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television receiver built from 'Premier Radio' kit, 1945-1955

Radio Communication

1945-1955

Television receiver built from "Premier Radio" kit, made by Premier Radio Company, Hackney, London, England, 1945-1955

two-valve radio receiver made on the ECME machine, 1947-1948

Radio Communication

1947-1948

2 - valve radio receiver made on the ECME machine, made by Sargrove Electronics Ltd, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 1947-1948

Derwent V aircraft engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1946; 1946

Derwent V aircraft engine, made by Rolls-Royce Limited, Barnoldswick, c.1946.

British Railways railway wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1950

Railway wagon, British Railways, 20T Weltrol H.C, No B900805, 1950.

Reporter mobile radiophone, 1951-1953

Radio Communication

1951-1953

Reporter mobile radiophone type PTC 116, serial No. 6744, made by Pye Limited, Cambridge, England, 1951-1953

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

Computing & Data Processing

1951

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer with 3 transformers and 42 valves in place, manufactured by Ferranti Limited, Moston, Manchester, England, 1951.

Pye B16T television receiver

Television

1946-1948

PYE B16T table-top television receiver, manufactured by Pye Limited, East Anglia, England, 1946-1948.

Pair of climbers for climbing telegraph poles

Signalling & Telecommunications

1948

Pair climbers for climbing telegraph poles; made at Doncaster Works for J.H. Borrett from "Flying Scotsman" tyre steel in 1948; steel bar with silver steel points, leather straps and pads.

Templates from Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model

Biochemistry

1953

Metal plate representing the base adenine (A). Used in the original Crick and Watson DNA model.

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1952

Cybernetic tortoise, with photo-electric cell, developed to help with studies on brain function, invented and made by William Grey Walter, at the Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol, England, 1950-1952

Caesium atomic clock, 1955.

Time Measurement

1955

NPL caesium atomic clock of 1955 (less associated electronic equipment)

Hospital bed cycle

Therapeutics

1949

Designed in 1949 by Dr. Ludwig Guttmann, a Jewish Neuro-Surgeon who escaped to England with his family in 1939. The Bed cycle was used as an exercise bike for both paraplegics and tetraplegics. It was made by Metal Products Ltd., Carshalton, Surrey. This specimen was first used at The Chaseley Trust for Disabled Ex-Servicemen, Eastbourne, Sussex in 1946 and last used by a tetraplegic in 1994

Artificial kidney machine, France, 1955

Therapeutics

1955

Rotating coil artificial kidney machine, Necker Hospital model, effectively a French-manufactured Kolff-Brigham type, made by Societe Usifroid, Paris, c.1955, and used from that date at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.

Elliott / NRDC 401 Mk I mainframe

Computing & Data Processing

1952-1953

Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c.1953

Wrayflex camera

Photographic Technology

1951

35mm camera for 50 exposures 32 x 24mm. Wray unilite lens F:50mm f/2-22. Serial No 110095. With fabric focal plate shutter 2/5/10/25/50/100/250/500/1000/B. Automatic exposure counter, shutter cocked and film wound on by recess key in base. Reflex viewing via mirror giving laterally reversed image. Small magnifier in centre of ground glass screen. S-1906. Wray, 1951.

Festival of Britain souvenir tin

Domestic Appliances

1951

Festival of Britain souvenir tin, 1951. Lid decorated with Festival logo. Possibly for sweets or tobacco.

'Emidicta' dictating machine

Sound Reproduction

c.1955

'Emidicta' model 2400 dictating machine made by Electric & Musical Industries Ltd, Hayes, c.1955.

'Smith-Clarke Senior' adult cabinet 'Iron Lung'

Therapeutics

1953

'Smith-Clarke Senior' adult cabinet respirator 'Iron Lung' designed by George Thomas Smith-Clarke and made by Cape Engineering Company Limited, Warwick, England, 1953

Villiers 27B Two-stroke Petrol Engine, 1947-1957

Heat Engines (non steam)

1947-1957

This mark 27B two stroke engine is one of a range of two stroke engines designed for reliability and economical service. It is suitable for driving agricultural implements such as cultivators, ploughs, chain saws, and high speed drainage pumps. Single cylinder 70 mm bore 90 mm stroke develops 7.8 h.p. at 3000 r.p.m. for short periods and 3.5 b.h.p. for continuous running. It has a cast iron cylinder and a detachable head. The carburetter is controlled by a manually operated lever and the ignition by a villiers high tension magneto incorporated in the flywheel. It weighs 84 lbs (approximately 40 kg).

Conditioned Reflex Analogue, ‘CORA’, England, 1950-1953

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1953

`CORA', Conditioned Reflex Analogue device designed by William Grey Walter and built by Bunny Warren at the Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol, c1953

Prototype Rover gas turbine motor car, JET 1

Road Transport

1948

Rover gas turbine motor car, Jet 1, 1946-1950

Assorted paint and glue pots, 1950s.

Domestic Appliances

c. 1955

Tin of "Starline" Chinese Black Lacquer. Made in Britain by The Starline Varnish & Enamel Co. Ltd., Southend, Essex; and Westbury, Nr. Brackley, Northants. c. 1955.

Box for Camera Lite camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1955

Box of 3 Minori Pan SS films for Suzuki Camera Lite Model b. 6x6mm 20 exposures; high speed, non-halation, fine grade, ultra. Develop before January 1957. With instruction leaflet.

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

Bottle of penicillin lozenges, England, 1949

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1949

1x50 bottle of penicillin lozenges, calcium salt (benzylpenicillin sodium?), by Burroughs Wellcome, 1949

Conway camera, synchronised model

Photographic Technology

c. 1950

Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. B/I rotary shutter. Close-up lens on lever. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Flash synchronised with two pin contact.

'Rodine' rat poison, Scotland, 1948-1950

Public Health & Hygiene

1948-1950

Boxed tin of "Rodine" rat poison, by Thomas Harley Ltd., Perth, Scotland, 1948-1950

EM2/1 electron microscope, mad

Scientific Instruments & Research

c.1947

EM2/1 electron microscope, made by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd, Trafford Park, c.1947.

Morphy Richards pop-up toaster

Domestic Appliances

c. 1956

Morphy Richards pop-up toaster, model TUID, in cream, No. LC 20539, c. 1956.

Diesel locomotive, number No. 03090

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1957

Diesel-mechanical locomotive, British Railways, Class 03 shunting locomotive No 03090, built in 1957, Gardner 8L3 2046hp engine.

Kenwood A101 electric toaster, 500W, serial no. 42

Domestic Appliances

1957

Kenwood A101 electric toaster, 500W, serial no. 42225. Made in England by Kenwood Mfg. (Woking) Ltd., Havant, Hants. 1957.

Submerged repeater for TAT-1, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Sectioned submerged repeater for TAT-1 the first transatlantic telephone cable, designed at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, made by Standard Telephones and Cables Limited, Woolwich, London, England, 1956

National Benzole tank wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1954

Tank Wagon, British Railways, National Benzole Company Limited oil tank wagon, No 2022, built by Powell Duffryn Engineering Company Limited, 1954.

Baird tape recorder Mark II

Sound Reproduction

1952

Baird tape recorder Mark II by Scophony-Baird Ltd., 1952.

Northrop loom

Textile Industry

1947

Towelling loom, made by the British Northrop Loom Co. Ltd, Blackburn, 1947.

Picture and waveform monitor and camera control chassis for the Marconi Mk II television camera, 1950-1955

Television

1950-1955

Picture and waveform monitor B.D. 627C, plus camera control chassis B.D. 626E for the Marconi Mk II television camera, made by Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Chelmsford, Essex, England, 1950-1955

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep sea type, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep-sea type, made by Submarine Cables Limited, Erith, London, England, 1956.

Symonds Picture-Story Test; projective technique d

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1948

Symonds Picture-Story Test; projective technique designed by Percival M. Symonds (1948) for the study of the personality of adolescent boys and girls; consisting of 20 pictures of ambiguous situations, with instruction manual.

P1A Jet

Aeronautics

1954

P1A prototype experimental jet, made by the English Electric Co., Preston, c.1954.

Special Isle of Mann TT 125cc Motorcycle

Road Transport

1952

Special Isle of Mann TT 125cc motorcycle, made by John Anelay, Blackburn, 1952.

Rolls-Royce Merlin Mk 22 Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1946

Rolls-Royce Merlin Mk 22 or Mk 24 aircraft engine, assembled by Ford apprentices at Dagenham from parts made by the Ford Motor Co., Trafford Park, 1946.