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

Road Transport

c.1942

Pennies and sixpences welded together as a result of bombing raid in 1942, found at York Station

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1942

Government issue field operation instrument set

Surgery

1940

German two-load left split-hook prosthesis attachment

Orthopaedics

c. 1940

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

Surveying

1940

Penicillin powder in bottle

Biotechnology

1942

Merlin 45 Aeroplane Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1940

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

Passenger Comforts

1940

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1941

telephone cable marker

Telecommunications

c. 1940

Radio with Bakelite case

Plastics and Modern Materials

1940

Telephone lineman's headphone

Telecommunications

c.1940

F2/2 axial-flow compressor

Aircraft Propulsion

1942

W2/700 Gas Aircraft Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1941

F2/1 jet engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1941

cine projector

Cinematography

c.1940

Baker at work

Photographs

1940-01-15

Photograph of model of the Kodak factory

Photographs

c. 1940

Mill worker

Photographs

1940-01-21

Imperial Typewriter Model 50, 1940

Printing & Writing

1940

Co-ordination test apparatus, Cambridge, England, 1942

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1942

Shipyard workers

Photographs

1940-01-08

London taxi driver

Photographs

1940-01-08

Women on stage

Photographs

1940-01-05

Train driver

Photographs

1940-01-30

Welsh miner

Photographs

1940-01-28

Train driver

Photographs

1940-01-30

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

Photographs

1940

Surgical instrument set and canvas bag, Europe, 1941

Surgery

1941

Penicillin powder, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1942

Eileen Dunne

Photographs

1940

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

Orthopaedics

1940

Shipyard workers

Photographs

1940-01-08

Marconi - BBC ribbon microphone

Radio Communication

c.1940

Firefighters

Photographs

1940-07-16

Ice skating on the Serpentine

Photographs

1940-01-23

Fire crew

Photographs

1940-07-16

Shipyard worker

Photographs

1940-01-08

Steel worker

Photographs

1940

Welsh miner

Photographs

1940-01-28

Tinplate worker

Photographs

1940-01-28

Tinplate worker

Photographs

1940-01-28

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Set of playing cards with aeroplane designs

Penn-Gaskell Collection

1940

Original cavity magnetron, developed by John Randa

Radio Communication

1940
Radio set containing original printed circuit boards, by Paul Eisler, Europe, 1942

Radio set containing original printed circuit boards

Radio Communication

1942

Fashion photograph

Photographs

c. 1940

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

Orthopaedics

1940

Kiddies walk through wreckage of their homes at Liverpool

Photographs

1941