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Cottam power station control desk

Electricity Supply

1968

Control desk unit for coal mill and oil burners, 500MW power generation unit no.3, designed and commissioned by the Central Electricity Generating Board, Cottam power station, Nottinghamshire, 1968

Protector Lamp and Lighting Co

Coal Mining

1970

Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd type GR.6 miner's lamp with gas detector.

Robb The Most Powerful Ointment with its cardboard box packaging

Industrial Chemistry

1970

Robb The Most Powerful Ointment with its cardboard box packaging. Contains a leaflet on the product and a labeled glass jar of ointment with a metal lid. Made by Patterson Zochonis & Co. Ltd, 1970s

The Wolf Safety Lamp Co (Wm Maurice) Ltd type 7RMBS flame safety lamp with relighter and magnetic lock

Coal Mining

1971

The Wolf Safety Lamp Co (Wm Maurice) Ltd type 7RMBS flame safety lamp with relighter and magnetic lock, 1971

Miniature Electronic Pocket Calculator by Kovac model LE 808P

Computing & Data Processing

1970

Miniature Electronic Pocket Calculator by Kovac model LE 808P, 1970.

Two pieces of blue flint glass cullet

Glass Technology

1968

Two pieces of blue flint glass cullet, 1968

Container of Largactil 50mg tablets, London, England, 1971

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1971

1x50 container of Largactil 50mg tablets (chlorpromazine hydrochloride), by May and Baker, 1970-1985

Concorde wind tunnel model, 1969.

Farnborough

c. 1969

High speed wind tunnel model of early Concorde shape, string mounted. Tapping points upper surface of port wing, lower surface starboard wing.

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

"Ni 007" level

Surveying

1970

"Ni 007" level, serial no.200690, by Carl Zeiss, Jena. Cased, circa 1970

Veno’s Cough mixture. Card box

Industrial Chemistry

1970

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

Ffooks symbol cube for testing visual acuity in children

Ophthalmology

1970

Ffooks symbol cube for testing visual acuity in children, by Clement Clarke Ltd., English, 1970

Nuclear powered attack submarine, HMS 'Swiftsure'

Warships

1971

Model, ‘cut-away’, on starboard side, of H.M. Submarine (Nuclear Powered) of H.M.S. ‘Swiftsure’, by Paul Bowers, Hampshire, England, 1971

Leevers Rich E200 Audio Tape Recorder

Television

c.1970

Leevers Rich E200 audio tape recorder, Ser. No. 6201, c.1970. Mono transistor recorder in steel transportable console.

Crawford UV monitor type 760 by the Littlemore Sci. Eng. Co. Oxford

Optics

1960-1969 (estimated)

Crawford UV monitor type 760 by the Littlemore Sci. Eng. Co. Oxford, for measuring the ultraviolet component of light in the range 50 to 1600 microwatts per lumen, used at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales reputedly in the 1960s and early 1970s

Hewlett Packard HP 9810A programmable desktop calculator

Computing & Data Processing

1971

Hewlett-Packard 9810A programmable desktop calculator, with file of program cards HP

New SIlver Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1969

New Silver Robot with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1969

Video Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1971

Video Robot with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1971

Vitreosil translucent basin, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Vitreosil (vitreous fused quartz) translucent basin, 1968

Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd Type 6 flame miner's safety lamp

Coal Mining

1970

Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd Type 6 flame miner's safety lamp, 1970

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

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

Synchronous motor driven timeswitch with clockwork backup

Time Measurement

1970

Synchronous motor driven timeswitch with clockwork backup, for domestic use, type V Mk 5 SRS SEL, maker's no. M51743, contacts rated 80A, UK patent no.824687, by the Horstmann Gear Co Co. Ltd., Bath, England, also marked `Property of SEEB', dated 4/70 on adhesive label

Mr Zerox Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1970

Mr Zerox robot with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1970

BBC EP11/1 Commentator-operated Outside Broadcast Equipment

Television

1970-1971

BBC EP11/1 Commentator-operated OB Equipment, manufactured by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1970-1971. Mounted in a portable leather briefcase and contains all the necessary microphones, headphones, and interconnecting cables for use by a commentator on outside broadcasts. Full BBC number EP11/1/112.

Humidity recorder by Jules Richard Instruments(of which the drum does not rotate) with key and spare charts

Environmental Science & Technology

1970

Humidity recorder by Jules Richard Instruments(of which the drum does not rotate) with key and spare charts, 1970s.

110milEllimans Universal Embrocation

Industrial Chemistry

1970

110milEllimans Universal Embrocation. Card box containing labeled glass bottle with a plastic lid. Box has shop price label – ‘W J Atherton & Son, 75 Oxford Street, Manchester, 4/5d’.

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Super Astronaut Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1968-

Super astronaut robot with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1970s

Ten second Kern DKM1 transit theodolite

Surveying

1971

Ten second Kern DKM1 transit theodolite, in carrying case, 19791. By Kern & Co. AG, Aarau, Switzerland. HO 295

Quickfit & Quartz organic chemistry micro-preparat

Experimental Chemistry

c. 1970

Quickfit & Quartz organic chemistry micro-preparative set.

Parkinson Cowan Prince one universal gas cooker

Domestic Appliances

1969

Parkinson Cowan Prince one universal gas cooker, 1969

PEMCO model 5745 heart-lung machine by Pemco Inc

Surgery

c. 1970

PEMCO model 5745 heart-lung machine by Pemco Inc, c1970.

Orrery planetary model by the Trippensee Planetarium Company, 1968-9

Astronomy

1968-1969

Trippensee planetarium - a simple hand-operated orrery consisting of the Earth, Moon and Sun

CE 202 UV spectrophotometer by Cecil Instruments Ltd.

Experimental Chemistry

1970

CE 202 UV spectrophotometer by Cecil Instruments Ltd., Cambridge, 1970

Olivants Piccan. Batch No. 35 18-6-73

Industrial Chemistry

1970

Olivants Piccan. Batch No. 35 18-6-73. Card box containing labelled glass bottle with plastic lid. Bottle is sealed with shrink-wrapped plastic collar. Blue biro “35”, black biro “New” written on box.

Warranted Genuine BP Camphorated Oil.

Industrial Chemistry

1970

Warranted Genuine BP Camphorated Oil. Labelled glass bottle with plastic lid

Mouth-blown glass doorstop

Glass Technology

1968

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

Stylophone electronic organ

Acoustics

1968

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

Gear Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1970

Gear Robot, red body with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1970

Metal lunar globe with plastic stand

Astronomy

1969

Metal lunar globe with plastic stand, 6-inch diameter, made by Scan-globe, Denmark, 1969. Copyrighted by Replogle Globes, Division of Meredith Corp.

DAHLTA 010 model tacheometer, German, 1970

Surveying

1970

"DAHLTA 010" tacheometer by VEB Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany, serial no.222812, cased, c.1970

Cataract glasses in case c. 1971

Optics

c. 1971

Cataract glasses with one opaque lens and one with high magnification, in blue leather case, unsigned, Europe, c. 1971

Empty Windolene glass container

Glass Technology

1968

One of ten assorted glass containers. Marked "Windolene: wipe it on wipe it off" on front of container, "small" on back of container.

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

"Volstat" constant voltage transformer type CV15F no.926

Electricity and Magnetism

1970

"Volstat" constant voltage transformer type CV15F no.926, input 190-260 volt output 12 volt 15 watt, by Advance Electronics Ltd., Hainault, Essex

IME 86-S electronic calculator

Computing & Data Processing

1968

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

Shatter pattern of toughened glass

Glass Technology

1968

Shatter pattern of toughened glass, 1968

Pitts Special aerobatic aircraft, c 1969.

Aeronautics

1969

Pitts Special (Registration G-AZPH) aerobatic biplane, 1969

Henri Lloyd waterproof sailing suit

Textile Industry

1970

Green waterproof sailing suit made by Henri Lloyd, Manchester, around 1970.

Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan aero engine, 1970.

Aircraft Propulsion

1970

Rolls-Royce RB211-22 turbofan engine s/n 10006, 1970