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Two bifurcated needles used for smallpox vaccination

Public Health & Hygiene

1968

2 Bifurcated needles for use in smallpox vaccination

Bell & Howell Autoload 308 cine camera, 1968

Cinematography

1968

Cine camera for Super 8 film cartridges; Bell & Howell Zoom lens F:10.5-26.5mm, f/1.9, reflex finder; auto or manual exposure. Foldaway handle. Serial No 8413567. Made in Japan. Electrically driven, it runs at 18 frames/second. There is also a single-frame option.

Black-and-white television

Television

c.1968

Black-and-white television made by Murphy Radio Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, c.1968.

Telescopic 'dressing sticks'

Orthopaedics

1968

Two telescopic 'dressing sticks', designed for use by completely armless (amelic) people or those with very short arms (phocomelia), with an S-shaped tip which can be located in a trouser zip, held in the mouths of amelic people, or in the hands or people with short arms, also used to pull-up trousers and tuck-in shirt tails, originally made from a telescopic car aerial and stethoscope tubing, originally designed by Dr. Ian Fletcher in 1959, modifed by Steeper c. 1968.

Empty glass Dettol bottle

Glass Technology

1968

One of ten assorted glass containers. Marked "DETTOL" on base. "Tea spoons" and "table spoons" scales on each side of the container.

Port wine bottle, c. 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Port wine bottle, c. 1968

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981

Vitreosil translucent basin, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Vitreosil (vitreous fused quartz) translucent basin, 1968

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Control Data CDC 6600 super computer

Computing & Data Processing

1968

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

Rack from Empress telephone exchange, 1968

Telecommunications

1968

Rack from Empress PCM Tandem Exchange, made by the Post Office Research Centre, Dollis Hill, London, England, 1968

Rack of equipment from Empress (West Kensington) PCM tandem exchange, 1968

Telecommunications

1968

Rack of equipment from Empress (West Kensington) PCM tandem exchange, made by the Post Office Research Centre, Dollis Hill, London, England, 1968. In public service 11 September 1968 to 21 May 1975

Blue flint glass cullet, 1968.

Glass Technology

1968

Two pieces of blue flint glass cullet, 1968

Apollo 11 laser retro-reflector, 1969.

Space Technology

1968

Apollo 11 laser retro-reflector - full size model

Stylophone electronic organ

Acoustics

1968

Stylophone; a 6 1/2" x 3 3/4" electronic "mini organ".

Piece of glass 10" x 5" showing sandblasting, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Piece of glass 10" x 5" showing sandblasting, 1968

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-500

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

Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment package - full size model

Space Technology

1968

Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment package - full size model

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Prototype workbench, c 1968.

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1968

An example of the ‘Multyplex’ workbench, c.1976-77. This workbench was held to infringe Ron Hickman’s patent on the ‘Workmate’ bench design (British Patent No. 1267032) in a court case during 1976-77. This example is without its supporting legs.

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

Glass doorstop, 1968.

Glass Technology

1968

Glass doorstop, hand-made, mouth-blown, 1968

aircraft kit; educational toy; model

Domestic Appliances

1968

Plastic aircraft kit and box. Pan Am Jumbo Jet Boeing 747, unassembled, by Aurora, 1968. (Victoria & Albert Museum number Misc 584-1990).

locomotive nameplate - dauntless

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1968

Locomotive Nameplate, British Railways, "Dauntless", aluminium, ex BR Class 50, No.50048, built 1968.

control console for CDC 6600 super computer, 1968

Computing & Data Processing

1968

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

Shatter pattern of toughened glass, 1968.

Glass Technology

1968

Shatter pattern of toughened glass, 1968

Pink lamp shade, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Pink lamp shade, 1968

Model of a Penrose staircase

Optics

1968

'A model of a Penrose staircase' by May and Baker Ltd., Dagenham, Greater London, England, 1968

Superconducting magnet, United Kingdom, 1968

Biochemistry

1968

First superconducting magnet with cryostat used in nuclear magnetic resonance studies in biochemistry, made by Oxford Instrument Company Ltd., (Serial I 792), 1968

Handbill for screening of 'Ice Station Zebra'

Cinematography

1968

Handbill for a screening of the film 'Ice Station Zebra' in Cinerama at the London Casino.

Sir John Betjeman

Photographs

17 January 1968

Silver gelatin print with cardboard mount, by Godfrey Argent, dated 17 January 1968. Portrait of Poet Laureate and critic Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984). Photographer's stamp on verso.

Bottle in green (Cr-Cu),(chromium and copper) c. 1

Glass Technology

c. 1968

Bottle in green (Cr-Cu),(chromium and copper) c. 1968

Sheet of blue Vitrolite (4" x 6"), one of six, fro

Glass Technology

1968

Sheet of blue Vitrolite (4" x 6"), one of six, from the Pilkington Museum, 1968.

Replica of Clayfield's mercurial holder, Leeds, England, 1968

Laboratory Medicine

1968

Replica of Clayfield's mercurial airholder c.1800

Glass bottle, octagonal pyramid shape

Glass Technology

1968

One of 10 assorted bottles and jars, 1968

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Aragonite slab with 7 holes for cosmetic ointments, each labelled in hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 1991BC-1786BC

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma, showing his withered right leg, plaster copy of Egyptian original, 2000-1001BC. Made in Dantes Plad in Copenhagen (Denmark).

Synacril Dyes for Acrylic Fibre, ICI, 1968

Industrial Chemistry

1968

Dye book, ‘Synacril Dyes for Acrylic Fibre’, by ICI Limited, England, 1968

empty glass bottle

Glass Technology

1968

One of nine assorted glass containers. Marked "AA36 S UGB 1" on edge of base.

A coffee percolator, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Coffee percolator in glass ceramic, 1968

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

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

Ferranti electric meter

Electricity Supply

1968

Ferranti electric meter, 1968

Oertling R20 single pan balance, capacity 200gms,

Experimental Chemistry

1968

Oertling R20 single pan balance, capacity 200gms, Serial No. 23904, made 1968, grey metal case with a black glass floor.

slab of cast glass, 12" x 8" x 1", 1968

Glass Technology

1968

slab of cast glass, 12" x 8" x 1", 1968

CAV 'F100' filter agglomerator, on beech (wood) base

Road Transport

1968

CAV "F 100" filter agglomerator comprising CAV "FS" filter for use with diesel fuel or petrol, with paper filter element part number 7111/296, and CAV "Filtrap 120" sedimenter, DES No.583 (6A100), October 1968

12 inch cathode ray tube, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

12 inch cathode ray tube, 1968

Handbill for the film '2001'

Cinematography

1968

Handbill for a screening of the film '2001' at the Astoria, Brighton.

Pair of plastic spectacles in velvetine lined brow

Optics

c. 1968

Pair of plastic spectacles in velvetine lined brown case, Clement Clarke Ltd., Bridgewater, c.1968

IME 86-S electronic calculator, serial number 5140

Computing & Data Processing

1968

IME 86-S electronic calculator, serial number 51405753, manufactured by Industria Macchine Elettroniche, Rome, c. 1968

Couple pose with escape artist in background

Photographs

c. 1968

Colour transparency of a fashionable couple taken by Photographic Advertising Limited, c. 1968. In the background a street entertainer attempts to escape from a sack.