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Exakta Varex Camera

Photographic Technology

1955

Douglas Dragonfly motor cycle, 1956

Road Transport

1956

Bean slicer, c.1960

Domestic Appliances

c. 1960

Tin of 'Casco' casein glue, grade A dry powder to be mixed quickly with water. Manufactured in Great Britain by Leicester, Lovell & Co. Ltd., Ebley Mills, Stroud, Gloucestershire. c. 1955.

Assorted paint and glue pots, 1950s.

Domestic Appliances

c. 1955

Coat-of-arms, British Transport Commission, full achievement, carved beechwood, c. 6'x4', c. 1956 - 7, originally ex Euston House.

British Transport Commission coat of arms

Railway Heraldry

1956

Headboard, British Railways (Eastern Region), "The Fair Maid", polished letters on navy blue background, between London Kings Cross, Edinburgh Waverley and Perth, an extension and renaming of "Morning Talisman" from 1957.

headboard - the fair maid

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1957

Ferranti model FKt meter

Electricity Supply

c 1960

Short Belfast aircraft model being prepared

Farnborough

c. 1960

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Shadow test model of Tu-4, c 1950.

Farnborough

1955-1960

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Zenith Royal 1000 transistor radio, 1960

Radio Communication

1960

Pye 'Caprice' am/fm radio, model R31, c. 1959

Pye 'Caprice' AM/FM radio

Radio Communication

c. 1959

Oertling Microbalance model 141, serial no.45030 i

Experimental Chemistry

1959-1960

Leaflet relating to flies and health, London, England, 1958

Public Health & Hygiene

1958

Handbill for the film 'Holiday in Spain'

Cinematography

1960

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Image intensifier tube, Netherlands, 1955-1960

Radiomedicine

1955-1960

Demonstration of Nielsen Instantaneous Audimeter for the Larkins

Photographs

27 February 1959

'Super Pag' atomiser and inhaler, England, 1956-1957

Therapeutics

1956-1957

Stereoscopic binocular microscope, with horizontal

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1955-1960

Set of 4 Tate hydrometers (Standard saccharometers

Experimental Chemistry

1960

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Elliott G-PAC analogue computer, with operational amplifiers

Computing & Data Processing

1957

Eyelevel solid body camera for 828 rollfilm 28 x 40mm. Fitted with a Kodak Anaston lens, coated f/5.6. Shutter 25/50. Single control calibrated 1-11. front cell focusing. Direct vision optical finder. Disc calculator on back - calibrated for light settings, weather and film types. Kodachrome, Kodacolor, black and white. Film type indicator. Coaxial flash socket. Kodak Limited. Exposure panel on back. Serial No 130270.

Kodak Bantam Colorsnap camera

Photographic Technology

1955

Extraction of vegetable oils and fats

Industrial Chemistry

1955

Imperial 66 typewriter M no. 6F33013, c. 1960

Printing & Writing

1960

Cotton Dyeing Caledon and Durindone Dyes, ICI, 1959

Industrial Chemistry

1959

Kolster Brandes Royal Star television receiver

Television

1958

Buffet crockery

Photographs

c. 1955

Woman next to a car

Photographs

c. 1960

Man fastening woman's necklace

Photographs

c. 1957

Cards, cake and coffee

Photographs

c. 1955

Lampshades

Photographs

c. 1955

Royal visit to the Nepalese Embassy

Photographs

1960

A proof of a front page of the Daily Herald is printed

Photographs

1956

Family in a bedroom

Photographs

c. 1957

Kitten drinking milk through a straw

Photographs

1957-08-06

Replica fuel element for Jason reactor. The real fuel element is an aluminium box (as is the dummy) but the 16 fuel plates are made of 80% enriched U235 clad in an aluminium skin. This makes the actual fuel element much heavier than the dummy. The dummy fuel element was used in demonstrations for training men at the Naval college and for showing to visitors. Made 1958-1959.

Replica fuel element for Jason reactor

Nuclear Energy

1958-1959

Extraction of vegetable oils and fats, 1955

Industrial Chemistry

1955

0.4" Edge Burring after cutting down

Printing & Writing

1957

Box containing six polythene ampoules each to prep

Experimental Chemistry

c. 1960

Models showing the fission of uranium 235.

Nuclear Physics

1958

Automatic building level, British, 1957

Surveying

1957

Pye 13 channel television adaptor, type F124, in o

Radio Communication

1955

Made in Germany for Realist Inc, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stereo camera for 35mm film 23x23mm square. Steiheil Cassar S lenses, F:35mm, f/3.5-16, Nos 1423652, 1426554. Vero shutters 25/50/100/200/B. Direct vision optical finder. Film type reminder. Using instructions, exposure tables etc on bottom. Lever wind. 'Hot' accessory shoe. Enamel exposure table. Neck strap. Serial No 357819 257. In everready case.

Iloca Stereo Rapid camera

Photographic Technology

1955