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Dry gas meter, domestic, made by UGI (Meters) Ltd, a Hanson plc Company, 1994, reading by single circular dial and one digital total meter, constructed of light steel plate, painted sand colour, with MofP12 seal. Electrical data logging capability, connection under readout window. Designed for installation in accordance with BS6400:1985. Serial no. 4641460 S, capacity 212cu.ft./hr., pmax 50mbar.

Dry gas meter, domestic, made by UGI (Meters) Ltd

Gas Industry

1994

Medal, copper, Eurotunnel Inauguration Officielle 6.05.1994 Official Opening, produced by Monnaie de Paris, [1994]. Designed by Rene Durrbach (b.1919). With bilingual biographical note and his comment '...the spiral is never ending'. Obverse with inscription and design, and reverse design, based on geometry of spirals. Height 5mm, diameter 72mm. In blue box 7.5x7.5x2cm with perspex display stand

Eurotunnel Inauguration

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1994

1994-1996, railway company, British

Network SouthCentral

1994 - 1996

Deer-antler pick, used in flint mining from Grimes Graves

Hand and Machine Tools

3000-1900 BCE

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis

Agricultural Engineering

2000-1500 BCE

Model railway train set, approx OO gauge, OOO track gauge, battery electric, with electronic lights and programmable sound, `Matchbox Railways...trains that go everywhere! TN120', boxed, supplied by Matchbox Toys Ltd., Rugby, 1994. Overall: 475 mm x 654 mm x 108 mm, 2.78kg.

Matchbox Railways TN120

Railway Models

1994

Model railway train set, approx gauge 1, `Tomy Train 4', comprising battery powered BR class 43-style power car, trailer car, 2 carriages, track and accessories, supplied by Tomy (UK) Ltd, made in Thailand, 1994. Overall: 374 mm x 788 mm x 107 mm, 3.79kg.

Tomy Train 4 railway train set

Railway Models

1994

Toy locomotive, wooden, "The Chuft Original Whistling Train", natural pine with green painted chimney and wheels, boxed, made by Chuft Toys and Gifts Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees, 1994. Overall: 115 mm x 190 mm x 71 mm, 0.25kg; train: 78 mm x 136 mm x 55 mm.

The Chuft Original Whistling Train

Toys & Games

1994

1994-2002, railway administrator, Britain

Railtrack

1994 - 2002

Cap badge, Great North Eastern Railway, garter containing early coat-of-arms of company which was subsequently changed.

badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

1994

Stamps commemorative "The Age of Steam" First day cover issued by G.P.O. 18/1/94. 5 stamps on envelope. Philatelic Bureau Edinburgh. Commemorative issued 18 January 1994, photographs by Colin Gifford, designed by Delaney Design Consultants, printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd, photogravure, PVA gum; 19p stamp, Class 5 No 44957 and Class B1 No. 61343 on West Highland Line; 25p stamp, Class A1 No. 60149 Amadis at Kings Cross; 30p stamp, Class 4 No. 43000 on Turntable at Blyth North; 35p stamp, Class 4 No. 42455 near Wigan Central; 41p stamp, Class Castle No. 7002 Devizes Castle on Bridge crossing Worcester and Birmingham Canal.

The Age of Steam stamps

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994

Stamps, first day cover for Railway Theme Postage Stamps and NYMR Railway Letter Stamps. 18/1/1994

North Yorkshire Moors Railway stamps

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994

Two 12-gauge bird scaring cartridges (empty), made by Primetake Ltd., for use in the signal pistol used by the 'Ringway bird scare officer' at Manchester Airport, c.1994.

Cartridges

Aeronautics

c.1994

Toy train, wooden, "The Chuft Original Whistling Train", includes locomotive, carriage, caboose and whistle, natural pine, boxed, made by Chuft Toys and Gifts Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees, 1994. Overall (box): 220 mm x 251 mm x 85 mm, 1.41kg.

The Chuft Original Whistling Train

Toys & Games

1994

Dinosaur macquette, one of three maquettes from 'The Flintstones'.

One of Three maquettes from The Flintstones.

Cinematography

1994

`Uni-curve' interchangeable curve-matched bead, temperature sensor, type UUA41J1, resistance 10,000 ohms at 25°C, made by Fenwal Electronics Limited, 1994

Platinum Resistance Temperature Sensor, 1994.

Heat

1994

Hologram, animated white light transmission rainbow hologram, consisting of acrylic sheet with holographic image, showing HIV virus, by The Holographic Image Studio Limited, London, England, 1994

Hologram, animated white light transmission rainbow hologram

Optics

1994

1994-present (2010), rolling stock manufacturer, United Kingdom

HSBC Rail (UK) Limited

1994

Railway uniform blouse, polycotton, Eurostar, white short sleeved blouse with blue flaps and collar, size 38, designed by Stéphane Rolland, Artistic Director of Pierre Balmain Uniforms, 1994.

Eurostar blouse

Railway Uniform & Costume

1994

Dinosaur macquette, one of three maquettes from 'The Flintstones'.

One of Three maquettes from The Flintstones.

Cinematography

1994

Vials of freeze-dried intradermal BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine,1 of 10, boxed, each providing ten 0.1ml doses when hydrated, for protection against tuberculosis, by Evans Medical Ltd. Leatherhead, England, 1994

Freeze-dried BCG vaccine

Public Health & Hygiene

1994

Poster for the film 'Movie Days', 1994.

Poster for the film 'Movie Days'

Cinematography

1994

Replacement needles for IVF machine. ‘injection’ pipette. These are fine glass needles with hollow centres and a bevelled and profiled tip. It is designed to penetrate the zona (shell) of the egg to be fertilised and deliver a single sperm into its core. The rest of the micromanipulation system allows the user to be able to view these very small objects at high magnification and by using the red joysticks they can manoeuvre and manipulate the pipettes very precisely by replicating the large movements at the red joysticks into movements of a few microns at the pipette tip.

Replacement needles for IVF machine

Laboratory Medicine

1994

1994-, board game publisher, Pittsburgh, United States

Winsome Games

1994

Dinosaur macquette, one of three maquettes from 'The Flintstones'.

One of Three maquettes from The Flintstones.

Cinematography

1994

Pt100 platinum resistance temperature sensor element type FKG, made by W. C. Heraeus GmbH, Germany, 1994.

Platinum Resistance Temperature Sensor, 1994

Heat

1994

Cylindrical Pt100 platinum resistance temperature sensor, element type number PR1615, made by RTD Products (a division of Thermocouple Instruments Ltd), England, 1994.

Platinum Resistance Temperature Sensor, 1994

Heat

1994

Plate, bone china, printed, part of ' Royal Mail Collection "Famous Trains" series, illustrating "The Cheltenham Flyer" by Terence Cuneo, plate No 813 D of 25,000, by Wedgwood, England, with certificate of authenticity sealed in envelope labelled D0813 CF, 1994.

Royal Mail Collection - Famous Trains - 'The Cheltenham Flyer' plate

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1994

Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Commemorative sugar bowl, by Shenango China, Syracuse, c1994, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad centenary, depicts horse-drawn car 1830, the Atlantic 1832, the Philip E Thomas 1838. Inscribed underneath "1827-1927 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad". Overall: 56 mm, 98 mm.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad sugar bowl

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1994

1994-present, railway company, Germany

Deutsches Bahn AG

1994

Commemorative dish, by Shenango China, Syracuse, c1994, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad centenary, depicts viaduct, Thomas Viaduct 1835. Inscribed underneath "1827-1927 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad". Overall: 30 mm 120 mm.

Baltimore & Ohio commemorative dish - Thomas Viaduct

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1994

QN-111BP rechargeable battery pack for Sony CM-R111 personal mobile cellnet telephone Serial No. 116069, by Sony Corporation, Japan, 1994.

Rechargable battery pack for Sony CM-R111 personal mobile cellnet telephone, 1994

Telecommunications

1994

Coin, .999 gold, 70 ECUs, Gibraltar Eurotunnel, one of limited edition of 2000 by Pobjoy Mint Ltd 1994. Weight 6.22gms, diameter 22mm. With Certificate of issue: legal tender Eurotunnel ECU is an official issue by the government of Gibraltar and (obverse) depicts two hands shaking in the Channel. Reverse, head of Queen Elizabeth II. Encased in perspex, within red case 7.5x7.5x2.5cm

Gibraltar Eurotunnel ECUs

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1994

Untitled photograph from ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy Series’by Bob Carlos Clarke, 1994. Silver gelatin handprinted and toned with selenium.

From 'The Agony and The Ecstasy Series

Photographs

1994

Single rack steam sterilizer, model 750900, by Prestige Medical, complete with EPI carrying bag, three language instruction leaflet and spare parts, designed in 1985 for use in the UNICEF/WHO expanded programme on Division of Medin Ltd., Blackburn, Lancashire, England, 1994

Model 7505 steam syringe steriliser, English, 1992.

Public Health & Hygiene

1994

Set of Pillar Rings made from turned titanium, mounted on perspex stand, 1994, made by Wendy Ramshaw, OBE.

Set of titanium Pillar Rings

Metallurgy

1994

Drawing. [Multiviscera transplant]: ' "Stephen Hyett", Courage. Transplant of: stomach, pancreas, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, liver and kidney, on 14.3.94'. / by Roy Calne, 16 April 1994. Signed inscribed and dated 16.4.94, blc. Watercolour, some pencil pen and line; [sight] 41x57.5cm in glazed wood frame 58.5x74x2.5cm. Portrait of the patient in recovery following his multiviscera transplant

Multiviscera Transplant

Roy Yorke Calne

1994

Electronic digital hand-held differential thermometer type C9008 by Comark Ltd, with two specially made thermocouple probes with small hot junctions and low thermal conductivity ( thermometer modified to operate from power supply unit and to switch on automatically)

Electronic digital hand-held differential thermome

Heat

1994

Small ebony comb with scalloped ridged back, damaged, Egyptian, 2000BC to 100AD

Small ebony comb with scalloped ridged back

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100

Book: Val Williams, Looking at the Family, 1994. Published by Barbican Art Gallery. ISBN 0946372322.

Looking at the Family

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1994

Blue faience obol, from mummy wrappings, Egyptian, 200BC-100AD

Blue faience obol, from mummy wrappings, Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100

Five 20ml microwave crucibles made of compound quartz fibres, 1994

Five 20ml microwave crucibles made of compound qua

Experimental Chemistry

1994

Fragment of wooden comb, three prongs with incised decoration across tip, Egyptian, 2000BC to 100AD

Fragment of wooden comb, three prongs

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100

Marble funerary vase, Egyptian, 2000BC to 400AD

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-400

Commemorative dish, by Shenango China, Syracuse, c1994, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad centenary, depicts the Tom Thumb 1830, Winan's camel 1851, horse-drawn car 1830, the Atlantic 1832, the Philip E Thomas 1838. Centre depicts viaduct, Carrollton Viaduct 1829. Inscribed underneath "1827-1927 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad". Overall: 50 mm, 160 mm.

Baltimore & Ohio commemorative bowl, Carrollton Viaduct

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1994

Example of REMA (RSA Environmental Management Award) Trophy by Dartington Crystal Torrington, Devon, England with cardboard packaging box, 1994. Awarded to Rover Group Ltd., .

REMA (RSA Environmental Management Award) Trophy, British, 1994

Environmental Science & Technology

1994

A colour photograph depicting a circular, multi-coloured structure, inscribed 'Aleph Dali hadrons Run=15995 Evt=607' covered in plastic, made in 1994. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Atom', 3 June to 30 July 1995.

A colour photograph depicting a circular, multi-coloured structure

Photographs

1994-07-04

Poster displays showing mutations of influenza virus shown by Professor W G Laver at the Royal Society in June 1994

Poster displays showing mutations of influenza vir

Biochemistry

1994

Proof sheet of 4 NYMR Railway letter stamps. Joined to 1994-7317/1

North Yorkshire Moors Railway proof sheet

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994