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Penicillin powder in bottle

Biotechnology

1942

F2/2 axial-flow compressor

Aircraft Propulsion

1942

Co-ordination test apparatus, Cambridge, England, 1942

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1942

Penicillin powder, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1942

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

Mass of coins, collection of pennies and sixpences welded together as a result of bombing raid in 1942, found at York Station.

welded coins

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1942

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Positioning in Radiography

Radiomedicine

1942

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Diorama showing trephination in Neolithic times, England, 1942

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1942

Steam locomotive, No 33001, Q1 Class, 0-6-0, Southern Railway, designed by O V Bulleid, built at Brighton in 1942, withdrawn in 1964.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

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Certificate presented by St John Ambulance Association, England, 1942

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1942

Plaster copy of flask, part of C16 European alchem

Laboratory Medicine

1942

Alchemist's alembic

Laboratory Medicine

1942

Screw pitch measuring machine 3"x7". Designed by N

Industrial Metrology

1942

"Whidbourne" Stroboscope made by Baird & Tatlock (

Aeronautics

1942

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

No1 Dress RAF Officer's trousers

Aeronautics

1942

non-electric dry shaver

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1942

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1942

light bulb - lamp, incandescent: gas-filled

Lighting

c. 1942

Dehydrated blood for wounded in North Africa

Photographs

20 November 1942

Acoustic and Solar Circular Slide Rule, 1942

Oceanography

1942

Electrical meter

Electricity Supply

1942

Tensiometer S.M.E. MK V Serial No.52

Farnborough

1942

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

Radio set containing original printed circuit boards

Radio Communication

1942

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

Farnborough

1942

Screw pitch caliper with a Boxford dial gauge, sto

Industrial Metrology

1942

Model of alchemist's alembic

Pharmacy-ware

1942; 1501-1600

Gold visibility meter MK IA, circa 1942

Meteorology

c. 1942

Two wartime coloured wax pencils manufactured to Utility requirements, c. 1942

Two wartime coloured wax pencils manufactured to U

Printing & Writing

1942

1942 edition of Ulysses by James Joyce.

Ulysses

Printing & Writing

1942

Rude's star identifier A-N type 1 date c. 1942

Astronomy

1942

Print advertisement for Cine-Kodak cameras and projectors

Cinematography

1942

Unipivot galvanometer serial no.L137843

Electricity and Magnetism

1942

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Visibility Meter Mark IB, 1942

Meteorology

1942

photograph, waste paper

Art

1942

Southern Mixed Traffic Locomotives "Merchant Navy" class - Naming Ceremony of Orient Line

Documents

1942

We are the ATC

Art

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of French actress Alice Delysia (Alice Henriette Lapize) (1889-1979), entertaining troops in the Middle East during the Second World War.

Alice Delysia

Photographs

ca. 1942

1942-current (2014), scientist, English; British

Hawking, Stephen

1942 - 2018

Alon, Roy

1942 - 2006

Hawking, Stephen William

1942 - 2018

1942-1957, government department, British

Ministry of Fuel and Power

1942 - 1957

1942-1999, photographer, India, Paris, London, New York

Singh, Raghubir

1942 - 1999