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Spool of Magnetic Recording Wire

1900-1950

Wire from the Bristol Siddeley Olympus Aero-engine (Oly 320 ex T.S. R.II Aircraft)

1959-1968

Wire from solid state keyboard

1980

Overhead or electrical line wire tap

Blade binding wire

Filament Wire Associated with the 2LO Transmitter

Filament connecting wire; associated with 2LO transmitter (20)

Filament connecting wire, associated with 2LO transmitter (24)

Copper wire, with loop at one end, Galvani collection

1780-1798

aerial wire for use with home broacast receivers, 1920-1940

1920-1940

Three identical teflon-coated guide wires

Components used in rabbit ear chamber research

1950-1980

Filament Wire Associated with the 2LO Transmitter

Filament connecting wire, associated with 2LO transmitter. (25)

Filament Wire Associated with the 2LO Transmitter

Small tin containing cats whisker wires for Cosmos crystal receiver, made by the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, Trafford, Manchester, England, 1920-1930

Cats whisker wires for Cosmos crystal receiver, 1920-1930

1920-1930
Wire, bent, forming a loop at both ends, from portable chemical cabinet in pine chest

Bent wire, from portable chemical cabinet in pine chest

3 strands of non-magnetic wire, from the portable laboratory owned by Dr. H.G Butterfield, unsigned, 1930-1940

3 strands of non-magnetic wire

1930-1940
Small coil of insulated twin conductor wire made by the Silvertown Co. and employed for connecting Wheatstone electro-magnetic clocks about 1860

Insulated twin conductor wire

1860
Wire

Wire

Box containing metal wires and working notes made by William Hyde Wollaston. Also conrtains correspondence detailing the history of the objects.

Box containing metal wires and working notes made by William Hyde Wollaston

1800-1815
Display board showing three methods of jointing wires

Display board showing methods of jointing wires

Interconnecting wire, a component of the 2LO transmitter. Labelled 12.

Hand list description "2LO interconnecting wires" (12)

Hand list description "2LO interconnecting wires." Labelled 10.

Hand list description "2LO interconnecting wires" (10)

Interconnecting wire, a component of the 2LO transmitter. Labelled 11.

Hand list description "2LO interconnecting wires" (11)

Square copper wire as unwound from the mandril

Square copper wire as unwound from the mandril

Collection of wires of same diameter but different metals, and of wires of different diameter, and all of copper, each wire having a resistance of one ohm

Collection of wires

Group of wire fixings, fuses and wires in a crystal box. Taken from miniature hospital, scale 1:16, made for publicity for King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, 1932.

Group of wire fixings

1930-1932
Overhead wire sections, 2 Overhead wire sections on display board: (i) Contact and centenary wires for 1500 volts DC System, (ii) Contact and centenary wires for 25000 volts AC System. Dimensions: 24"x21"x6"

Overhead wire sections

Two hinging wires for conveyor belt stitching; 88.5 cm long

Hinging wires for conveyor belt stitching

Wire rope sample, flattened strand, coal mining collection, colliery Martin Black and Co.

Rope sample

Wire, wrapped around card

Wire, wrapped around card

4 coils of steel wire produced by the basic or Thomas Gilchrist method in 1887

4 coils of steel wire

1887
Two coils of drawn stainless steel wire

Two coils of drawn stainless steel wire

Wire rope sample, coal mining collection, colliery Martin Black and Co.

Rope sample