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Vessel for growing mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1940-1944

Penicillin powder in bottle

Biotechnology

1942

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

Road Transport

c.1942

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

Surveying

1940

Engine assembly from V2 rocket

Space Technology

1944

Glass bottle of penicillin powder

Biotechnology

1943

Imperial Typewriter Model 50, 1940

Printing & Writing

1940

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1941

Radio with Bakelite case

Plastics and Modern Materials

1940

travel guide - on either side

Library Collections

1939; 1946

German two-load left split-hook prosthesis attachment

Orthopaedics

c. 1940

Telephone lineman's headphone set

Telecommunications

c.1940

'Picture Post' magazine. March 6, 1943

Domestic Appliances

1943

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1939

Government issue field operation instrument set

Surgery

1940

MW valve radio receiver

Radio Communication

1939

Underground telephone cable marker

Telecommunications

c.1940

Baby's gasmask of khaki green rubber with metal frame

Plastics and Modern Materials

1939

Overhead line wire-tensioning clamp

Telecommunications

1939

Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

Railway Maps & Plans

1939

Sylvester, coal mining jacking device

Coal Mining

c.1940

Mullard EF50 Valve, 1939

Electronic Components

1939

Glass ampoules of penicillin

Therapeutics

1944

Artificial right arm

Orthopaedics

1943

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1939

Saucer, ceramic, by Alfred Meakin

Passenger Comforts

1940

Bubble Sextant MK IX

Aeronautics

1939-1941
Steam locomotive, No C1, Q1 Class, 0-6-0, Southern Railway, designed by O V Bulleid, built at Brighton in 1942, withdrawn in 1964.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

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1942

"Morgan Lee" Paper Trimmer

Papermaking

1940

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

Electronic Components

1939

Wartime utility AC four valve radio set

Radio Communication

c.1944

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

Cinematography

c.1940

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

Railway Models

1939

Positioning in Radiography

Radiomedicine

1942

Telechrome tube

Television

1944

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

Photographs

1940

Original cavity magnetron

Radio Communication

1940

Set of chiropodial instruments in wooden case

Chiropody

1940

Secraphone secure telephone handset, about 1941

Telecommunications

1940-1941

Petri dish showing the effect of Penicillin on bacteria, United Kingdom, 1944

Biotechnology

1944

First War Baby gets his Gas Mask

Photographs

1939-09-13

Moving-coil voltmeter model 505 serial no.323683 by E.T.E.I. Ltd.

Electricity and Magnetism

1940

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

Biotechnology

1942-1943

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

Therapeutics

1939-1941

Ice skating on the Serpentine

Photographs

1940-01-23

An Anderson Shelter

Photographs

c. 1939
'Bel' cream maker, Empire Jubilee Model. Patent No. 448775. Made in England, c. 1940.

'Bel' cream maker

Domestic Appliances

c. 1940

Eileen Dunne

Photographs

1940

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Merlin 45 Aeroplane Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1940