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Sylvester, coal mining jacking device

Coal Mining

c.1940

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

Surveying

1940

German two-load left split-hook prosthesis attachment

Orthopaedics

c. 1940

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1941

16-mm Gebescope sound/silent cine projector with loudspeaker made by G.B. Equipments Ltd

Cinematography

c.1940

Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

Railway Maps & Plans

1939

Mullard EF50 Valve, 1939

Electronic Components

1939

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1939

Government issue field operation instrument set

Surgery

1940

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1939

Imperial Typewriter Model 50, 1940

Printing & Writing

1940

"Morgan Lee" Paper Trimmer

Papermaking

1940

travel guide - on either side

Library Collections

1939; 1946

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Radio with Bakelite case

Plastics and Modern Materials

1940

Oertling microbalance

Experimental Chemistry

1941

Model steam locomotive, gauge `0' tinplate, LMS 0-4-0T No.22

Railway Models

1939

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

Photographs

1940

Underground telephone cable marker

Telecommunications

c.1940

Saucer, ceramic, by Alfred Meakin

Passenger Comforts

1940

MW valve radio receiver

Radio Communication

1939

Telephone lineman's headphone set

Telecommunications

c.1940

Mullard EF9 VM RF pentode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1939

Electronic Components

1939

Baby's gasmask of khaki green rubber with metal frame

Plastics and Modern Materials

1939

Overhead line wire-tensioning clamp

Telecommunications

1939

Secraphone secure telephone handset, about 1941

Telecommunications

1940-1941

An Anderson Shelter

Photographs

c. 1939

Sylvester, coal mining jacking device. C.1940

Coal Mining

c.1940

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Left above knee peg leg made from leather and wood in Stalag VIIIB/344 (Lamsdorf) during World War II

Orthopaedics

1940

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

The Old Bailey after bombing

Photographs

05-1941

Merlin 45 Aeroplane Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1940

Pablo Picasso at the Cafe de Flore

Photographs

1939

Marconi - BBC ribbon microphone

Radio Communication

c.1940
Railway wagon, No 161042, 50-ton bogie flat wagon, Warflat WC, used by the War Department and British Railways built by Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Company Limited, 1940. Built to diagram number BR Wagon 73, number built 60. Length over buffers: 43' 10 1/2"; width 7' 10"; height 5'.

'Warflat' 50-ton bogie flat wagon, 1940

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1940

First War Baby gets his Gas Mask

Photographs

1939-09-13

Why Do They Call Me Sunny South Sam?

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1939

Bar-Lock Typewriter serial no. 503838

Printing & Writing

c. 1939

Couple reading

Photographs

1939

Artificial leg made by British prisoner-of-war, Germany, 1940

Orthopaedics

1940

Ekco TA201 television receiver

Television

1939

Joseph Kennedy and Lord Halifax at Westminster Abbey

Photographs

1940-09-03

Telephone Exchange Ringing Machine

Telecommunications

1939

"Morgan Lee" Paper Trimmer

Papermaking

1940
Signal Finial, Great Western Railway, cast iron, ball and spike pattern, for GWR tubular steel signal post

Great Western Railway signal finial

Signalling & Telecommunications

1940

Eileen Dunne

Photographs

1940

Surgical instrument set

Surgery

1939

Original cavity magnetron

Radio Communication

1940

Tom Jones and his dogs

Photographs

1939-03-27