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Oertling chain-dial balance model No.J10 serial No

Science Teaching

1963

Oertling chain-dial balance model No.J10 serial No.12875, capacity 250g, complete with weights from 100g to 1g, total 250g, and tweezers in swing-out drawer in base, in an oversized fully-glazed wooden case. (The chain-dial reads 0 to 0.9g by 0.1g, and the swing of the pointer is calibrated 0 to 0.1g by 0.01g.)

Photograph contact sheet showing an elephant in a hotel pub

Photographs

1964-07-12

Photograph contact sheet titled 'Elephant goes drinking'. Caption on back reads: 'Frances the six year old elephant goes in the Bath Hotel, Great Yarmouth, for a pint of bitter'.

Victor Bulkhead Roadway electric lamp

Coal Mining

C.1960

Electric lamp, Victor Bulkhead Roadway, coal mining.

Control Data CDC 6600 super computer

Computing & Data Processing

1968

CDC 6600 Super Computer made by Control Data Limited, United States, 1968

Voigtlander Bessa Camera

Photographic Technology

1960-1965

Voigtlander Bessa 1 camera in case with accessories, including a Ferrania micro lamp, instruction booklet, flash unit in box and filter in box.

Ferranti model FM electric meter

Electricity Supply

1960

Ferranti Ltd model FM electric meter, 1960

Collection of Post Office Tele

Telecommunications

c.1970

Collection of Post Office Telegram equipment and archive material.

Veno’s Cough mixture. Card box

Industrial Chemistry

1970

Veno’s Cough mixture. Card box containing labelled glass bottle with metal lid.

Kodak Brownie Vecta Camera

Photographic Technology

1960-1965

Kodak Brownie Vecta camera in case, made by Kodak Limited.

Demonstration model steam engine.

Motive Power

1965

Demonstration model steam engine.

Two-Stage Rocket Launching Pad Toy

Space Technology

1960-1969

Toy two-stage rocket launching pad, made by Nomura.

Megger Major insulation tester, 6 range, hand cran

Electricity and Magnetism

1960-1969

Megger Major insulation tester, 6 range, hand cranked, cat.number 70151. Screw missing from base.

NBTS blood type cards

Public Health & Hygiene

1960

Set of eight unused NBTS 101 (rev. 1960) cards, 1960. Cards are colour coded for each blood group and there is one each for positive and negative blood types. A-yellow, O-blue, B-pink, AB-cream.

Fi-Cord 101 Portable Tape Recorder/Dictating Machine, 1965

Sound Reproduction

1965

Fi-Cord 101 Portable Tape Recorder/Dictating Machine by Fi-Cord International, Switzerland, 1965

Do not poison the air he breathes

Public Health & Hygiene

1960-1969

Poster with an anti-smoking message, featuring an illustration of a child with a teddy bear, looking up at a hand holding a cigarette with the message 'Do not poison the air he breathes', produced by the Central Council for Health Education, London, England, c1960-1969

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used by Mr W E Gray in the RAE 24 foot wind tunnel during investigation of the Concorde wing shape, by Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, 1960-1970

Bulova 'Accutron' electronic wristwatch, c. 1963.

Time Measurement

1960-1963

Bulova 'Accutron' tuning fork, controlled electric watch on sloping wooden stand, with one animated diagram illustrating its mode of operation, designed by Max Hetzel, made by the Bulova Watch Company, Inc., New York, United States, 1960-1963.

Programmer for Oramics Machine

Acoustics

1966

Programmer, part of the Oramics machine, designed and made by Daphne Oram and made by Graham Wrench, England, 1966. The Oramics Machine was used to create electronic synthesized music and developed by Daphne Oram. Daphne was a co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Manual for the telemetry system of the West Sole A Platform

Gas Industry

1960-1970

Manual titled: ‘Serck Control System- Electronic Supervisory System’, by Serck Controls Systems Division, England, 1960-1970

Sterlicon 5' cylindrical ready reckoner, c.1970..

Mathematics

c.1970

"Sterlicon 5" cylindrical calculator for sterling-decimal conversion

Drawing, ink and wash, Man-controlled sledge for t

Art

1967

Drawing, ink and wash, Man-controlled sledge for transporting timber, 19th - 20th century, by Vallance [1967]. One man with lever handbrake. Design for the Science Museum land transport gallery (1967-1996), 32 x 37 cm.

Fresnel lens

Glass Technology

1968

Fresnel lens, 1968

Baby Calculator', c.1960.

Mathematics

c.1960

`Baby Calculator' stylus adding device by Glenview, Illinois, USA, c. 1960. With suede pouch and steel selector

Handley Page HP115 wind tunnel model

Farnborough

about 1960

Handley Page HP115 wind tunnel model made of wood and resin with moveable control surfaces. The model was used at RAE Farnborough in the 1960s.

Airfix model, Orion spacecraft

Space Technology

1969

Airfix Orion 2001 spacecraft model, original issue 1969.

sunny worthing

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1961

Poster, British Railways (Southern Region), Sunny Worthing, printed in England at the Baynard Press, 1961. With a painting of a blonde woman soaking up the sun.

Greenwich Time Service equipment

Time Measurement

1965-1970

Representative sample of the equipment used for maintaining the Greenwich Time Service from about 1965 to 1990 comprising six racks of electronic equipment, two end doors, five rear doors, three covers, printer and sign

Elizabeth Taylor leaves the London Clinic

Photographs

1963-01-23

A photograph of Elizabeth Taylor (b. 1927) leaving the London Clinic, taken in January 1963 by Randle for the Daily Herald.

hampshire - arrive earlier by train

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1963

Poster, British Railways (Southern Region), "Hampshire - Arrive Earlier by Train" by Bromfield. Depicts a photograph of a young woman model in a red and white striped top and skimpy shorts, with a background of leaves and pine cones. At bottom left is a duffel bag with stickers for the Hampshire tourist destinations of Portsmouth & Southsea, Romsey, Lymington, New Milton, Bounremouth, the Isle of Wight and Winchester. At bottom right is an illustration of Winchester Cathedral. Printed in Great Britain by Gilbert Whitehead and Company Ltd, 1963

Pepys Series 'Astronaut' card game

Space Technology

1960-1970

Pepys Series 'Astronaut' Card Game, c1960s. Full deck of 44 cards in original box with instruction leaflet.

Bottle of Stilboestrol tablets, London, England, c.1960-1970

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1970

Glass bottle of Stilboestrol tablets, by Organon Laboratories Ltd., London

Working model of an NSU Wankel rotary engine

Road Transport

1969

Working model of an NSU Wankel rotary engine, sectioned.

Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment package - full size model

Space Technology

1968

Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment package - full size model

Tom & Jerry Animation Cel

Cinematography

1964

Tom and Jerry animation drawing showing Tom wearing shorts and stretching a catapult.

Not just a clean face or clean hands. An all-over wash every day makes you sparkle

Public Health & Hygiene

1960-1969

Poster, with a personal hygiene and cleanliness message, featuring cartoon images of two children and the message 'An all-over wash every day makes you sparkle', produced by the Central Council for Health Education, London, England, c. 1960-1969

Great Ditrigonal Dodecicosidodecahedron semi-regul

Mathematics

1963-1965

Great Ditrigonal Dodecicosidodecahedron semi-regular solid, one of 43 uniform non-convex polyhedron models, made of coloured card by Mr R. Buckley, c.1965.

Linotype Elektron

Printing & Writing

1962

Linotype Elektron made by Linotype & Machinery Ltd, 1962.

Photograph of 'Max', first gorilla born at a West German zoo

Photographs

1965-08-23

Photograph titled 'Photograph of 'Max', first gorilla born at a West German zoo'. Caption on back reads: '"Max", the first baby gorilla to be born in a West German zoo, made his debut before press photographers at Frankfurt Zoo recently. For the occasion Max was wearing baby-like clothing. The baby gorilla, who was born on the 22nd June, 1965, is being looked after by keeper Garhard Podolczak and his wife. The Sun/Central Press Photos Ltd.

Sectioned Example of a 'Ball Pentel' pen, combination fibre and ball tip pen

Printing & Writing

1962

one sectioned example of a "Ball Pentel" pen, combination fibre and ball tip pen, 1972

Procion Dyes – Dyeing, ICI, 1966

Industrial Chemistry

1966

Dye book, ‘Procion Dyes – Dyeing’, by ICI Limited, England, 1966

Model Eimco 21 rocker shovel

Coal Mining

1966

Model Eimco 21 rocker shovel, by Mr K A Chubb, 1966

Model of a Saturn V rocket, Airfix 1:144 scale kit

Space Technology

1969

Model, Apollo Saturn V rocket, Airfix, scale 1:144, made from kit - Series 9; pattern number SK911 (First moon landing 21st July 1969), 1969.

Smith's impulse tachometer type RV 15410/00 for 4 cylinder

Road Transport

1966

Smith's impulse tachometer type RV 15410/00 for 4 cylinder, negative earth engine, c. 1966

British Railways electric locomotive Bo-Bo Class 84, No 84001, 1960

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1960

Electric locomotive, British Railways, Class 84 Bo-Bo No. 84001, built by North British Locomotive Company, 1960.

"Lakeland Fotocol" Colouring Set

Photographic Technology

1960-1969

"Lakeland Fotocol" photographic colouring set by British Pens Limited, with an accompanying set of six twin colour pencils. The box opens to provide a portable easel and includes an instruction leaflet, coloured examples to follow and a black and white picture of a basket of kittens to colour. One photograph has been coloured, presumably by the previous owner.

BMW Isetta 300 Microcar, 1961. Reg No 27 CAC.

Road Transport

1961

BMW Isetta 300 Microcar, 1961. Registration No. 27 CAC.

V180 Duo Cine Film Viewer

Photographic Technology

1970

Bolex editor-viewer for cine film, 7-in screen.

TAG certified hydrometer 60-70 API in cardboard ca

Experimental Chemistry

1960-1970

TAG certified hydrometer 60-70 API in cardboard case, by C.J. Tagiabue MFG. Company, Brooklyn, New York.

DEC PDP-8 minicomputer, 1965.

Computing & Data Processing

1965

Spare circuit boards and mounts for Digital Equipment Corporation PDP - 8 minicomputer serial no.857, 1965

Pointed tool, bronze, Egyptian, 2000BC-500AD

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-500

Pointed tool, bronze, Egyptian, 2000BC-500AD