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Ampoule of penicillin

1945

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

1945

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wartime civilian receiver A.C.mains type, 1944-1945

1944-1945

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1945

Open scale barograph by Short & Mason Ltd.

1944

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Immesion suit blouse

circa 1945

Glass ampoules of penicillin

1944

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

'50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures, 1894-1944'

1944

Matrix Vertical Milling Machine used by Monotype Corporation

1945

Section of Gas Holder Tank Plate from No.18 Gas Holder at Great Harwood Gasworks

1953-4

Orange sucker

1945

Leather cycle bag

1945

Frequency Meter BC-221-M

1944

Engine mount

1944

Clinical thermometer

1970-1900

Grassot fluxmeter

1944

5-inch transit theodolite

1944

10-Inch JuniorTrig 0902 Aristo slide rule from the 1974 catalogue

1970-1875

`Precisa' desk top calculator, c. 1945

1945

Circular slide rule for air navigation: "Rhumb line distance and course computer"

1944

Electron multiplier designed by Dr van den Bosch

1945

United States War Department Emergency Pass, 1945.

1945

Project Area Pass for the Alamogordo Test Site, New Mexico, 1945

1945

Operator's [Driving] License, 1945

1945

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Glass tube of smallest balls made for ball-bearings

1945

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

William Heath Robinson's Paint box

before 1944

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Commemorative plaque, Spoorwegstaking (rail strike)

1945

Acoustics equipment

1945

Impulse dial with centre seconds

1945

Artificial Line type D-250-B

1945

McVitie Weston valve collection, Ken-Rad valve, type VT-88

1944

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Electric hygrometer element in sealed glass tube

1944

Working arm for a right above elbow amputation

1945

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE