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London & North Eastern Railway steam locomotive 'Mallard'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938

Steam locomotive and tender, No 4468 ‘Mallard’, Class A4 Pacific, 4-6-2, designed by Nigel Gresley for LNER, built at Doncaster in 1938.

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1935

Steam locomotive KF class number 7, 4-8-4, Chinese Government Railways, designed by Colonel Kenneth Cantlie, built by Vulcan Foundry in 1935 (as number 607), withdrawn in 1981.

Penicillium Mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

A sample of Penicillium mould presented by Alexander Fleming to Douglas Macleod, 1935.

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Aeronautics

1919

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane.

LMS(R) steam locomotive with tender 'Duchess of Hamilton' 4-6-2 Coronation class, No 6229, 1938

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938

Steam locomotive and tender, No 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton', 8P Coronation class, 4-6-2, London Midland & Scottish Railway, designed by William Stanier, built at Crewe in 1938. Length over buffers: 73' 10 1/4"; width 9' 3"; height 12' 9'; weight: 105 tons; 5 cwt; driving wheel diameter 6 feet, 9 inches (total weight according to H C Casserley 161 tonnes 12 cwt).

'Jason I', de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth

Aeronautics

1928

De Havilland Gipsy moth Aeroplane 'Jason I', by De Havilland Aircraft Company, Brent, Greater London, United Kingdom, 1928. Used on historic flight of Miss Amy Johnson to Australia, May 1930, DH.60G, G-AAAH

The Munition Girls

Stanhope Alexander Forbes

1918

Painting, [The Munition Girls] / by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, 1918. Oil on canvas; 40x 50" or 103x127cm, in decorative gilt frame 132x152x8.5cm. Signed and dated bottom left. Female operatives making 4.5-inch shells at the Kilnhurst Steel Works of John Baker and Co. Ltd., Rotherham; steel billets are re-heated in a separate furnace and, still glowing, moved by hand to a steam hydraulic press for forging. Mr. George Baker commissioned this scene "to produce a memento for our women workers", and each of them received a framed copy of it.

Passalong Test, London, England, 1937

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937

Passalong Test, a performance test of intelligence for persons 7 to 20 years old, invented by W.P. Alexander c. 1937 and published by University of London Press in 1937.

Short Magazine Mark III Lee Enfield .303 rifle (deactivated)

Public Health & Hygiene

c. 1917

Short Magazine Mark III Lee Enfield bolt action rifle (deactivated), used in First World War, barrell length 731 mm / 28.7 in and calibre 7.65 mm / .303 in, by Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, United Kingdom, 1917

Ampoule of Anti Gas-Gangrene Serum

Public Health & Hygiene

1934

Single glass ampoule, one of four, of gas-gangrene serum, by Laboratoire due Val de Grace, French, 1934

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1917

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway, Bo, built 1917 for T. Bolton & Sons, withdrawn from service 1963.

Insecticide powder for delousing, United States, 1939-1945

Public Health & Hygiene

1939-1945

Tin of insecticide louse powder by Lucky Heart Laboratories Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, USA, war time issue

Spinning mule

Textile Industry

1927

Self acting spinning mule, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1927 and used at Elk Mill in Oldham until September 1974 when mule spinning operations there ceased.

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1933

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1933

Railway carriage, sleeping car No 3792, Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens, built in 1933, withdrawn 31st December 1974. Length over buffers: 65' 6"; width 9' 1"; height 12' 7".

'Prorace' cervical cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1915-1925

Rubber cervical cap, called "Prorace", with tab for easy removal, size 2, by John Bell Croyden Ltd., English

SR 'Winston Churchill' 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class, No 34051

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1945

Steam locomotive, Southern Railway, Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 No 34051 "Winston Churchill", designed by O.V. Bulleid, built at Brighton in 1945, withdrawn in 1965.

Vessel for growing mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1940-1944

Penicillin surface fermentation vessel, European, 1940-44, in porcelain.

Cut-away model of the T.S. 'Olympic', 1910-1937

Water Transport

1910-1937

Cut-away model, scale 1:144, of the triple-screw passenger liner, the T.S. 'Olympic' (1910), with painted panel showing the inner compartments with passengers, made by Bassett-Lowke Limited, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, 1910-1937

Gecophone crystal detector radio set no. 1, 1923

Radio Communication

1923

Gecophone crystal detector radio set no. 1, complete with instruction handbook, made by the General Electric Company Limited, British, 1923. Polished mahogany case with a lift up lid and ebonite control panel with a tuning knob and a lever to adjust the detector. The Gecophone Crystal Set No 1 is a simple variometer turned crystal receiver and has connection points for the aerial, earth and headphones.

Quarter-plate `Cameo' camera used to take 'second phase' of Cottingley Fairies photographs, 1918-1920

Photographs

1915-1920

Quarter-plate `Cameo' camera manufactured by W Butcher & Sons, London, 1915-1920, used to make a `second phase' of `Cottingley fairies' photographs between 1918 and 1920. Lukos II symmetrical lens back, made by Wollensak Optical Co. of USA.

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

Biotechnology

1945

Penicillin; molecular model by Dorothy Hodgkin, ca. 1945.

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

Surveying

1940

F-71 magnifying stereoscope, made by Fairchild Aviation Corporation, Jamaica, New York, United States, 1940

Penicillin powder in bottle

Biotechnology

1942

Penicillin powder in screw top bottle with label, unsigned, Oxford, England, 1942

London Midland & Scottish Railway United Dairies milk wagon, 1937

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1937

Tank wagon, No ADW44057, six wheeled United Dairies milk wagon with glass-lined tank, London Midland & Scottish Railway, built Derby 1937. Length over buffers: 23' 11"; width 8' 7"; height 12' 9".

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1926

Toyoda Automatic Loom, type G, made in 1926.

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1913

Pullman Car Company First Class Parlour Car "Topaz".

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

Photographic Technology

1934-1935

Retina camera type 117. Folding camera for 35mm for 24 x 36mm. Fitted with a Schneider Xenar lens F: 5cm, f/3.5 No 694235. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/300/B/T. Helical focusing of whole lens to 3.5 feet. Direct vision optical finder. Rotary exposure counter. Depth of field scale. No. 449875. Kodak AG, 1934-1935.

Statue depicting Shou Lao (Shou Xing), Chinese god of longevity

Asian Medicine

before 1930

Wooden statue depicting Shou Lao (Shou Xing), the Taoist god of longevity, Japanese

Metal lice comb, 'Derbac' brand, England, 1930-1940

Public Health & Hygiene

1930-40

Metal lice comb for the removal of lice and their eggs from human hair, 'Derbac' brand, made in England, 1930-1940

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

Photographic Technology

1935

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', 1909-1910

Therapeutics

1909-1910

One of two boxed sets of Maxim's inhaler, Sir Hiram Maxims "Pipe of Peace", with drug prepared by John Morgan Richards and Sons Ltd., London, 1909-1910

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

Radio Communication

1922-1925

Three-valve receiver used in a Derbyshire colliery test, unknown maker, Derby, England, 1922-1925. Ref. Wireless World 2/12/22 p.314

V2 Rocket, A4 missile

Space Technology

1945

V2 Rocket, A4 missile, Germany, 1945

Claxton ear cap, England, 1925-1945

Therapeutics

1925-1945

One of three corrective ear cap of pink ribbon, elastic and net in box, patented by Claxton, English, 1925-1945

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

Nuclear Physics

1935-1945

Porcelain bowl, retrieved from Hiroshima after the atomic bomb explosion, unsigned, Japan, August 1945

Gyroscope platform

Space Technology

1945

Gyroscope platform with two gyroscopes, for V2 rocket.

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

Radio Communication

1934

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine complete in oak wood transit case, together with original German battery (Serial number A6421/1937), unsigned, Germany, 1934 (see Note)

Bragg X-ray spectrometer, England, 1910-1926

Experimental Chemistry

1910-1926

Original Bragg x-ray spectrometer, developed by William Bragg at Leeds University, 1910-1926

Replica Grand Junction Railway travelling post office

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938; (1838)

Traveling Post Office, Grand Junction Railway, replica postal sorting van, copy of first TPO on London North Western Railway (LNWR) wagon frame, built 1938 (original 1838). Royal VR monogram painted on door sides, coach number 282693.

Gas mask, Germany, 1915-1918

Public Health & Hygiene

1915-1918

Gas mask with metal container, leather, German make, 1915-1918

Bakelite Type 232 telephone

Telecommunications

c.1934

Bakelite Type 232 telephone with Type 26 bellset and fuse, made in c.1934 and used in Horwich.

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

Orthopaedics

c.1919

"Openshaw" wooden carrying hand with a tenon thumb. The index and middle fingers are articulated at the metacarpo-phalangeal and proximal inter-phalangeal joints. The ring and little fingers are rigid and slightly flexed with a steel palmar reinforcement, which extends into the palm. The wrist is oval with a screw fitment for attachment to the prosthetic arm. Made by Anderson & Whitelaw c.1919.

Portable paraffin cooking stove

Domestic Appliances

1930-1935

'Beatrice' No 33/1 portable paraffin cooking stove with single flat wick, one of the most popular types of paraffin cookers, by John Harper and Co., Willenhall, Staffordshire, 1930-1935

Marconi-Sykes Magnetophone

Television

1923

Marconi-Sykes Magnetophone, Serial Number 271376, made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company Limited, probably Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1923. Very early moving coil microphone, DC energised. Uses the large flat coil as the diaphragm. Used at the BBC's early studio at Savoy Hill. This example is missing the coil.

Liston-type amputation knife, London, England, 1920-1930

Surgery

1920-1930

Liston's amputation knife with steel blade and nickel plated handle made by Down Bros. of London, English, 1920-1930

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1921

Set of ten Rorschach inkblot test cards in cardboard case, printed by Hans Huber, Bern, Switzerland, 1921-1950

Aston's first mass spectrograph, c. 1919.

Nuclear Physics

1918-1925

Prof. F.W. Aston's original Aston Mass-Spectrograph complete with magnet

Ekco AD36 radio receiver in phenolic plastic case, 1935

Radio Communication

1935

Model AD36 Ekco radio receiver, 4-valve TRF domestic receiver in circular Bakelite phenolic plastic case, by E K Cole Limited, Southend-on-Sea; England, 1935

Hollerith 45 column horizontal electrical sorting machine, 1920-1930

Computing & Data Processing

1920-1930

Hollerith horizontal electrical sorting machine, no.7407, 45 column, invented by Herman Hollerith, and made by British Tabulating Machine Company Limited, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England, 1920-1930

20-ton Goods Brake Van

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1933

Brake Van, London Midland & Scottish Railway, 20-ton Goods Brake Van, No 295987, 1933.