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Glass bottle of penicillin powder

Biotechnology

1943

Artificial right arm

Orthopaedics

1943

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1941

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

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1942

Positioning in Radiography

Radiomedicine

1942

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

Road Transport

c.1942

Penicillin powder in bottle

Biotechnology

1942

Samaritans SIGN, 1943

Telecommunications

1943

F2/2 axial-flow compressor

Aircraft Propulsion

1942

W2/700 Gas Aircraft Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1941

'Picture Post' magazine. March 6, 1943

Domestic Appliances

1943

F2/1 jet engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1941
Steam locomotive, No 33001, Q1 Class, 0-6-0, Southern Railway, designed by O V Bulleid, built at Brighton in 1942, withdrawn in 1964.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 (according to H C Casserley).

Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No 33001, 1942

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1942

The Old Bailey after bombing

Photographs

05-1941

Poster to recruit blood donors during the Second World War

Public Health & Hygiene

1943

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

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

Biotechnology

1942-1943

Co-ordination test apparatus, Cambridge, England, 1942

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1942

Singer surgical stitching instrument

Surgery

1943

Tube of 'Penicillin Snuff', Liverpool, England, 1942-1943

Biotechnology

1942-1943

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
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

non-electric dry shaver

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1942

Acrylic cockpit canopy of the type used on Spitfire Mk V, c1

Plastics and Modern Materials

1941-1943
Turbojet, six-stage axial flow compressor, single stage turbine, Westinghouse model-19A ‘Yankee’ aero engine: original outline design by Dr. Stewart Way at Westinghouse Research Laboratories and detailed design by Westinghouse steam turbine division and built by Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, United States of America, 1943. The Westinghouse model-19A ‘Yankee’ was the first jet engine to be designed and built in the United States of America.

Westinghouse Turbo-jet model-19A 'Yankee'

Aircraft Propulsion

1943
Radio set containing original printed circuit boards, by Paul Eisler, Europe, 1942

Radio set containing original printed circuit boards

Radio Communication

1942

Children drawing on the pavement

Photographs

1941-11-14
Wind tunnel model of the Spitfire Mk. I, by RAE [Royal Aircraft Establishment], Farnborough, Hampshire, England, 1941

Wind Tunnel Model of Spitfire Mark I

Farnborough

1941

Filming "This Happy Breed"

Photographs

20 July 1943

Japanese Piloted Bomb

Aeronautics

1943

Surgical instrument set and canvas bag, Europe, 1941

Surgery

1941

Dorothy Ward in the BBC radio show 'Happidrome'

Photographs

1943-04-26

Bottle of tetanus vaccine, 1941.

Public Health & Hygiene

1941-1943

Certificate presented by St John Ambulance Association, England, 1942

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1942

Deborah Kerr in "Love on the Dole"

Photographs

1941

Filming "This Happy Breed"

Photographs

20 July 1943

Print advertisment for Kodachrome Film

Cinematography

1941

Sample of 'Gordon aerolite flax re-inforced synthe

Farnborough

1941-1943

Filming "This Happy Breed"

Photographs

20 July 1943

Greeting card featuring two cartoons

Public Health & Hygiene

1941

Massage treatment called "Kini" for constipation,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1943

McVitie Weston valve collection, Philips valve, type C1C

Electronic Components

1943

Spare parts from projector

Photographic Technology

1941

Plaster copy of flask, part of C16 European alchem

Laboratory Medicine

1942

Suturing machine, United States, 1943

Surgery

1943

Advertisement for Kodak cameras and prints

Photographic Technology

1943

Mullard ECC31 Valve

Electronic Components

1942

St Paul's Cathedral

Photographs

c. 1943

Penicillin powder, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1942