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Category
Collection
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Object type
Material
Maker
Place
Date
Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

1913

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

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

1936

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

1941

Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre

Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre

1772-1773

Motor coach, Southern Railway

Motor coach, Southern Railway

1925

Great Western Railway steam locomotive 'King George V' 4-6-0 King class, No 6000, 1927

Great Western Railway steam locomotive 'King George V' 4-6-0 King class, No 6000, 1927

1927

Steam locomotive 'Dean Goods', Great Western Railway

Steam locomotive 'Dean Goods', Great Western Railway

1897

Small Electrolux ammonia absorption domestic refrigerator designed to operate on paraffin

Small Electrolux ammonia absorption domestic refrigerator designed to operate on paraffin

1945-1955

Magnetic compass, European, 1700-1730

Magnetic compass, European, 1700-1730

1700-1730

Hawkesworth 'Pannier tank' No. 9400, Great Western Railway

Hawkesworth 'Pannier tank' No. 9400, Great Western Railway

1947

Flow inducer blood-heparin pump

Flow inducer blood-heparin pump

1970

Surveyor's compass

Surveyor's compass

1695-1766

Steam locomotive, number 1439

Steam locomotive, number 1439

1865

Precision Aneroid Barometer MkI

Precision Aneroid Barometer MkI

1963

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with pulley block and weight.

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with pulley block and weight.

1932

Cupping vessel

Cupping vessel

1800-1910

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with pulley block and weight.

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with pulley block and weight.

1932

Stock Exchange ticker

Stock Exchange ticker

1898-1903

Part of Johnson type plane table outfit, American 1914

Part of Johnson type plane table outfit, American 1914

1914

Galvanised iron canister

Galvanised iron canister

1876

Brunton pocket transit compass, 1925-1930

Brunton pocket transit compass, 1925-1930

1925-1930

Railway carriage, Great Western Railway, Buffet Car No 9631, built in 1934.

Buffet Car No 9631, Great Western Railway

1934

Viviscope (incomplete).

Viviscope

circa 1895

Galvanised cast iron sinker weight hollowed at base, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

Galvanised cast iron sinker weight hollowed at base

1876

Galvanised cast iron sinker weight hollowed at base, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

Galvanised cast iron sinker weight, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation

1876

Bichromate or Poggendorf cell; glass bottle with long narrow neck and brass collar. Into brass collar fits a stopper with two terminals and screw for locking central zinc plate at any height. Zinc plate is flanked on either side by carbon blocks, which in this case are made in two halves so they can be replaced.

Poggendorf or bichromate cell

Galvanised cast iron sinker weight hollowed at base, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

Galvanised cast iron sinker weight hollowed at base

1876

Galvanised iron canister lid, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

Galvanised iron canister lid, for winch wire tank, part of Ocean depth-sounding machine, for marine vessel navigation

1876

Zinc coated steel, one of six specimens illustrating plated coatings against corrosion

Zinc coated steel illustrating plated coatings against corrosion

Zinc plates: 5 1/2"x5 1/2", 3 1/2" diameter hole, 4" diameter, 3" diameter discs: 3 1/2" OD, 2" ID; 4" OD, 2 1/"" ID; 3" OD, 1 1/2".

Zinc plates used in conjunction with print trimming set