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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.

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’.

Premier acetylene cap lamp

Coal Mining

12/10/1970

Acetylene cap lamp, coal mining use. Premier 'acetylene' cap lamp.

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

Protector Lamp and Lighting Co

Coal Mining

1970

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

"Volstat" constant voltage transformer

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

Kay Sona-Graph 6061A speech spectrum analyzer, c. 1970

Telecommunications

1970

Kay Sona-Graph 6061A speech spectrum analyzer, c. 1970

Glass bottle, octagonal pyramid shape

Glass Technology

1968

One of 10 assorted bottles and jars, 1968

Control Data CDC 6600 super computer

Computing & Data Processing

1968

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

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1969

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope. Envelope is marked "UK 4472 Flying Scotsman USA" and carries an illustration of Flying Scotsman and a list of British locomotives that had visited the USA. A stamp marked "Flying Scotsman USA Ltd." with a drawing of Flying Scotsman with a Union Jack tender has been affixed. Sent air mail to Mr. Terry Robinson of A1 Scooters, Doncaster on 23 March 1969 from Wilmington, Delaware.

Landé Edwards disposable ‘lung’, United States, 1970

Surgery

1970

Lande Edwards disposable membrane oxygenator by Edwards Laboratories, Santa Ana, California, United States, 1970.

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

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

Mouth-blown glass doorstop

Glass Technology

1968

Glass doorstop, hand-made, mouth-blown, 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

Model 3 plank wagon

Railway Models

1971

Model railway wagon, 33mm gauge, Great Western Railway 3-plank 10 ton open No 7751 of 1892, built by J P Richards, 1971.

empty glass bottle

Glass Technology

1968

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

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

The Wolf Safety Lamp Co (Wm Ma

Coal Mining

1971

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

Vitreosil translucent basin, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Vitreosil (vitreous fused quartz) translucent basin, 1968

Fresnel lens

Glass Technology

1968

Fresnel lens, 1968

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.

Super Astronaut Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1968-

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

Working model of an NSU Wankel rotary engine

Road Transport

1969

Working model of an NSU Wankel rotary engine, sectioned.

Mr Zerox Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1970

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

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, serial no.200690, by Carl Zeiss, J

Surveying

1970

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

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-500

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

Olivetti Logos 270 electric printing calculator

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1970

Olivetti Logos 270 electric printing calculator, with 3 registers, with cover, power lead and instruction booklet

CE 202 UV spectrophotometer by Cecil Instruments L

Experimental Chemistry

1970

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

Sectioned display theodolite, Swiss, 1970

Surveying

1970

Sectioned display model of TI-A double-centre theodolite by Wild Heerbrugg A.G., Switzerland, 1970

Microptic theodolite, with tribrach & plumb bob, i

Surveying

1970

Microptic theodolite, with tribrach & plumb bob, in carrying case by Hilger & Watts Ltd. Used but good condition, circa 1970

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.

Promotional T-Shirt for BBC Radio Manchester

Radio Communication

c.1970

T-shirt; produced by the BBC to promote Radio Manchester; inscription reads 'BBC // Radio Manchester'. Includes a cartoon illustration of smiling sun and rain cloud.

Model live steam locomotive, 3 1/2 inch gauge, Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Railway Models

1970

Model live steam locomotive, 3 1/2 inch gauge, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, Stephenson's "Rocket" and tender and coach "Traveller", boxed, by Hornby, England. Jack Wheeler Collection.

model cattle van

Railway Models

1969

Model railway wagon, 33mm gauge, Cambrian Railway [10 ton] large cattle no 17, 1900, built by J P Richards and M. Lloyd, 1969.

Artificial arm, Roehampton, England, 1965-1975

Orthopaedics

1970

One-piece forearm and foam hand for a young child with a congenital left below elbow deficiency. The prosthesis has a plastic socket with a 'cushlon' and velcro above-elbow cuff suspension. Two-tone plastic cosmetic glove. Made by Steeper c. 1970.

Stylophone electronic organ

Acoustics

1968

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

Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment package - full size model

Space Technology

1968

Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment package - full size model

CAV 'Filtrap-120' sedimenter, sectioned, on beech (wood) base

Road Transport

c.1968

CAV 'Filtrap 120' sedimenter, sectioned. DES No.583 6A120, c. 1968

Egg Lemon Shampoo in labelled

Industrial Chemistry

1970

Egg Lemon Shampoo in labelled glass bottle with plastic lid.

Composing stick from a Model M Typecaster

Printing & Writing

1970

Composing stick from a Model M Typecaster made by the Ludlow Typograph Co., Chicago, 1970

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.

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

Vaisala RS21 radiosonde, secondary component, serial no 624957-8, for 400 MH3 Meteorological frequency band

Meteorology

1971

Vaisala RS21 radiosonde, secondary component, serial no 624957-8, for 400 MH3 Meteorological frequency band, by Vaisala Oy, Helsinki, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland, 1971

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

three mainframe bays from CDC 6600 super computer, 1968

Computing & Data Processing

1968

Three mainframe bays (bays 1, 2 and 4) for CDC 6600 Super Computer made by Control Data Limited, United States, 1968

30 ml Excel Elixir Worm Expell

Industrial Chemistry

1970

30 ml Excel Elixir Worm Expeller. Batch 2. Card box containing labelled glass bottle with a sealed modern perforated. metal lid. Also contains literature on the product in English, French, Arabic and Spanish.

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.

Hewlett Packard HP 9810A programmable desktop calculator

Computing & Data Processing

1971

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