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London Midland & Scottish Railway steam locomotive 4-6-0 5MT class, No 5000, 1935

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1935

Steam locomotive, No 5000, 5MT class, Black Five 4-6-0, London Midland & Scottish Railway, designed by William Stanier, built at Crewe in 1935, withdrawn in 1967. Length over buffers: 63' 8"; width: 8' 8"; weight: 72 tons; 2 cwt.

Rubber vault cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1938-1940

Rubber vault cap, in original box, modified "Dumas Antigeniture", by E.L.S., c.1939

replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

Telecommunications

1934

Replica of Morse's first model of telegraphy apparatus of 1835, possibly made by the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany, 1934

Éclair Cameflex CM3 35mm camera

Cinematography

1946

Cameflex 35mm cine camera No 614, with 400' magazine, six lenses and various filters in a fitted box, matt box, along with a portapower battery. Cameflex Standard (CM3) 35mm film camera, manufactured by Etablissement Eclair in 1946.

German two-load left split-hook prosthesis attachment

Orthopaedics

c. 1940

German two-load left split-hook. Made by Otto Bock c.1940.

Northrop loom

Textile Industry

1947

Towelling loom, made by the British Northrop Loom Co. Ltd, Blackburn, 1947.

12-ton 3-Plank open wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1936

Railway wagon, London Midland & Scottish Railway, 12-ton 3-Plank open wagon (vacuum fitted), No 472867, 1936.

Cascade generator built at the Cavendish Laboratory

Nuclear Physics

1937

Cascade generator, designed by and built at the Cavendish Laboratory, by Philips, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England and Phillips, Holland, 1937. For Philips 1.5 million volt accelerator (also known as voltage doubler stack).

'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.

USAAF Aircraft camera, type K20, 1940-1945

Photographic Technology

1940-1945

USAAF Aircraft camera, type K20 Serial No. AC-45-552, designed by Fairchild and manufactured by Folmer Graflex Corporation, Rochester, New York, United States, 1940-1945. With fitted case and instruction manual. Also known as the Fairchild K20

Models of two parabolic zinc reflectors used by Heinrich Hertz, 1949

Radio Communication

1949

Model (scale 1:4) of two parabolic zinc reflectors used by Heinrich Hertz, one with oscillator and the other with resonator, made by the Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1949

Paillard-Bolex H8 8mm cine camera

Cinematography

1938

Paillard Bolex H8 cine camera. Cine camera for double run 8mm film, 100 foot spools. Three lens turret; Meyer-Gorlitz Kino Plasmat lens F:12.5mm f/1.5-11. No 782189. Dallmeyer 25mm lens f/1.9-16 No 206500. Dallmeyer F:1 1/2 inch f/1.9-16 lens, No 213206. Clockwork motor drive; claw intermittent, two continuous sprockets. 8,16, 24, 32, 64 fpr. Back wind handle; optional hand turning. Single/ over frame facility, T/I exposires. Rotary frame counter, Direct vision optical finder, parallax compensation, hinged auxiliary lenses for telephoto lenses. Critical focuser, reflex type for top lens on turret. No 10630.

Sargrove sprayed circuit radio receiver production prototype, 1936-1948

Electronic Components

1936-1948

Sargrove sprayed circuit radio receiver (production prototype), made by John Sargrove, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 1936-1948.

A-52 Murphy Radio Receiver, 1938-1939

Radio Communication

1938-1939

A52 Murphy Radio Receiver, made by Murphy Radio Limited, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, introduced 1938

two-valve radio receiver made on the ECME machine, 1947-1948

Radio Communication

1947-1948

2 - valve radio receiver made on the ECME machine, made by Sargrove Electronics Ltd, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 1947-1948

Imperial "Good Companion" typewriter, c.1937

Printing & Writing

1937

Imperial "Good Companion" typewriter, c.1937

Tin of powdered milk

Nutrition & Food Technology

1939-1945

Tin of powdered milk, Nura brand, for civilian use, USA, 1939-1945

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

Telecommunications

1934

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, probably made by the Deutsche Museum, Munich, Germany, 1934. Copy of an original on display in the Deutsche museum, dating from 1846

Mullard EF50 Valve, 1939

Electronic Components

1939

One complete EF50 valve, made by Mullard Limited, England, 1939

immersion suit blouse

Textile Industry

c.1945

Blouse from an immersion suit, made by P. Frankenstein and Sons Ltd, around 1945.

'Tabloid' first aid super pocket kit used on US Antarctic expedition

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1939

Tabloid first aid super pocket kit by Burroughs Wellcome & Co (USA) Inc, used by Finn Ronne on U.S. Antarctic expedition of 1939-1941.

Ampoule of penicillin

Therapeutics

1945

Ampoule of the First International Standard (1945) of penicillin

Monitor Top', electric compression domestic refrigerator, USA, 1934.

Domestic Appliances

1934

"Monitor Top" electric compression domestic refrigerator, with compressor mounted in circular unit on top of fridge, by B.T.H. (General Elec tric), supplied by International Refrigerator Co of London, made in U. S.A., 1934

Portrait of Thomas Vickery (1882 – 1945)

Clockmakers

1936

Portrait of Thomas Vickery (1882 – 1945) by unknown artist, possibly Vickery himself, 1936.

Model of a Second World War canteen lorry, England, 1939-1945

Road Transport

1939-1945

Canteen lorry model.

EM2/1 electron microscope, mad

Scientific Instruments & Research

c.1947

EM2/1 electron microscope, made by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd, Trafford Park, c.1947.

S. G. Brown radio headphones

Radio Communication

c.1935

Radio headphones, made by S. G. Brown Ltd, London, c.1935.

Coronet Midget camera

Photographic Technology

1935

Coronet midget camera. Manufactured by Coronet Camera Company, Birmingham. Dark brown Bakelite. For 16mm rollfilm 18 x 13" pictures. Simple lens fitted with fixed focus and aperture, instantaneous shutter with accidental exposure prevention, and optical vision finder.

Keystone Model A-12 Cine Camera

Cinematography

1949

Keystone Model A12 16mm cine camera. Clockwork-driven with running speeds of 10 (low), 16 (normal), 24 (sound) and 64 frames/second (slow motion), together with three 'intermediate' speeds. It can also take single frames. The button can be locked into its 'on' position. The camera takes 100 foot daylight-loading spools of 16mm film and has a double sprocket drive. The twin-lens turret has a f/2.5 Keystone Wollensak 1 inch Cine Raptar lens and a Dallmeyer 3 inch f/3.5 telephoto lens, in interchangeable C mounts. Each has an optical sight for the direct vision optical viewfinder that is brought into place as the turret is turned. On the side is an exposre calculator. Serial No J-3430. Keystone, Boston, Mass. With leather camera case and instruction manual dated June 1949, 44pp.

Telechrome tube

Television

1944

Specimen of Baird's 2-colour cathode ray tube for colour television (telechrome tube), 1944.

Short-wave adaptor for broadcast receivers, 1935-1936

Radio Communication

1935-1936

Short-wave adaptor for broadcast receivers, made by BTS Ltd, Brighton, England, 1935-1936.

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.

B.S.A. folding bicycle, c. 1942

Road Transport

c.1942

B.S.A. Airborne Bicycle, B.S.A. Cycles Ltd., c. 1942

Wooden cubes for psychometric test

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937-1949

Cardboard box containing 12 green wooden cubes. Part of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (Form M)

first sealed-off travelling wave tube, 1945-1946

Electronic Components

1945-1946

First sealed-off travelling wave tube, made by Rudolf Kompfner, England, 1945-1946

Artificial right arm

Orthopaedics

1943

Right above elbow heavy duty prosthesis with a blocked leather socket, (not the original). Dural elbow unit with internal/external rotation mechanism and lock (by means of ball-headed pin set on outer side). Detachable metal forearm section, released by rotation of the knurled ring. Similar ring at wrist, rotating externally releases the hand or other terminal device. Rotating the ring in the opposite direction locks the devices. Webbing appendages. The leather flexion cord passes through the back of the elbow and is attached to the stem on the upper part of the forearm. Certalmid hand with index and middle fingers suitably spaced at the base to permit a pen to be held. Fully opposed thumb with a groove at the tip for this purpose. Made by Blatchford, dated 9 December 1943.

Hospital bed cycle

Therapeutics

1946

Stoke Mandeville bed cycle designed by Dr Ludwig Guttmann while working at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital and used at The Chaseley Trust for Disabled Ex-Servicemen, Eastbourne, Sussex in 1946 until 1994 by people with spinal cord injuries for both independent and assisted exercise

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

Motor brake 3rd, SR 2-Bil Unit

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1937

Motor coach, Southern Railway and British Railways Southern Region, motor brake 3rd, No. 12123, from 2-Bil Unit No. 2090, built 1937.

Underground telephone cable marker

Telecommunications

c.1940

Cast-iron underground telephone cable marker from the reign of King George VI (1936-1952).

'His Masters Voice' record player

Sound Reproduction

c.1935

'His Masters Voice' record player made by the Gramophone Co. Ltd, Hayes, c. 1935.

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1936

Model, of Asklepeion at Epidaurus, after the reconstruction of Defrasse, including sign, and roof for Thoros (round-shaped) temple, made in London, 1936, scale 1:66

Positioning in Radiography

Radiomedicine

1942

Book, 'Positioning in Radiography' by K.C. Clark, 3rd edition, London, 1942

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".

Dr West's 'Miracle Tuft' toothbrush

Plastics and Modern Materials

1940-1949

Dr West's 'Miracle Tuft' toothbrush, by Weco Products Company, Illinois, United States, 1940-1949

Model of "Silver Link" steam locomotive

Railway Models

1935

Model steam locomotive, scale 1/12, London & North Eastern Railway A4 class 4-6-2 No.2509 "Silver Link", prototype built 1935.

Crowd gives Hitler salute at the Nurburgring

Photographs

1934

A photograph of a crowd of spectators giving the Hitler salute as soldiers parade at the Nürburgring. The salute was the mandatory form of greeting for civilians until 1944.Germany, taken by Zoltan Glass in 1934. This photograph was taken during the German Grand Prix, Nürburgring.

Imperial Typewriter Model 50, 1940

Printing & Writing

1940

Imperial Standard Model 50 typewriter, 1940 (serial no. Z164476). Serial number Z164476 can be dated to 1940.

Glass ampoule of penicillin powder, United States, 1942-1943

Biotechnology

1942-1943

Ampoule of penicillin, by Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, 5000 Florey Units

Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1942

Steam locomotive, No C1, Q1 Class, 0-6-0, Southern Railway, designed by O V Bulleid, built at Brighton in 1942, withdrawn in 1964. Weight: 51.25 tons; length 54 feet, 10 ½ inches; driving wheel diameter: 5 feet, 1 inch