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Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

Surveying

1940

Merlin 45 Aeroplane Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1940

MW valve radio receiver

Radio Communication

1939

Axial-flow compressor

Aircraft Propulsion

1939

cine projector

Cinematography

c.1940

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1939

German two-load left split-hook prosthesis attachment

Orthopaedics

c. 1940

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

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1941

Radio with Bakelite case

Plastics and Modern Materials

1940

Baby's gasmask of khaki green rubber with metal fr

Plastics and Modern Materials

1939

Imperial Typewriter Model 50, 1940

Printing & Writing

1940

Saucer, ceramic, by Alfred Meakin, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1940

telephone cable marker

Telecommunications

c. 1940

F2/1 jet engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1941

An Anderson Shelter

Photographs

c. 1939

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

Railway Models

1939

Telephone lineman's headphone

Telecommunications

c.1940

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

Electronic Components

1939

EF50 Valve, 1939

Electronic Components

1939

W2/700 Gas Aircraft Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1941

Overhead line wire-tensioning clamp

Telecommunications

1939

Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

Railway Maps & Plans

1939

Ice skating on the Serpentine

Photographs

1940-01-23

Secraphone secure telephone handset, about 1941

Telecommunications

1940-1941

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

"Morgan Lee" Paper Trimmer

Papermaking

1940

Ferranti Electric Mantel Clock

Time Measurement

1939

The 'Home' first aid case, England, 1939-1941

Therapeutics

1939-1941

Original cavity magnetron, developed by John Randa

Radio Communication

1940

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

Photographs

1940

Bubble Sextant MK IX

Aeronautics

1939-1941

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
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
'Bel' cream maker, Empire Jubilee Model. Patent No. 448775. Made in England, c. 1940.

'Bel' cream maker, Empire Jubilee Model. Patent No

Domestic Appliances

c. 1940

Sylvester, coal mining jacking

Coal Mining

c.1940

Surgical instrument set

Surgery

1939

Women's League of Health and Beauty

Photographs

1939-06-27

Fashion photograph

Photographs

c. 1940

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

Orthopaedics

1940

First War Baby gets his Gas Mask

Photographs

1939-09-13

The Old Bailey after bombing

Photographs

05-1941

Bar-Lock Typewriter

Printing & Writing

c. 1939

Electric kettle

Domestic Appliances

1940

Mill worker eating lunch

Photographs

1940-01-21

Desk pen set

Television

c. 1940

Joseph Kennedy and Lord Halifax at Westminster Abbey

Photographs

1940-09-03

Coronation Scot to tour United States and visit World's Fair

Photographs

1939

Moving-coil voltmeter

Electricity and Magnetism

1940