Art
1979
Joy Division ‘Unknown Pleasures’ LP. 1979. Cover features drawing of 100 consecutive pulses from the first pulsar discovered, CP1919 (now known as PSR1919+21).
Computing & Data Processing
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.
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Power car, Shinkansen Leading Car 22-141, 'bullet train', built by West Japan Railways, 1976, withdrawn from service in October 2000.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".
Television
c. 1980
C7 Betamax made by Sony from 1980.The Sony C7 was introduced in early 1980 and offered features that had never been seen before on home video recorders such as picture search, slow motion, and an end-of-tape alarm. Serial No. 33355578; Model No. SL-C7UB
Radiomedicine
1980
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.
Domestic Appliances
1978
Kenwood Sodastream model by Sodastream Ltd. of Peterborough with three bottles, 1978
Therapeutics
Diorama of a First World War dressing station
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1975-1980
Larzine, Unani medicine for malaria, one of a selection of drugs and related material from India, 1975-1980.
NorthStar Horizon computer, made by North Star Computers, Berkeley, California, United States, 1979.
Telecommunications
1977
Jubilee telephone, made by the Post Office, Cwmbran, Wales, 1977. Balmoral blue telephone with separate bell housing. S/A 4271 FWB 77/1.
Smoking
Red & White Kings cigarettes, cellophane wrapped, Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. One of a selection of drugs and related material from India, 1975-1980.
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.
Microbiology
1974-1976
Model of adenovirus, made by Mrs. C.V. Waugh, 1974-1976
Telephone handset, grey, dial, model TLF 300 KO3X, made by Compania Standard Electric Argentina for ENTel, Argentina, 1979
1974
Johnny Berry racing bicycle, 1974. This is the last frame Berry made. Serial number 741913.
Steam locomotive and tender, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, replica, "Rocket" 0-2-2, designed by Robert Stephenson, built 1979 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials.
Scientific Instruments & Research
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.
M.R.C. straight sided blood transfusion bottle, capped, with rubber tubing and drop indicator, from the National Blood Transfusion Service, 1978
1974-1977
Closed Intel 8080 microprocessor chip, made by the Intel Corporation, United States, 1974-1977
"Emisonic 4264" hand-held revolving ultrasound transducer assembly, by Nuclear Enterprises Ltd., Edinburgh, 1979
Radio Communication
Ferguson television receiver, 20", black-and-white, 625-line, hybrid valve/transistor, Model 3821, manufactured 1979
Surgery
Diamond knife for eye surgery, anodised aluminium handle, by Anton Meyer and Co., Switzerland, 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
Mattel Intellivision games console with mains adaptor and six game cartridges (Armor Battle, Auto Racing, Golf, NASL Soccer, Sea Battle) each with instruction booklets, 1979. Console Serial No 100519.
Public Health & Hygiene
1975-1978
Six bifurcated needles for smallpox vaccination, developed by Wyeth Laboratories, German(? ), 1975-1978
"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
Textile Industry
Electronic circuit board from a selector box, made by Dextralog, c.1974. One of the earliest circuit boards produced by Dextralog.
Cinematography
1973
Kodak Ektasound 130 Super 8 cine camera. For Super 8 film in sound cartridges. Kodak Ektar lens F;9mm f/1.2. Automatic exposure; DV optical finder. Magnetic sound recording facility on striped film. No 015347. In original carton with Kodak directional microphone and wriststrap (carton not seen 2011). bought in a camera shop in 1976 for £64.07. The Kodak Ektasound 130 was the first camera designed to record sound simultaneously with picture onto magnetically-striped Super 8 Ektachrome film.
Bickerton folding bicycle, 1976
Classical & Medieval Medicine
2050-1750 BCE
Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981
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
1975
Selector box made by Dextralog, around 1975, attached to textile looms by sensor leads.
Audiology
1978-1980
Hearing aid, behind ear, with ear mould and battery, type BE14, c. 1980
Water Transport
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.
Control unit for VG Micromass 70-70F mass spectrometer, 1974.
Materials Science Gallery
Late 1970's and 1980's.
Black Barbie Doll
Magnavox Odyssey 2 games console in original packaging, 1978. Second-generation video game console released by Magnavox (a subsidiary of Philips from 1974) using programmable ROM cartridges. Included a full alpha numeric keyboard as well as joystick console. Also known as the Philips Videopac G7000, the Odyssey 2 was a direct rival to the Atari 2600 and Mattel Intellivision in the early second generation of games consoles.
Railway Models
Model railway wagon, 33mm gauge, London & North Western Railway open fish truck no 11706, built by J P Richards, 1974.
Liston amputation knife by Down Surgical, Mitcham, 1980
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
System X circuit board from digital switching subsystem, probably made by Plessey Company Limited, Liverpool, England, 1980.
Special interface unit for blind telephone switchboard operators, made by the RNIB, NRDC and Imperial College, London, England, 1977.
Silicon ingot, unknown maker, 1978-1980
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
Wall mounting for Jubilee telephone, made by the Post Office, Cwmbran, Wales, 1977
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
External cardiac pacemaker, external pulse generator type E4162, made by Implants Division of Devices Ltd., British, 1978
Breathalyser, comprising 5 sample tubes and plastic bag, in plastic casing, by Draeger Safety Ltd, Blyth, Northumberland, 1979 TEST
Heat
Greenhouse thermometer by Dudley Adams of Fleet Street. Mercury in glass on wooden board, 10 deg F to 120 deg F, c. 1798
