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Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Aeronautics

1919

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

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

McKay artificial left arm

Orthopaedics

1920

A McKay all-metal arm for a left above elbow amputation, designed for heavy work. Duralumin socket and forearm, connected by jointed side steels. The elbow joint operates around a metal arc with holes for six locking positions. The lock may be released and kept free by means of a crude gate-hinged device which fits onto a projecting pin on the side steel. The wrist rotary has a snap fitting mechanism, for easy removal of the hand, or any other terminal device. The eyelet holes, in the front of the socket and forearm, are for elastic laces which act as an elbow 'pick-up' and as a clothing protector. This prosthesis is fitted with an all-rubber hand and heavy-duty harness appendages. Made by McKay on 28 April 1920. N.B. The name on the arm label refers to James Morrison who had a financial interest in the McKay business. (Weight: 2.25 lbs 1.25 kg)

'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.

Two thorns used for smallpox inoculation, Palestine, 1921

Public Health & Hygiene

1921

2 thorns mounted on cardboard with photograph and information about their use by medicine men in smallpox epidemic to vaccinate patients in Dawaimeh, Palestine, 1921

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

Telecommunications

1921

Telephone crossbar switch, made by Swedish Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, 1921

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1920

Locomotive worksplate, brass, London Midland & Scottish Railway, LMS rebuilt 1920 Derby, back cast "pattern No 5".

Heurtley magnifier, 1919

Telecommunications

1919

Heurtley magnifier, made by Muirhead and Company Limited, Beckenham, London, England, 1919. Ex Submarine Cable Exhibition, 1950.

Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

Orthopaedics

c. 1920

Wooden hand with rigid fingers and semi-opposed tenon thumb. Certalmid wrist section. Made by Steeper, c.1920.

Harper Runabout Tricycle

Road Transport

1921

Harper Runabout three-wheeled vehicle, made by A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd, Manchester, c.1921.

Sectioned model steam locomotive boiler

Railway Models

c. 1920

Model steam locomotive boiler with `Belpaire' fire box and superheater, approximately 1/8 scale, sectioned, circa1920.

manual telephone exchange

Telecommunications

c.1920

Floor-standing telephone exchange made by Allmänna Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson, Stockholm c. 1920.

Lap Scales

Textile Industry

c.1920

Lap scales, c.1920.

Ora wireless receiving triode, 1921

Electronic Components

1921

'Ora' wireless receiving triode, made by the Mullard Radio Valve Company, Mitcham, London, England, 1921

telephone switch room chair

Telecommunications

c.1920

Wooden chair for switch room, c.1920.

Case for 'Tabloid' first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1919

Case for Tabloid first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown, on their first transatlantic non-stop flight, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1919

Metal case containing glass tubes from 'Tabloid' first aid kit

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1919

Metal case containing six glass tubes (pts 3-8) for tablets, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co. , English

Air pump

Telecommunications

c.1920

Air pump for cleaning manual switchboards, made in around 1920.

Wrapping Block

Textile Industry

c. 1920

Wrapping block, made by John Nesbitt, Manchester, c.1920.

Tube of bismuth salicylate tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1919

Glass tube of bismuth salicylate tablets with cork bung, by Burroughs Wellcome, English, ( in part 2)

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981

Intelligence test, Chicago, United States, 1915-1925

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

c.1920

A wooden form board with ten depressions, each to be filled with a single piece, by C. H. Stoelting Co., Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., c. 1920. See note. (BPS Inv. No. 0150.)

Steam locomotive, named Super D

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1921

Steam locomotive, London & North Western Railway, G2 class Super D, 0-8-0 No 485, designed by Beames, built at Crewe in 1921, withdrawn in 1959.

Debrie Sept 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1921

Debrie Sept cine camera for 35mm film in 10' loading chargers. Fitted with a Paris 'Huet' lens F: 5cm f/ 3.5-32, Serial No 1825, Detachable clockwork motor, rounded case, 'normal' and 'rapid' speed. With provision for single exposure T/I. Brilliant reflex finder. Front lens slides out to form optical frame finder. Helical focusing mount. Intermittent front sprocket drive. Light trapped slits for use as printer/ projector. Frame counter. Serial No E 00423. Andre Debrie. French Patent 2 June 1919. In lined case with four spare chargers.

British Red Cross Society medal for voluntary services

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1920

British Red Cross Society metal gilt medal, in original box, awarded for war service in First World War, 1914-1918, made by J.R. Gaunt & Son

'Belmont' personal self-indicating scale

Weighing & Measuring

c.1920

'Belmont' personal self-indicating scale fitted with reverse mirror, made by Salter Co., c.1920.

Ensign Rollfilm/Plate camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1920

Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with Ross combinable lens F: 5 1/4 inches f/5.9-32, No. 102860. Front component F: 9 1/2 inches, f/11, rear 8 inches f/11. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Lever rising, sliding cross front. Brilliant relfecting rotating finder with level. Back with removable panel to permit use of focusing screen and single metal plateholders. With focusing screen. HOughtons Limited.

Elderly couple with female 'spirit'

Photographs

c. 1920

A portrait photograph of a seated elderly couple, possibly taken by William Hope in about 1920. A young woman's face appears as if floating above the sitters, draped in a cloak.

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Photograph of the instruments used by the British expedition when observing the 1919 total solar eclipse in Brazil.

Astronomy

1919

Mounted photograph (passe partout) showing the instruments used at Sobral, Brazil, during the total solar eclipse of 1919 May 29. The expedition organised by Sir Arthur Eddington of the Royal Greenwich Observatory used photographs taken during the eclipse to measure the deflection of star light adjacent to the Sun as predicted by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity.

Rule book for the City of Cardiff Mental Hospital

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1919

City of Cardiff Mental Hospital (Whitchurch, Glamorgan) Rules, 1919

Gold Metal Presented to John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown

Aeronautics

1919

18ct gold medal in case presented to John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown by the City of Manchester, 1919.

Photograph showing an early method for testing x-rays, Europe

Radiomedicine

1950-1920

Photograph of an early method of testing the output of X-rays by observing the appearance of a hand through a fluoroscope

Steam Locomotive, number 901

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1919

Steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway T3 (LNER Q7) class 0-8-0 No 901, designed by Sir Vincent Raven, built at Darlington in 1919, withdrawn in 1962, BR No.63460.

Mourning scene

Photographs

c. 1920

A photograph of a mourning scene, probably taken by William Hope in about 1920. A woman mourns for her husband in a Chapel of Rest, the woman's son stands beside her. The image of a man's face has been superimposed over the original photograph. The spirit album notes that the family were Roman Catholics and believed in life after death.

The up and down lines

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1920

Poster, 'The up and down lines' by The Railway Mission. Coloured lithograph depicting railway scenes accompanied by Biblical references, illustrating righteous and wicked behaviours, and their consequences. These include a train crashing off the end of a broken viaduct. Accompanying text reads "The Up and Down Lines, The Railway Mission, 1 Adam Street, Strand, WC". Text in bottom margins reads "Hazell, Watson & Viney Ld, Lith., London E.C" and "Designed and entered at Stationers Hall by W. C. Miles". Paper backed.

Richard Johnson, Clapham & Mor

Coal Mining

c. 1920

Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd safety lamp, c. 1920 brass

Coolidge tube, United States, 1920

Radiomedicine

1920

Coolidge tube, used by Dr. Burkitt, made by General Electric, USA, c.1920

Hilger wavelength spectroscope, with camera, London, England, 1919

Laboratory Medicine

1919

Hilger wavelength spectrometer, with camera, by A. Hilger, London, 1918-1920

Ernemann Box Camera

Photographic Technology

1919

Roll film camera by Ernemann.

Three-Pin Plug Socket

Electricity Supply

1920

Three-pin plug socket by Wandsworth Electrical Company Limited.

Pocket aneroid barograph

Meteorology

1919

Pocket aneroid barograph by Richard Freres, c 1919.

Debrie Sept 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1921

Debrie Sept cine camera. Cine camera for 35mm film in 10' chargers, serial number 02025. Fitted with a Zeiss Tessar F: 5cm lens f/3.5-32, Serial No 130206, by E Kraus of Paris. Focusing is done through helical threaded mount. With intermittent sprocket transport and provision for single exposures. Detachable clockwork motor unit, square ended. Film containers with light traps opened from camera exterior. Light trapped slits for printer/ projector mode. Brilliant reflecting finder with front lens which slides out to form optical frame finder. No K 02025. Frame counter. Andre Debrie. In lined case with compartment for chargers. 'K3121' pencilled on top.

H.M.V. internal horn gramophone, c. 1920.

Sound Reproduction

1920

H.M.V. internal horn gramophone, c. 1920.

McVitie Weston valve collection, Marconi WT Co valve, type M.T.1

Electronic Components

1919

Marconi WT Co valve, type M.T.1, etched 11016 overprinted 2025 pinch marked 2376, (RMW/J67 - McVitie Weston number), by Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Limited, 1919.

Two photographs of Banfield's photoratiograph machine

Mathematics

1920

Two photographs of Banfield's photoratiograph machine, (sizes 10" x 6" and 8 1/2" x 6 1/ 2")

Joe and Will Thomas

Photographs

c. 1920

A photograph of Welsh mediums and brothers Joe and Will Thomas with their grandmother's 'spirit' , taken by William Hope in about 1920.

Chastity belt for a dog, 1919.

Veterinary Medicine

1919

Chastity belt for a dog, Paris, 1919

Carpenter's tool-holder with square clamp

Orthopaedics

c.1920

Carpenter's tool-holder with square clamp to allow for varying sizes of tool handles, for heavy working arm. Keyed plain adaptor (to hold appliance in a locked position). Made by McKay c.1920.

A séance

Photographs

c. 1920

A photograph of a group gathered at a seance, taken by William Hope in about 1920. The information accompanying the spirit album states that the table is levitating - in reality the image of a ghostly arm has been superimposed over the table.