Glass Technology
1968
One of a collection of glass ampoules, 1968
Glass container, 1 of 18, supplied by Wood Bros. Ltd., Barnsley, England, 1968
Time Measurement
1972
Atomic clock, Hewlett Packard caesium beam frequency standard type 5061A, No. 418, 1972. Atomic clock used at the National Physical Laboratory to define the UK’s time scale from 1972-1997. It contributed to the generation of the world’s time, known as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by the International Time Bureau (until 1988) and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (after 1988).
Road Transport
c.1967
Lucas type L695 tail lamp assembly, c. 1967, combined stop lamp, tail lamp, direction indicator lamp, reflex reflector, and reversing lamp, size 11" x 4.25", flush fitting
Coal Mining
1970
Model mine car cleaner in wooden case, showing brush, tub and housing. C.1970, coal mining.
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Locomotive Nameplate, British Railways, "Dauntless", aluminium, ex BR Class 50, No.50048, built 1968.
Computing & Data Processing
Belling-Lee Radio Frequency Interference Filter. Type L1422. Cable with possiblly an adoptor head is attached to the object, though not shown in the photo.
Industrial Chemistry
1973
Two tubes of "Harmony" hair dye, in packets, 1973
Civil Engineering
1967
British Standard sieve to "BS 410", copper frame, 8 inch diameter with 152 micron (100 mesh) woven brass wire mesh (1967) by G & S (serial no.S 4855)
Faceplate of C.R.T. which can be used for contact printing, 1968
Telecommunications
Telephone handset, dial, olive, model 'Berlin' made by Krone, W. Germany, 1973
Public Health & Hygiene
1971
Dried human plasma by Lister Institute, Britain, 1971. Bottle is graduated in millimetres and has a foil covered cap.
Optics
1970-1973
Strip of graded spectrum interference filter, type SGS1 by Barr and Stroud Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, 1970-1973, sandwiched between two pieces of glass.
Photographs
26 Agugust 1969
The Sun photograph by Jones titled 'Auto bank unit in London's Oxford Street'. Caption on back reads: Central London's most modern Bank opens today complete with two-way closed-circuit T.V. and a 24 hour cash dispenser. O.P.S. Miss Kathy Morrisroe a bank teller seen at the automatic Unit.
Green hand-pressed glass ornament, in the form of a shell, 1968
High precision thermometer for the petroleum industry, 1968
Piece of channel section constructional glass ("Profilit"), 1968
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
1974
Electric locomotive, No 87001, Class 87, Bo-Bo wheel arrangement, built by British Rail Engineering Limited, Crewe, 1974.
Railway Uniform & Costume
Railway uniform trousers, British Railways, Guard, 1972.
Glass to metal matched seal, 1968
Part of funnels and tubes for rayon spinning, 1968
Piece of armour plate glass, one of two, with coloured vitreous enamel applied to surface by spraying, 1968
Sample, 1968
part of a selection of glass to metal mis-matched seals, 1968
Railway Stamps & Covers
1968-10
Commemorative cover, paper, A final tribute to the steam locomotive, October 1968. Cover marks the Moorlands Rail Tour, the last steam train between Liverpool and Carlisle, and depicts Flying Scotsman. Posted on 26 October 1968 in the on-train post box. Bears 4d postage stamp.
Sound Reproduction
Shure Trackability Test Record TTR-101 (33 1/3 r.p.m.) by Shure Brothers Inc, USA, 1967
Space Technology
Sample of metal foil insulation, used as part of space travel.
Railway Models
Model railway wagon, 33mm gauge, private owner 5-plank 10 ton open, Clay Cross No 1829, 1913, built by J P Richards, 1974.
Agricultural Engineering
BROTT flail type lawnmower, American design built in UK under licence, 1972
Sinclair Cambridge Memory Electronic Calculator 1974
Surgery
1968-1969
Bottle for Starr-Edwards mitral and aortic artificial heart valves, used, possibly English, 1968-1969
Experimental Chemistry
1969
Varian T60 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer; 60Mhz continuous wave, with permanent magnet. Made by Varian, Zurich, in 1969. Used in the Chemistry Dept, University College London, from 1970 to 1990, as the universal standard for undergraduate teaching and routine research. Also used by Prof Peter Garratt for research into aromaticity and annulenes in the early 1970s.
Apollo 11 laser retro-reflector - full size model
Fresnel lens, 1968
Orthopaedics
1967-1970
2 Plaster casts of a child patient's left foot, marked "Kevin Smith", from the Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital, Alton, Hampshire, England, 1967-1970.
12 inch cathode ray tube, 1968
Aeronautics
Section of Boeing 747 (cut from 747-SR-46 supplied to Japan Air Lines 21/12/73)
Sinclair Executive Electronic Pocket Calculator (cutaway for exhibition)
Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
Four items relating to Ponderax (fenfluramine) and Servier Laboratories Ltd. Comprising: Mark 2 Skinfold Calipers in plastic casing, "Obesity its Causation and Treatment" booklet, Ponderax and Servier Unit Eating Guide, Sales letter to Ann Dally from Servier Labs Ltd. From effects of psychiatrist Ann Dally.
Cinematography
c. 1972
Animation cel and background from the animated television series 'The Jackson 5ive'. The Jackson Five dressed in purple suits with white spots. Made by Halas and Batchelor, c.1972.
Textiles Machinery
c. 1970
The cop stand.
Left upper limb prosthesis for a child with a very short arm and small hand, three fingers, (absent thumb and index). Two valves are sited on the inner side of the socket, operated by the rudimentary fingers. CO2 gas powered 'Otto Bock' split-hook. There is a strip of reversed chrome leather on the under surface of the forearm and on the elbow ball, to prevent the limb sliding when the child is resting on a desk or table. Made by Steeper c. 1972.
Royal Observer Corps beret made by Kangol Wear Limited, 1967. Worn by 13553 Clement C Rutter.
Nuclear Physics
'Laserline' laser alignment levelling instrument by Marconi-Elliott Avionic Systems Ltd., Borehamwood, Herts, England, 1971.
part of lamp shade in 3-ply fluoride opal glass with sample disc of same glass, 1968
Model railway wagon, 33mm gauge, private owner 6-plank 10 ton open coal, Chas. Jeffs no 2 of 1908, built by J P Richards, 1974.
Electronic f 300 Hz Seamaster Chronometer wrist watch made by Omega, of Bienne, Switzerland, with escapement made by Bulova controlled by an electrically maintained tuning fork, sold new in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1972
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait from the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind". Showing Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler. Still SIP-108-P432.
Injection moulding in glass-filled polyphenylene oxide, 1968
