Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
Forceps, obstetrical, model, lead and wood
Surgery
Model of bullet detector by Sir T. Longmole
Building Construction
Model, scale 1:8, of a temporary wooden grand stand
model, scale 1:8, of Gothic roof of church of St Paul, Dalfor, Montgomeryshire
model, scale 1:16, pressed steel well curb for sinking foundations for piers and acting as caisson during construction
Hand and Machine Tools
1902
Example of smallest size "Ideal" saw guard on model saw bench, scale 1:2, by M. Glover & Co., Holbeck lane, Leeds
model, scale 1:4, of Mitchell's patent 1833, screw pile in gunmetal
Telecommunications
model, scale 1:12, picking-up gear for cable ship
Aeronautics
1913
Model of 1913 Sopwith biplane, type SS "Tabloid" prototype, with 80 HP Gnome rotary engine, scale 1:24 in perspex showcase
1751-1800
Forceps, obstetrical, Gifford, model, steel, probably English, second half 18th century
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Model of rack used to disinfect clothes etc. during plague epidemics in Italy
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
1880-1920
Carved wooden dog with a beeswax dorsal casket on back with inset mirror (broken) wooden bones with beeswax ends hung around body, prepared by the medicine man, Mayombe tribe(?), maker, Congo, 1880-1920
Civil Engineering
Model, scale 1:36, of wooden arch bridge, at Peradenya, Ceylon, built by general Fraser, 1832
Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
1930-1932
Display table for the King's Fund miniature hospital model
1998
Model to represent the Chelsea and Westminster hospital on Fulham Road (opened in 1993), commissioned by the Science Museum for the temporary exhibition 'Model Hospitals?' to mark 50 years of the NHS, and made by Capital Models, Kingsland Road, London, 1998
Anatomy & Pathology
1920-1940
Papier mache model of a human torso with removable organs, English, 1920-1940
1900-1930
Papier mache model of male torso with removable and numbered internal organs, English, 1900-1930
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1600-1400
Specimen bottle of model carved dates, Phoenix dectylifera fruits, possibly from Egyptian tomb, 1600 to 1400 BC
Microbiology
Model of a glass flask used by Pasteur in his demonstrations
1894-1906
model, scale 1:16, Greathead Shield used in the construction of the Blackwall Tunnel, 1894, patented by S. Pearson and Son, model by R.Chipperfield, London
1850-1950
Parts of display models, consisting of five rifles, one stretcher, two unidentified pieces of cane, European, 1850-1950
Gas Industry
model, scale 1:?, of portion of inclined vertical retort installation at the Erdberg Works, Vienna, on table stand. In dirty condition, many part loose and damaged.
Marine Engines
Wood model, the first shaft and boss made for screw propellers by "James Lowe" 1838; wood model, the first spherical boss made for screw propellers by "James Lowe" 1852; whole model the first oval boss made for screw propellers by "James Lowe" 1855 (all damaged)
Domestic Appliances
model of machine for cleansing casks: scale 1:8
Sewerage & Sanitation
model, scale 1:48, sludge separating tank
Mining & Ore Dressing
Model, scale 1:24, of Kalgoorlie Goldfields pyramidal mine head known as Poppet head
model, scale 1:8, of Diamond drill type rock boring machine, with 2 keys for case, 9 accessories
Model, scale 1:8, of scaffolding hook and rock drill staging
model, scale 1:10, coarse jigging machine for coal at Konigin Marienhutte
Model, scale 1:16, of standard type of trestle Missouri Pacific Railroad
Metallurgy
1850
sectional model of Sheffield crucible steel plant, c. 1850, scale 1:12.
Ivory model of a piece of clavicle
Wooden model of a stylised corpse, decomposing in wooden coffin
model, scale 1:24, temporary timber road bridge with ice breaker
Nuclear Energy
1977-1978
Model of tower containing boron isotope separation plant, made by 20th Century Electronics Ltd staff, 1977-78.
1900-1925
Model brain of microcephalic person, with exhibition stand, 1900-1925, German
1750-1900
Forceps, obstetrical, Chapman, model, lead, possibly English, 1750 to 1900
model, scale 1:? , of 6 inch trussed partition
1796
Model of Bage's flax mill at Shrewbury (built in 1797), constructed by Cecil A. Hewett
Firefighting
1867
Model, scale 1:8, of a Metropolitan Fire Brigade steam fire engine, (Shand Mason type, 1867)
Industrial Chemistry
1986
Component from FM21 Electrolytic cell for brine electrolysis with titanium electrode replaced and sectioned model to demonstrate the unit's operation.
Pharmacy-ware
1851-1900
Model of furnace, tinplate, with label of Watkins and Hill, European, 1851-1900
model, scale 1:96, showing shrinkage stoping
Model, scale 1:16, of a hastily restored railway bridge, 30 ft span
model, scale 1:96, Bio Aeration sewage disposal installation, at Minworth, Birmingham
model, scale 1:12, showing Fireproof Building Construction in reinforced concrete, and other details of reinforced concrete constructions
model, scale 1:16, half of a framed centring for a concrete dome 50 ft span
model, scale 1:12, of roof over workshops, University College Sheffield and drawings, size 26" x 17" showing: (1) roof truss; (2) dead load stress diagram; (3) wind load stress diagram; (4) stress sheet (figures), see 2 stroke nos.
Three models illustrating compound wooden beam construction, and one tabled and indented built up beam with bolted sections, scale 1:12
