games

c. 1930

Lodge model H14 sparking plug, small 14mm for moto

Road Transport

1934

McVitie Weston valve collection, STC Micromesh valve, type PA1

Electronic Components

c. 1930

Melotype typewriter, c. 1936-7, serial no. 37952

Printing & Writing

1936-1937
Mechanical Horse, 6-ton, Great Western Railway, built by Scammell in 1939, fleet number 6271, registration FLL 362.

mechanical horse

Road Vehicles (Railway)

1939

Kima model compound monocular microscope by W. Wat

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1930

Siemens 16mm magazine cinecamera

Cinematography

1936

Smoke helmet for use in mines, by Siebe Gorman & C

Mining & Ore Dressing

1930
Motor coach, Southern Railway and British Railways Southern Region, electric motor open 3rd brake, No S11179S, 4-Cor, built 1937 for services between London and Portsmouth.

4 Cor electric motor coach

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1937

Two-bladed screw propeller from 'Miss England II'

Marine Engines

1930
Wagon registration plate, cast iron, Great Western Railway, GWR 21 tons, 4077 of 1933.

wagon registration plate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1933
Example of standard railway signal pulley, 1938.

signal pulley

Signalling & Telecommunications

1938

Beyer Peacock Printing Block

Railways

c.1930

McVitie Weston valve collection, Marconi WT Co valve, type HL2

Electronic Components

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, Cossor valve, type V.R.19

Electronic Components

1932

Agfa-Bilinar Camera

Photographic Technology

1930-1935
Solid body camera for 127 rollfilm 1 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches. Fitted with an Ensign Multar anastigmat lens F:50mm f/3.5-16 No. 129481. focal plane shutter /2/5/10/15/25/50/75/100/150/250/500/1000/T. Shutter cocked by wind on knob. Coincidence type coupled rangefinder, helical focusing lens mount. Direct vision optical finder. Lens cap. No. H 21085. Ensign Limited.

Ensign Multex Model 0 camera

Photographic Technology

1936

Gate valve from Mather and Platt sprinkler system

Pumping Machinery

c.1938

Clarkes Stove gas iron

Gas Industry

c.1935
Salon electric hair dryer, `Airlux', Serial No. 174, manufactured by Osborne, Garrett & Co. Ltd, London W1. (and at Birmingham, Glasgow & Manchester). c1938

Salon electric hair dryer, `Airlux', Serial No. 17

Domestic Appliances

c. 1938

KLG Sparking Plug, L583 with Type MSR cap suppress

Road Transport

c.1937
Locomotive worksplate, brass, Kerr Stuart & Co No 4451 of 1930, ex Great Western Railway "5700" class 0-6-0PT No 7716, withdrawn 12/1959.

kerr stuart worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1930

Foden 6 ton diesel lorry, 1931 serial no. 14004, registration no. LG7186

Road Transport

1931

"Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machin

Domestic Appliances

1930
Motoring and Hiking map, Section D (Including Barnsley, Bradford, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Halifax, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Leeds, Mansfield, Newark, Sheffield, York) Scale 3 miles to an inch. Folded in card covers, by W. & A. K. Johnston Limited., Edinburgh and London. 1937.

Motoring and Hiking map, Section D (Including Barn

Domestic Appliances

1937

Zeiss Ikon Contax precision miniature camera; with camera cu

Photographic Technology

1932

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with windlass, pulley block and weight

Children's Gallery

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, Cossor valve, type MVS-PEN-B

Electronic Components

1939

Imperial "Good Companion" typewriter, c.1937

Printing & Writing

1937

Medal commemorating first free balloon stratospher

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1931

England vs Austria, 1932

Photographs

7 December 1932