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Merlin 45 Aeroplane Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1940

Government issue field operation instrument set

Surgery

1940

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

Surveying

1940

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

German two-load left split-hook prosthesis attachment

Orthopaedics

c. 1940

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

Passenger Comforts

1940

Telephone lineman's headphone

Telecommunications

c.1940

Radio with Bakelite case

Plastics and Modern Materials

1940

cine projector

Cinematography

c.1940

telephone cable marker

Telecommunications

c. 1940

Imperial Typewriter Model 50, 1940

Printing & Writing

1940

Ice skating on the Serpentine

Photographs

1940-01-23

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

Photographs

1940

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

"Morgan Lee" Paper Trimmer

Papermaking

1940

Sylvester, coal mining jacking

Coal Mining

c.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

Woman in hat

Photographs

c. 1940

Model of German friction prop,

Coal Mining

c. 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

Marconi - BBC ribbon microphone

Radio Communication

c.1940

Original cavity magnetron, developed by John Randa

Radio Communication

1940

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mill worker

Photographs

1940-01-21

Left above knee peg leg made from leather and wood in Stalag VIIIB/344

Orthopaedics

1940

Shipyard workers

Photographs

1940-01-08

Firefighters

Photographs

1940-07-16

7x50 binocular with internal filters model CF41 se

Optics

1940

Fashion photograph

Photographs

c. 1940

Mill worker eating lunch

Photographs

1940-01-21

Joseph Kennedy and Lord Halifax at Westminster Abbey

Photographs

1940-09-03

Baker at work

Photographs

1940-01-15

Ferranti ARP Badge

Electricity Supply

1940

Collimator for measuring flatness of surfaces

Industrial Metrology

1940

Thickness dial gauge made by Thomas Mercer c1940.

Industrial Metrology

c. 1940

Model of German friction prop,

Coal Mining

c. 1940

Jiffy Vest Pocket roll film ca

Photographic Technology

c.1940

Set of chiropodial instruments in wooden case, by Scholl, En

Chiropody

1940

"Morgan Lee" Paper Trimmer

Papermaking

1940

Ferranti Ltd electric meter

Electricity Supply

c. 1940

Gas cooker and parts

Domestic Appliances

c.1940

Sylvester, coal mining jacking

Coal Mining

c.1940

Photograph of model of the Kodak factory

Photographs

c. 1940

Model 207.IFL shell fuse nosecap

Aeronautics

1940

McVitie Weston valve collection, GEC/Osram valve, type GU50

Electronic Components

c. 1940

Train driver

Photographs

1940-01-30

Welsh miner

Photographs

1940-01-28

Shipyard workers

Photographs

1940-01-08

Train driver

Photographs

1940-01-30