Public Health & Hygiene
1980
Vial containing dried smallpox vaccine. Label reads: 'Single dose / Not to be injected, Dried Smallpox Vaccine...' Part of a packet of dried smallpox vaccine B.P. (Ovine), by Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute for Department of Health and Social Security, (DHSS), 1980
Radiomedicine
One of five 'Jedi helmets,' silver inner helmet, used with Cryogenic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine and associated computing equipment by Data General, United States,1980.
Telecommunications
System X circuit board from digital switching subsystem, probably made by Plessey Company Limited, Liverpool, England, 1980.
Textile Industry
1975
Selector box made by Dextralog, around 1975, attached to textile looms by sensor leads.
Instruction leaflet for dried smallpox vaccine B.P. (Ovine), single dose of Lancy-Vaxina for use with scratch technique, by Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute for Department of Health and Social Security, (DHSS), 1980
Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
'Prepurex' pregnancy test kit (multiple tests) with immunological reagents, pippettes, sampling tubes, mixing plate and instructions, by Wellcome Reagents, Beckenham, England, c.1980
1975-1978
Six bifurcated needles for smallpox vaccination, developed by Wyeth Laboratories, German(? ), 1975-1978
Computing & Data Processing
1978-1980
Silicon ingot, unknown maker, 1978-1980
Water Transport
1974
Rigged model of H.M. Bark 'Endeavour', 1974. Originally merchant collier ‘Earl of Pembroke’, the ship was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1768, to be refitted and renamed for the voyage of Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook for his voyage to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus.
1977
Special interface unit for blind telephone switchboard operators, made by the RNIB, NRDC and Imperial College, London, England, 1977.
Audiology
Hearing aid, behind ear, with ear mould and battery, type BE14, c. 1980
"Post Office Telecommunications" teleconference unit, designed at the Post Office Research Station in Martlesham, made by DCA Design Consultants, Warwick, England, 1977. Constructed for the Post Office Silver Jubilee Exhibition in Hyde Park, London in 1977
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
1976
Power car, Shinkansen Leading Car 22-141, 'bullet train', built by West Japan Railways, 1976, withdrawn from service in October 2000. Length 82'; width 11' 8"; height 14' 6 1/2".
Microbiology
1974-1976
Model of adenovirus, made by Mrs. C.V. Waugh, 1974-1976
1976-1979
Personal Computer, model Apple I, devised by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ron Wayne, and made by Apple Inc, United States, 1976-1979.
1979
NorthStar Horizon computer, made by North Star Computers, Berkeley, California, United States, 1979.
Jubilee telephone, made by the Post Office, Cwmbran, Wales, 1977. Balmoral blue telephone with separate bell housing. S/A 4271 FWB 77/1.
One of two packets of dried smallpox vaccine, each containing one ampoule of 25 doses, by the Lister Institute, Elstree, England, 1979
Standard PABX7 switchboard, used with specially designed interface for blind operators, made by Post Office Telecommunications, British, 1977
Domestic Appliances
1978
Kenwood Sodastream model by Sodastream Ltd. of Peterborough with three bottles, 1978
Electronic circuit board from a selector box, made by Dextralog, c.1974. One of the earliest circuit boards produced by Dextralog.
Wall mounting for Jubilee telephone, made by the Post Office, Cwmbran, Wales, 1977
Radio Communication
Ferguson television receiver, 20", black-and-white, 625-line, hybrid valve/transistor, Model 3821, manufactured 1979
Therapeutics
External cardiac pacemaker, external pulse generator type E4162, made by Implants Division of Devices Ltd., British, 1978
Coil of 7 mm fibre optic cable, wound on to a cable drum, as used on the Hitchin-Stevenage fibre optic telephone link, made by Standard Telephones and Cables Limited, Harlow, Essex, England, 1977
1974-1977
Closed Intel 8080 microprocessor chip, made by the Intel Corporation, United States, 1974-1977
Road Transport
Raleigh 'Chopper' Mk2 bicycle. The Chopper is one of the most iconic children’s bicycles and was first produced in 1968. Its design resembled an American Harley Davidson motorcycle and was unlike anything on the market, its success also helped by the film ‘Easy Rider’ released in 1969. This is a Mark 2 Raleigh Chopper, first produced in 1971 in response to safety concerns, and differing most notably with un-adjustable handle-bars and a shorter seat with a warning that only one person should sit on it at a time. The Chopper Mark 2 continued to be produced until 1984. However this wasn’t the end of the Chopper, and it once again returned to shops in 2004 with the Mark 3.
Aeronautics
1973
Volmer VJ 23E powered hang-glider, designed by Volmer Jensen and Irving Culver. This was built by David Cook in 1973, and used by him to become the first man to fly a powered hang glider across the English Channel.
Cinematography
c.1980
System 2000 video recorder made by Grundig, Federal Republic of Germany, c.1980
Scientific Instruments & Research
Data systems unit for 70-70F mass spectrometer, made by VG Micromass Ltd, Winsford, 1974.
Breathalyser, comprising 5 sample tubes and plastic bag, in plastic casing, by Draeger Safety Ltd, Blyth, Northumberland, 1979 TEST
Glucochek blood glucose meter for use with Ames Dextrostix
Television
Tube Cube television, made by Pye Ltd, Cambridge, c.1980.
Book, 'The Samaritans in the '70s,' edited with an introduction by Chad Varah, printed by Constable and Company, London, England, 1973. 260 pp.
Heat
Greenhouse thermometer by Dudley Adams of Fleet Street. Mercury in glass on wooden board, 10 deg F to 120 deg F, c. 1798
Acoustics
c. 1978
Manual for Wasp synthesiser by Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) designed by Chris Huggett, c.1978, used by electro-acoustic musician Hugh Davies (1943-2005)
Wasp synthesiser by Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) designed by Chris Huggett, c.1978, used by electro-acoustic musician Hugh Davies (1943-2005)
General Post Office K8 Mk II public telephone kiosk, made in around 1980.
Materials Science Gallery
Late 1970's and 1980's.
Black Ken
Telephone handset, grey, dial, model TLF 300 KO3X, made by Compania Standard Electric Argentina for ENTel, Argentina, 1979
Electrim Aster 72 telephone handset with dial, orange, made by Radomska Wytwórnia Telekomunikacyjna, Radom, Poland, 1976
'Bickerton Portable' folding bicycle, manufactured by Vulcan Lighting and Leisure Ltd., Birmingham, 1976.
Touring bicycle made by Johnny Berry, Manchester, 1973. Serial number 731897.
c. 1980
Prototype British Telecom coin box payphone, c.1980
Croma telephone handset with dial, mustard, made by Indetel, Mexico, 1976
70-70F mass spectrometer, made by VG Micromass, Winsford, 1974 and used at the University of Oxford for research into the metabolites of cannabis, with associated manuals & research papers.
Control unit for VG Micromass 70-70F mass spectrometer, 1974.
Ericofon Model 600 Type SR1007B telephone, made by Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson, Sweden, c.1980.
Blue QEII Silver Jubilee 700 Series telephone, 1977.
c.1979
Spider sequencer by Electronic Dream Plant (EDP), designed by Chris Huggett, c.1979, used by electro-acoustic musician Hugh Davies (1943-2005).
