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African American soldiers court martialled at Paignton

Photographs

15 october 1943

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

Singer surgical stitching instrument

Surgery

1943

Carbon steering vane from V2 rocket

Space Technology

1944

Ferranti type FH electric meter

Electricity Supply

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

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Marconi - BBC ribbon microphone

Radio Communication

c.1940

Vial for Penicillin sodium salt

Biotechnology

1944
Radio set containing original printed circuit boards, by Paul Eisler, Europe, 1942

Radio set containing original printed circuit boards

Radio Communication

1942

Barograph

Meteorology

1941

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

H2S Mk.IIc airborne ground-scanning radar installation, c.1943

Radio Communication

1943

Manual transposition cipher 'Rasterschlüssel 44'

Mathematics

after 1944

BBC 'Midget' Portable Disc Recorder

Radio Communication

1944

Certificate presented by St John Ambulance Association, England, 1942

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1942

Couple with baby

Photographs

1940-01-30

Sylvester, coal mining jacking device. C.1940

Coal Mining

c.1940

Britannic Calculating Machine

Collection Unassigned

c. 1940

Moving-coil d.c. milliammeter model 505 serial no.800624

Electricity and Magnetism

1944

"0-2" Bench Micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1944

non-electric dry shaver

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1942

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1942

Balloon theodolite MkII by E.R. Watts and Son

Meteorology

1943

Mazda ATP4 Thermionic Valve

Electronic Components

1940

Aneroid altimeter by Wallace & Tiernan Products Inc

Surveying

1940

Emergency Blood Transfusion Service card

Public Health & Hygiene

1941

Tensiometer S.M.E.MK IV Serial no.56

Farnborough

1942

"Stepnada" 7 x 30 binocular

Optics

c. 1940

Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh rehearse The Skin of Our Teeth

Photographs

1944

Gas cooker and parts made by Sidney Flavel & Co. Ltd

Domestic Appliances

c.1940

Bunting Yacht-Design Electric Heater

Domestic Appliances

1944

Personality Test, Australia, 1943

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1943

BASF German Military Tape from WWII

Television

1944

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Orthopaedics

1940

Mill worker eating lunch

Photographs

1940-01-21

An audience of children at a Punch and Judy show

Photographs

1944

BBC LSU/4A Wartime Austerity Loudspeaker

Television

1942

Dipole Unit associated with the H2S Mk.IIC installation unit

Radio Communication

1943

PSU for MCR1 'Biscuit Tin' Radio

Television

1943

Model 207.IFL shell fuse nosecap

Aeronautics

1940

Phillips neon lamp

Lighting

c. 1940
A.R.P. whistle, on link chain with button clip. Made by J. Hudson & Co. Barr St., Hockley, Birmingham. c. 1942

ARP whistle

Public Health & Hygiene

c. 1942

Caligraphic decor, Chungking

Photographs

1944

Box with Projector Parts

Photographic Technology

1941

Model of German friction prop

Coal Mining

c. 1940

Sangamo Weston D.C Ammeter

Farnborough

1944

Slab of solid Ca alginate foam

Materials Science Gallery

1944