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TALC Direct Recording Scale, Hertfordshire, England, 1992

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1992

Plastic scale with special TALC spring (weighing to 17kg), hook, suspension cord, and one Child Health Chart, from the TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit, for weighing babies and young children, used to monitor child growth in the developing world (to indicate nutritional failures or the presence of disease), by TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost), St. Albans, England, 1992

Touchstone purchased in the bazaar, Istanbul, 1987

Metallurgy

1987

Touchstone bought in the bazaar, Istanbul. It is typical of the pieces of Blackstone brought in from the Turkish countryside, which were usually cut into slices by the goldsmith before being sold. Previous identifier: 1987-1

Touchstone testing set for assaying gold, Istanbul, 1987

Metallurgy

1987

A touchstone testing set consisting of 3 dropper bottles, and a synthetic touchstone in a wooden rack bought from a jeweller in the gold bazaar in Istanbul in c.1987

Fur-lined hat from a Tibetan medicine man's costume

Asian Medicine

1986

Fur-lined hat, from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Card Fettlers, Brackendale Spinning Co, Thackley, Bradford

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Card Fettlers, Brackendale Spinning Co, Thackley, Bradford' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

Albert Street, Saltaire

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Albert Street, Saltaire' by Ian Beesley. Prodiced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Film cartridge: Crazy World of Home Movies

Cinematography

1992

Film cartridge 'Crazy World of Home Movies' for the Action Replay Action Movie viewer in original packaging, 1992.

Portable fax machine

Telecommunications

1991

Ricoh PF-2 portable fax machine, made in Japan, 1991. At the time of production, this was the world's smallest fax machine. this fax machine was designed to be used on the move and included an adaptor for use in the car. It includes a hard carrying case, instruction manual, AC adaptor and a car cigarette lighter.

Emptying the Presses, Press House, Esholt

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Emptying the Presses, Press House, Esholt' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

TALC Flannelgraph; teaching aid, Hertfordshire, England, 1992

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1992

Child Health Chart Flannelgraph, used to aid health workers in the use of child health charts, consisting of a cloth printed growth chart, a sheet of symbols to cut out and detailed teaching instructions, for use in the developing world, by TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost), St. Albans, England, 1992

Mule Spinning Frames, Brackendale Spinning Co., Thackley Bradford

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Mule Spinning Frames, Brackendale Spinning Co., Thackley Bradford' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

Boardgame 'Dial Away: the worldwide telephone game', 1983

Telecommunications

1983

Boardgame 'Dial Away: the worldwide telephone game' devised by Waddingtons for British Telecom International in 1983.

Large Electron Positron Accelerator

Nuclear Physics

1988-1989

Copper radiofrequency cavity used in the Large Electron Positron (LEP) Accelerator, made by CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, in approx 1988-89

Model showing supercoiling of DNA, Cambridge, before 1988

Biochemistry

before 1988

Model showing supercoiling of DNA (yellow and black) made at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

Touchston from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, 1990

Metallurgy

1990

Touchstone from Ugui Village, Higashi-Muro Districe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. ‘Nachi Black’ is the popular name of this stone, used for ink stones and touchstones. Previous identifier: 1990-2

Tibetan Shaman's Costume

Asian Medicine

before 1986

Tibetan Shaman's costume, consisting of coat, hat, scarf, belt, parchment crown, hand bell, ceremonial thunderbolt, rhino horn container, thigh bone trumpet, two bone necklaces, two seed and nut necklaces, two bell necklaces, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Demonstation pack of Trisequens hormone replacemen

Therapeutics

1992

Demonstation pack of Trisequens hormone replacement therapy tablets manufactured by Novo Industri A/S, Denmark (c.1992)

British Antarctic Survey ice core drill, 1985

Meteorology

1985

Ice core drill used in research into past climates, 1985

Schickard Calculator (Replica)

Computing & Data Processing

1992

Schickard Calculator (Replica), manufactured 1992, by Peter Roubos

Baby food

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1983-1986

Baby food, orange cereal breakfast, 18g jar, unopened, by Cow and Gate, 1983-1986

Sony "Trinlite" display element from "Jumbotron" l

Electronic Components

1985

Sony "Trinlite" display element from "Jumbotron" large-screen television, circa 1985

Analogue mobile telephone

Telecommunications

c.1991

Analogue mobile telephone, made by Cleartone Telecoms Ltd, Japan, c. 1991.

Section of vacuum tube of Large Electron Positron

Nuclear Physics

1988-1989

Section of vacuum tube of Large Electron Positron storage ring (LEP) at CERN, Geneva, c. 1989

And she's too embarrassed to ask him to use a condom?

Public Health & Hygiene

1986-1990

Poster (b&w), 'And she's too embarrassed to ask him to use a condom?', awareness of safer sex, HIV and AIDS, image of head and shoulder shot of M & F in passionate embrace, produced by the Health Education Authority, England, c1986-1990.

Apple Macintosh portable computer

Computing & Data Processing

1989

Apple Mac. portable computer model M5126, 1989.

Acorn Electron

Computing & Data Processing

1984

Acorn Electron, in original packaging, with games.

PW-1156A dot-matrix printer, m

Computing & Data Processing

c.1983

PW-1156A dot-matrix printer, made by Canon Inc., Japan, c.1983

Veteran Car Run participation medal, 1987

Road Transport

1987

Commemorative medal, awarded for ‘Punctual Arrival in Brighton’ for the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, cased, awarded to a 10hp two-cylinder Rolls-Royce motorcar, by The Royal Automobile Club, 1987

Model of Landsat 5 satellite, 1986

Space Technology

1986

1:6 scale model of Landsat 5 satellite, made by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1986. Original satellite made by NASA, United States, 1983

Area denial mine HB876 made by

Aeronautics

c.1985; c. 1985

Area denial mine HB876 made by Ferranti Instrumentation Ltd, Moston, c.1985.

Fuel Transport Flask Money Box

Nuclear Energy

1990

Money box with key, in form of a fuel transport flask, c. 1990.

Motorola 'MICROTAC II F09' mobile telephone, 1992

Telecommunications

1992

MICROTAC II mobile cellular telephone (model No F09SQD8925AA, serial No 745GTJB112), complete with standard battery, slim battery, Intellicharge XT battery charger and mains adapter, Motorola, United States, 1992

Pregnancy test, "Discovery 2"

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1985

Pregnancy test, "Discovery 2" by Feminine Care Ltd., England, 1985

1x100 pack of Acupan tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1985

1x100 pack, in box, of Acupan tablets (nefopam hydrochloride), by Carnegie Medical, 1985

Video game, 'Sky Jaguar'

Computing & Data Processing

1984

Video game cartridge ‘Sky Jaguar’, including packaging and manual, published for MSX computer, by Konami, 1984

Disc 8000 camera made by Kodak

Photographic Technology

c.1984

Disc 8000 camera made by Kodak of Rochester, USA in around 1984.

'The First Years' 'Friendly Floatee' plastic duck, 1990-1992

Oceanography

1990-1992

'The First Years' green plastic frog, swept overboard in North Pacific in 1992 and washed up in Sitka, Alaska. Used by oceanographers to track drift patterns.

Scale model of European Fighter

Aeronautics

1985

Scale model of European Fighter Aircraft (EFA) made by British Aerospace plc, Italy, c. 1985.

1:20 Scale model of Meteostat ESA weather satellite, 1988

Space Technology

1988

Scale model (1:20) of Meteostat ESA weather satellite, made by Hupkens Industrial Models, Maastricht, Netherlands, 1988

Bottle of blood grouping sera

Public Health & Hygiene

1983 (expiry date)

Small bottle (5cm height) of blood grouping sera by Blood Group Reference Laboratory Britain, 1983 (expiry date). Anti AB bottle. Contains small amounts of solution. Rubber bulbs on bottle appear to be in good condition.

Video game cassette, 'Army Moves'

Computing & Data Processing

1986

Video game cassette, ‘Army Moves’, developed by Dinamic Software, Spain, 1980-1986, published for MSX, by Imagine Software, England, 1986

Muscle Man, Dixon's Bobbin Mill, Steeton

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Muscle Man, Dixon's Bobbin Mill, Steeton' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Gold print made by the Chrysotype process

Photographs

1989

A gold print made by the new Chrysotype process developed by Dr Mike Ware, incorporated in the `Quest for Gold' exhibition, 1989. Bright pink. Taken in Scapa Flow off the Orkney Islands.

Maximum thermometer Mk 2C, mercury in glass, BS692

Meteorology

1989

Maximum thermometer Mk 2C, mercury in glass, BS692, Met 21101, MO 55423/89, by Zeal, 1989

Main part of Tecnoma 'firejet' low volume applicator

Agricultural Engineering

1984

Main part of Tecnoma 'firejet' low volume applicator, Girojet, 1984 [constant droplet applicator]

Pack of five 1.5ml Penfill Test Medium for investi

Therapeutics

1990

Pack of five 1.5ml Penfill Test Medium for investigational use with the Novopen insulin delivery systems. Manufactured by Novo Industri A/S/ Denmark (1990).

Video game cartridge, 'Tournament Golf'

Computing & Data Processing

1989

Video game cartridge, ‘Arnold Palmer: Tournament Golf’, published for Sega Mega Drive, by Sega Corporation, 1989

Piece of barbed steel 'Sabretape'

Optics

1985

Piece of barbed steel 'Sabretape', one of four, containing fibre optic cable, used as the basic component of a perimeter fence alarm system, made by Pilkington Security Equipment ltd., Denbigh, 1985

Senior Railman blouson jacket, style VSB

Railway Uniform & Costume

1983

Railway uniform blouson jacket, style VSB; Standard pattern 1983; Senior Railman; navy blue, pale blue trim, zip front, 2 blue stripes on each cuff, red double arrow badge on each sleeve.