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Mechanical-advantage demonstration with pulley block and weight.

1932

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with pulley block and weight.

1932

Two tuning forks

Diorama Showing a View at Marble Arch at night, with 1935 Lighting

1930

Model of Post Windmill.

1928-1930

Model of a Lever Escapement on a mahogany stand

Components for model Waygood-Otis Passenger Electric Lift. Including grey Lift COP (Car Operating Panel)

Model of a Canoe hollowed from a tree trunk

One model of a Norse Whale-boat

Transparency, 12"x10", of fish tail gas burner

Diorama illustrating flint mining

Adana 'Eight Five' printing machine

Aeolian Organ

Diorama illustrating Transport in 1850-1900

Diorama illustrating Transport in the Modern Age

Diorama, "Street Lighting in the 1960s"

1969

Transparency, 12"x10", of upright incandescent gas burner

Mechanical-advantage demonstration with windlass, pulley block and weight

1932

Glass faced skeleton clock.

1937-1938

Moonstone Electric Shade, with gallery (for electric filament lamp)

Electronic Reation Timer.

World Clock for Northern Hemisphere.

Diorama illustrating an Early Electrically Lit Street

Diorama - Street Scene, 1750, Temple Bar

1933

Working model of an electric passenger lift.

1924

Diorama - A Kitchen of about 1830

Model of steam engine, sectioned

Wooden model of Tallow Dip and iron holder, with illuminated wick

One model of Wheatstone's 5-needle telegraph

Model of a Man riding on a log

Model of a Dug-out Canoe with it sides and ends built up

Diorama illustrating Graco-Roman Chariot or wagon

Model illustrating use of Firebrand

Model illustrating use of Arc Lighting:- "Dockside Warehouse"

Model illustrating use of Arc Lighting

China clay for making Bone China

China clay for making Bone China

Frit used in the making of Glazes

Frit used in the making of Glazes

Stone (soft) before grinding

Stone (soft) before grinding

Stone (1 & 2) when ground

ground stone

Raw flint

Raw flint

Flint after grinding by mill

Flint after grinding by mill

Bone after being calcined

Bone after being calcined

"Regloscope" electronic watch timer, with microphone. Made by British Watch Timers Ltd.

"Regloscope" electronic watch timer

Vertical Wind Tunnel used by the late Sir Thomas Stanton in experiments to determine wind pressures on plane surfaces, 1904. In two sections each about 5'9" high by base 6'6" x 5', with balance for measuring pressures

Vertical Wind Tunnel used by the late Sir Thomas Stanton

1904

Remote-handling box for radio-active materials

Remote-handling box for radio-active materials

Small 26-second sand-glass

Small 26-second sand-glass

Large 2-hour sand-glass by Henry Hughes & Son Ltd., Hainault, England, 1931

Large 2-hour sand-glass by Henry Hughes & Son Ltd.

1931

D.W.S. Permanent Jack without handle. With 28 lb square weight

D.W.S. permanent jack

Liverpool jug thrown as it comes from the wheel

Liverpool jug thrown as it comes from the wheel

Painting, 15ft long and 5ft high, in distemper, on board, representing a "Dockyard Scene, with Liner & Cranes"

Painting, 15ft long and 5ft high

Magnetic speedometer by Smiths, 1958, with flexible drive and separate magnet unit

Magnetic speedometer by Smiths

1958