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Singer model 319K lock stitch electric sewing machine and cardboard box containing metal components

1948-1958

Film badge radiation dosemeters

1980

Balloon release mechanism - roller on handle with twine attached

Record flat bed knitting machine with specification

Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800

1701-1800; 1982

Phaeton carriage built by Barker and Co

1837-1901
Singer model 319K lock stitch electric sewing machine, by the Singer Manufacturing Company, Kilbowie, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, c. 1953.

Singer model 319K lock stitch electric sewing machine

1948-1958
Two specimens of wall-ties, mounted on polished wood base

Two specimens of wall-ties

Jones' lock stitch hand sewing machine in its original box with handbook, c. 1895.

Jones' lock stitch hand sewing machine in its original box with handbook

1887-1890
Automatic circular knitting machine, with stand and accessories, made by the Automatic Knitting Machine Co. Ltd., London, c. 1886. Accessories include wool winder, spare needle barrel and wool stand.

Automatic circular knitting machine

1886
Framed black and white photograph, of male Japanese male medical practitioner, in 'Fujicolour Frame', one of five pictures of various subjects relating to traditional Japanese medicine, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, unsigned, made in Japan, 1970-1990.

Framed photograph of a Japanese male medical practitioner

1970-1990
This mild steel lead lined tank and enameled pan top were built at some point between the late 19th century and early 20th century at the Levenstein/Blackley dyeworks which was based in Manchester. The tank is approximately 4 feet 6 inches in diameter, 4 feet 6 inches deep and weighs around one and a half tons. The enameled pan fits on top of the steel tank, and at the bottom of the tank is a porcelain hole where a charge tap would have been installed. Internally, the tank also had lead coiling and lead covered grid agitator to facilitate the mixing of cod liver oil and sulphonic acid.

Mild steel lead lined tank

Early 20th Century
One of three film badge radiation dose monitors used to measure the radiation doses of people working with radioactive materials. The exposure is calculated by measuring the darkening of the film inside the monitor after it is developed.

Film badge radiation dosemeters

1980
Harrison twin flat-bed knitting machine.

Harrison twin flat-bed knitting machine.

Harrison twin flat-bed knitting machine with accessories, a woolwinder and wool stand.

Harrison twin flat-bed knitting machine with accessories

Four unit, demonstration "Open End" or "Rotor" spinner, 1986; fitted with type 887 MK 2 rotor spinning heads by Platt-Saco-Lowell.

Four unit

1986
Aluminium framed ink drawing, on handmade paper, believed to be Shen Nung a mythical figure associated with traditional healing and the introduction of herbal medicines, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, probably by Dr Yoshio Manaka, Japanese, 1970-1990.

Ink drawing, on handmade paper, believed to be Shen Nung

1970-1990