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'Chopper' bicycle

Road Transport

1978

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.

Jubilee telephone with external bell box, 1977

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.

Kenwood Sodastream, 1978.

Domestic Appliances

1978

Kenwood Sodastream model by Sodastream Ltd. of Peterborough with three bottles, 1978

Blood transfusion bottle, capped, with associated parts, England, 1978

Therapeutics

1978

M.R.C. straight sided blood transfusion bottle, capped, with rubber tubing and drop indicator, from the National Blood Transfusion Service, 1978

External cardiac pacemaker ‘Type E4162’

Therapeutics

1978

External cardiac pacemaker, external pulse generator type E4162, made by Implants Division of Devices Ltd., British, 1978

Interface unit for blind telephone switchboard operators, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

Special interface unit for blind telephone switchboard operators, made by the RNIB, NRDC and Imperial College, London, England, 1977.

Post Office Telecommunications videophone, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

"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

PABX7 switchboard from telephone exchange for use by blind operators, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

Standard PABX7 switchboard, used with specially designed interface for blind operators, made by Post Office Telecommunications, British, 1977

Jubilee Telephone wall mounting, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

Wall mounting for Jubilee telephone, made by the Post Office, Cwmbran, Wales, 1977

Magnavox Odyssey 2 games console

Computing & Data Processing

1978

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.

coil of 7mm fibre optic cable on cable drum, 1977

Telecommunications

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

Greenhouse thermometer by Dudley Adams of Fleet St

Heat

1978

Greenhouse thermometer by Dudley Adams of Fleet Street. Mercury in glass on wooden board, 10 deg F to 120 deg F, c. 1798

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Jubilee 700 series telephone

Telecommunications

1977

Blue QEII Silver Jubilee 700 Series telephone, 1977.

Piston Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1977

Piston Robot with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1977

Heaf test gun, Oxford, England, 1978

Public Health & Hygiene

1978

East Mark 6 tuberculin test gun, aluminium, by East, Oxford, 1978

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

"pop-a-point" Lead Pencil, with Refills and Interchangeable Nibs, 1978

Printing & Writing

1978

"Pop-a-point" lead pencil with four accompanying lead refills and alternative writing nib. 1978

Packet of Gallaher's chewing tobacco

Coal Mining

1977

Packet of Gallaher Ltd Brown Pigtail chewing tobacco, 1977

Commodore PET 2001-8-BS personal computer, 1977.

Computing & Data Processing

1977

Personal computer by Commodore model 2001-8-BS, made in 1977.

Amana Radarange Touchmatic microwave oven

Domestic Appliances

1978

Amana Touchmatic Radarange Microwave Oven, model RR5-6, manufactured by Amana Refrigeration Inc., Amana, Iowa, United States of America, 1978

Super Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1977

Super Robot with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1977

Demonstration Parkinson Cowan

Gas Industry

1977

Demonstration Parkinson Cowan gas meter, 1977.

Specimen of "Toprina" single cell protein, 1977, a

Biotechnology

1977

Specimen of "Toprina" single cell protein, 1977, as produced by B.P. Ltd. at Grangemouth; in argon-filled sealed glass flask

Binaural electronic stethoscope, Berlin, Germany, 1978

Clinical Diagnosis

1978

Binaural electronic stethoscope EST 40, in original box, by Bosch, Germany, 1978, claimed ausculatation of all chest sounds possible, sounds can be amplified up to 100 times, improving accuracy, can be connected to a display unit or an amplifier

Kodak EK8 Instant camera

Photographic Technology

1977

Folding camera for Kodak Instant Print film PR-10; auto exposure; darken-lighten control; brightline finder incorporating coincidence rangefinder; battery test button; flip-flash socket; motorised picture ejection.

Gestetner Electronic Stencil Cutter, 1978

Printing & Writing

1978

Gestetner's two-speed electronic stencil cutter, model 444S, 1978

HEA coal hopper wagon 361000

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1977

Hopper wagon made for domestic coal traffic; HEA coal hopper wagon 361000, built Shildon works 1977 and withdrawn from service c.2010

Concorde In-flight Entertainment Brochure

Aeronautics

1977-1978

Brochure, 'For your entertainment in flight : Supersonic Stereo : Five stereo programmes specially produced for Concorde'. Part of collection of in-flight material gathered by Alastair Greenlees who flew on Concorde in January 1978 and with BOAC from Manchester Airport.

Project build manual for Powertran Transcendant 2000 synthesizer

Acoustics

1978

Complete project build manual for Powertran Transcendant 2000 synthesizer, written by David Waters as part of his OND (Eng. Tech.) project, in a plastic A4 case, 1978.

Printing Plate from Daily Telegraph, 1978

Printing & Writing

1978

Printing plate from Daily Telegraph newspaper, from March 13, 1978.

Herbert 2M/3M Auto Robot Capstan lathe, c 1977

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1977

Herbert 2M/3M Auto Robot Capstan lathe with tooling and plug board control

Calrec "J" Series Eight Channel Parametric Equaliser (PEQ) and Mixer Unit

Television

c.1978

Eight Channel Parametric Equaliser (PEQ) and Mixer Unit for the Calrec "J" Series sound desk installed at Millbank by the BBC for broadcasting from the House of Commons.

Calrec "J" Series Talkback and Commentators Unit

Television

c. 1978

Talkback and Commentators Unit for the Calrec "J" Series sound desk installed at Millbank by the BBC for broadcasting from the House of Commons.

Concorde Matchbox

Aeronautics

1977-1978

Matchbox, British Airways Concorde/Benson & Hedges Special Filter. Part of collection of in-flight material gathered by Alastair Greenlees who flew on Concorde in January 1978 and with BOAC from Manchester Airport.

Starburst LCD Analogue watch by Texas Instruments,

Time Measurement

1978

Starburst LCD Analogue watch by Texas Instruments, the first analogue watch without moving parts, introduced in 1978. Transferred from temporary inventory no.TN7

Horizontal mortice lock (Butters system of 1955) b

Locks & Fastenings

1978

Horizontal mortice lock (Butters system of 1955) by Josiah Parkes and Sons Ltd., of Willenhall, 1978

Reynell Developmental Language Scales; originally

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1977

Reynell Developmental Language Scales; originally devised by Joan Reynell, 1969 and published by NFER Publishing Co. Ltd; used in the Department of Psychology, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, c. 1977-2000.

Railway uniform jacket, standard pattern

Railway Uniform & Costume

1978

Railway uniform jacket, style ABM; Standard pattern 1978; Navy blue, unlined, black double arrow buttons.

Halina Super Mini Flash camera for 110 cartridge film

Photographic Technology

1977

Halina Super Mini Flash camera for 110 cartridge film, c. 1977; with f5.6 lens and integral electronic flash unit all in original manufacturers packing.

"Flexopress" Flexographic Press, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

Cooper's "Flexopress" flexographic, sheet fed printing press. It uses pigmented inks with rubber or plastic stereos.1977

Optical illusion demonstration comprising mask and

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1977

Optical illusion demonstration comprising mask and hollow mask mounted in frame with oscillating mechanism, made for Exploration Exhibition by R.L. Gregory, Brain and Perception Laboratory, Medical School, Bristol, 1977

Commodore Pet 2001 Series personal computer

Computing & Data Processing

1977

Commodore Pet 2001 Series personal computer, Serial No 1004030.

Ayurvedic Gripe Mixture, India, 1978

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1978

1 bottle of Balshoolarka gripe mixture by Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd., in box, 1970-1981

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Leprosy vaccine, London, England, before 1978

Public Health & Hygiene

before 1978

Leprosy vaccine in wooden block with wrapping, by Burroughs Wellcome, English.

Super Explorer Robot with box pakcaging

Human Robotics

1977

Super Explorer Robot with box packaging, manufactured by Horikawa, Japan, 1977

Minolta Pocket Autopak 70 camera

Photographic Technology

1977

Minolta Pocket Autopak pocket camera for 110 cartridge film; Auto exposure; focusing scale visible in brightline finder; magicube socket; closeup lens with yellpw filter indicator in finder; low level light; No 113370. Bought by Thomas Nichols from a photograph dealer for £48.01.

Casio electronic calculator, 1977

Computing & Data Processing

1977

Casio FX 2000 with box and case, 1977

Cinerex SU200 Super-8 Sound Projector

Cinematography

1978

Cinerex SU200 Super-8. 8mm sound projector with microphone. Serial No 77050515. Film reel missing. Purchased 1978 for £142.18.