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Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

1953

Crick and Watson's DNA Molecular Model

1953

Phillip's Economic Computer

1949

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

1948-1953

Electric locomotive, No. 26020

1951

Caesium Atomic Clock, 1955.

1955

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Bush TV22 Television Receiver, 1945-1955

1945-1955

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

1935

Ferranti Pegasus computer, 1956.

1959

Poster of Valentina Tereshkova, First woman cosmonaut

1963

Kendrew's original model of the myoglobin molecule

1957

Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

1942

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

1950-1952

Triumph Palm Beach

1964

Replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

1959

Prototype Rover gas turbine motor car, JET 1

1946-1950

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

circa 1956

'Warflat' 50-ton bogie flat wagon, 1940

1940

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1936

1936

'Form M Revised Stanford-Binet Scales', IQ test, United States, 1937

1937-1960

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

1940

Hoover constellation vacuum cleaner with attachments

circa 1956-1959

Model of Twin Cotton Mills

1950

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

1945

British Railways china clay wagon

1955

12-ton 3-Plank open wagon

1936

English Electric Company diesel electric locomotive 'Deltic' Co-Co 3300HP, 1955

1955

Bottle of cod liver oil

1939-1955

Home built 405-line television receiver, 1951-1953

1951-1953

Cardiac pacemaker, London, England, 1961-1962

1961-1962

Ekco AD36 radio receiver in phenolic plastic case, 1935

1935

Replica Grand Junction Railway travelling post office

1938

Artificial right arm

1943

Fidelity four-speed record player, c. 1960

1960

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Marconi Mark II television camera head, 1951

1951

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

SR 'Ellerman Lines' 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class sectioned steam locomotive, No 35029

1949

British Railways Presflo cement wagon

1961

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, Class 02 0-4-0 No D2860

1960

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

1935-1945

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

'Paragon' Reusable Rubber Condom, London, England, 1948-1950

1948-1950

Toilet paper, 'Bronco' brand, London, England, 1935-1950

1935-1950

Silver gelatin print by Camera Press/L'Europeo. Printed Caption on verso reads: "U.S. Film Stars: ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Reports that scenes of Elizabeth Taylor in the nude were shot for the film 'Cleopatra' brought criticism from some quarters. This picture shows that such shots were made".

Elizabeth Taylor nude shot for "Cleopatra"

1963

Carton of Araldite epoxy resin adhesive comprising cardboard box tube of hardner

1945

Penguin book

1948

Penguin book

1946