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Exactus adder

Mathematics

1945-1955

Women's League of Health and Beauty

Photographs

1939-06-27

An audience of children at a Punch and Judy show

Photographs

1944

Anti-louse powder, England, 1939-1945

Public Health & Hygiene

1939-1945

Cambridge electrite direct-writing electrocardiograph machine

Clinical Diagnosis

1950

Poster for the film 'Daag'

Cinematography

1952

'Permutit' sea water desalination apparatus, London, England, 1940-1945

Public Health & Hygiene

1940-1945

Original laboratory sample of 'M and B 693', England, 1938

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1938

Apparatus used in experimental work with penicillin, United Kingdom, 1939-1949

Biotechnology

1939-1949

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group blue fabric, 1950-1951

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Refractor head used in spectacles prescription, United Kingdom, 1945-1955

Ophthalmology

1945-1955

Facit mechanical calculator, model ESA by Atridabe

Mathematics

1951

Mercedes Addelectra accounting machine, 1948, seri

Mathematics

1948

Richmond Educational Spelling Board, a teaching game

Mathematics

1940-1945

Bimetallic actinograph Mk III, by E.R.I.C. Ltd of

Meteorology

1949

Prismatic binoculars, sectioned, by Ross of London

Optics

1945-1951

Oertling chemical balance, model 52 FM, serial No.

Experimental Chemistry

1939

RAF Flying Goggles MK VIII

Aeronautics

1943

Oldham Type C electric hand la

Coal Mining

c. 1950

'Glockner' automatic stop-cylinder press

Printing & Writing

1950

A.R.P. whistle, on link chain with button clip. Made by J. Hudson & Co. Barr St., Hockley, Birmingham. c. 1942

ARP whistle

Public Health & Hygiene

c. 1942

Knee pads, coal mining. C.1950

Coal Mining

1950

Lucas motor car starter motor, type M35A, c.1955.

Road Transport

c.1955

Great Tantalizer Puzzle

Mathematics

1940-1949

Uniform cap badge, British Railways 1949 pattern totem, British Railways (Eastern Region), 'Guard', part of The Jack Whitaker Collection of railway uniform badges. Overall: 19 mm x 71 mm x 15 mm.

British Railways (Eastern Region), 'Guard' cap badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

1949

5-inch transit theodolite, no.31794, by E.R. Watts

Surveying

1944

Yorkshire Dales

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1948

Railway wagon, British Railways, 30T Bogie Bolster "C", No B943139, built by Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Company Limited, 1952. [Built to diagram number BR Wagon 471, construction span 1951-1953, number built 1398].

British Railways 30 ton Bogie Bolster C

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1952

Carbon steering vane from V2 rocket

Space Technology

1944

Bridge Megger resistence teste

Telecommunications

c.1950

Moving coil "spot" galvanometer with combined lamp

Electricity and Magnetism

1950

USS Nautilus

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1954

Made in Germany by Steineck Kamerawerk. Subminiature camera for discs of film 25mm diameter, 8 exposures 7mm diameter. Steinhetl VI lens F:12.5mm f/2.8 fixed aperture, coated cobir enamel. Two-speed rotary shutter. Refelcting finder - concave mirror and ball and pin sight. Wristwatch shaped, on green leather strap. In case. Could be Steiner-Optik GmbH?. Designed in Germany by Dr R Steineck.

Steineck ABC wristwatch camera

Photographic Technology

1949

'Skyline' tin-opener for small tins, Burnley, Lancashire, 1945-55

Domestic Appliances

1945-1955

london town

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1938

Watson Bactil binocular microscope

Scientific Instruments & Research

1950

Model, of Electric trolleybus, 1950

Road Transport

1950

Bottle of Waterman 88 Bleu Nuit ink

Domestic Appliances

c. 1950

Midget disc recorder RDP/1A/139

Sound Reproduction

1944

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr after her arrival in Hollywood

Photographs

1938

Condom packaging, single pack of "Durex"

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1945-1955

Prismatic compass by F Barker and Son (1932) Ltd,

Meteorology

1944

Folding camera for instant pictures 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Coated lens. Front cell focusing. Wheel stops, coupled with shutter, EV 11-18 with B facility. Direct vision optical finder. Flash synchronised, hot shoe. No. LC 550030. Polaroid Corporation. Supplied by Hambletons, 3 Norwich Union House, Western Road, Romford.

Polaroid Land Camera Model 80B

Photographic Technology

1954

'Bel' cream maker, Empire Jubilee Model. Patent No. 448775. Made in England, c. 1940.

'Bel' cream maker, Empire Jubilee Model. Patent No

Domestic Appliances

c. 1940

Morphy Richards `Cyldon' door chime, type B120, c.1948

Morphy Richards `Cyldon' door chime, type B120, c.

Domestic Appliances

1948

Model of Sunbeam-Talbot 10 h.p. saloon motor car

Road Transport

1946

Festival Pattern Group Lace Collar, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Murphy model A104 radio receiver, by Murphy Radio

Radio Communication

1944-1948

Purma Special Camera

Photographic Technology

1940-1945