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NorthStar Horizon computer, 1979

1979

Model of Courier satellite, 2014

2014

Roadside advertising board for mobile telephone repair shop, 2012

2012

Britannia model locomotive cab

1946-1956

United States Army Air Force camera

1940-1945

Mobile telephone call box used in Cameroon, 2008-2012

2008-2012

Railway Fireman of 1852

Engine Driver of 1852

Model guard, North Staffordshire Railway

1957

Model of Intelsat I (EarlyBird), 2014

2014

Model of Galileo navigation satellite, 2014

2014

Model of GPS satellite, 2014

2014

Captain John Noel's cine camera used on 1922 Everest expedition

1922

Monotype Hand-Operated Pendulum Burring Spindle

1931

Psychometric Test, Chicago, United States of America, 1905-1915

1905-1915

Sports flooring with foam layer made from recycled sports shoes, United States, 2005

2005

Foucault pendulum explanatory exhibit.

1972

Pilot TV-37 television receiver

1947-1949

Model of World View 2 observation satellite, 2014

2014

The Night Mail jigsaw puzzle

circa 1920-1940

Teapot stand, England, 1980

1980

Monotype Hand-Operated Pendulum Burr Removal Spindle

1937

Wharfedale loudspeaker unit, 1956

1956

BBC LSU/4A Wartime Austerity Loudspeaker

1942

USAAF Aircraft camera, type K20, 1940-1945

1940-1945

Sectioned Mechanism for Workmate Model WM400

circa 1980

Face mask used to study the illusion of depth reversal

1992-1997

Wooden model of London Post Office microwave Tower aerial galleries

1960-1965

Mobile telephone call box from Cameroon, 1997-2012

1997-2012

Diagram Showing a Nocturnal in Use, Science Museum, 1937

1937

Self-Pitching Carbon Fibre Cyclic Pitch Propeller, prototype, with wooden transport box and steel transport box trolley

2005-2006; 2014

Model of Roadside Visibility Meter, 1980-1989

1980-1989

Flying suit

1950-1960

Replica OneWeb Broadband Satellite

circa 2020
Television prismatic optical effects unit, formerly used by ATV, 1967-1977. A large metal and plywood frame with a set of different types of circular multiple image mult-sector prisms which mount into it - used for creating multi-image and 'kaleidoscopic' effects by placing the unit in front of the television camera lens. A moving 'kaleidoscopic' effect can be created by a studio technician turning a crank handle (connected to a leather belt) at the desired speed which rotates the prism. 'Six' interchangeable prisms, which were acquired with the unit, can create different numbers of simultaenous and/or concentric images of the same scene. These effects were frequently used in music videos of the 1960s-1980s, and also on 'live' pop music programmes such as 'Top of the Pops'. This particular unit is believed to have been the one used in the production of Queen's famous 'Bohemian Rhapsody' video during the chorus sequences where multiple images of the group appear simultaneously.

ATV television prismatic optical effects unit, c 1972

1967-1977
Five Chinese shadow puppets made in wax, in wood and perspex display case.

Five Chinese shadow puppets made in wax

Durst '243' masking frame for printing with photographic enlarger, with original instructions, made by Durst S.A., Bolzano, Bozen, Italy,c. 1960.

Durst '243' Masking Frame

1960
Steel transport box trolley, for self-pitching three blade carbon fibre cyclic pitch propeller, prototype, designed and made by John Coxon, Pulborough, West Sussex, England, 2014. The propeller was designed to be fitted to small motor vessel Volvo-Penta stern drive units. Originally, the propeller was designed for aircraft.

Steel transport box trolley, for Self-Pitching Carbon Fibre Cyclic Pitch Propeller, prototype

2014
3 rectangular plywood splints

3 rectangular plywood splints

Commemoration plaque, 'Presented to Rocket in appreciation for attendance at Steamexpo May 23 - June 1, 1986, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.' Overall: 35 mm x 306 mm x 227 mm.

Plaque presented to replica Rocket at Steamexpo 1986

1986
Tunnelling machine cutter, steel, one of original 5 in blue painted plywood frame, Newcastle University experimental design for Channel and Chinnor Tunnels, 1974.

tunnelling machine cutter

1974
Automaton made for Health Matters Gallery by Paul Spooner representing "Centralised Hospital-based medicine contrasted with domestic community-centred practice" which preceded it. Hand carved, largely wooden, 1994

Centralised Hospital-based medicine contrasted with Domestic Community-centred Practice

1994
Coat-of-arms, British Railways, lion and wheel, 1948-1958 type transfer on cirular plywood panel, lined black painted.

Coat-of-arms, British Railways

1948-1958
Model showing oxy-haemoglobin, made at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, 1967, the first model to show the position of the individual atoms in haemaglobin showing the structure of the molecule when bound to oxygen. The plastic tubing follows the path of the protein backbone.

Model of haemaglobin, 1967

1967
Frame for Television prismatic optical effects unit, formerly used by ATV, 1967-1977. Possibly believed to have been used in the production of the video for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen. A large metal and plywood frame with a set of different types of circular multiple image mult-sector prisms which mount into it - used for creating multi-image and 'kaleidoscopic' effects by placing the unit in front of the television camera lens.

Frame for ATV television prismatic optical effects unit, c 1972

1967-1977
Yamaha 'Silent Cello' electric violoncello, model SVC-100, with piezo pick-up for listening through headphones or external loudspeakers, comprising violoncello body, bridge, strings, audio lead, headphones, 2 AA batteries, body rest and instructions (no bow), made by Yamaha Corporation, Japan, 1997-1999.

Yamaha 'Silent Cello' electric violoncello

1997-1999
Wooden case numbered ‘1’, containing a circular multiple image multi-sector prism. Formerly used by ATV, 1967-1977, for creating multi-image and ‘kaleidoscopic’ effects by placing the unit in front of the television camera lens. Believed to have been used in the production of Queen’s famous 'Bohemian Rhapsody' video during the chorus sequences where multiple images of the group appear simultaneously.

ATV Television Prismatic Optical Effects Unit

1967-1977
2 rectangular plywood splints

2 rectangular plywood splints

Ross homocentric lens and roller blind shutter. F: 12 inches f/6.3-22 No.132471 with lens hood. Fitted on rollerblind shutter 15/30/45/75/90/T and plywood lens panel 13.5 x 15.5cm. Ross.

Ross Homocentric Lens and Roller Blind Shutter

Box for mouse used with Ferranti Freescan digitiser, by Ferranti Ltd., British, 1969. Used to computerise OS maps.

Box for mouse used with Ferranti Freescan digitiser

1969