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'Steeper' heavy-working arm for a right above elbow amputation

Orthopaedics

c. 1946

Heavy-duty arm for a man with a left below elbow a

Orthopaedics

1946

Surveyor's instrument spirit level

Coal Mining

C.1950

Notice board, Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway, with Notice of Increase of Railway Charges from 1st October 1947, ex Newry Bridge Street.

Increase of Railway Charges, station sign

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1947

Signalling diagram, framed, London & North Eastern Railway, Coxwold G.B., December 1946.

Signalling diagram, framed, London & North Eastern Railway

Signalling & Telecommunications

1946

Ferodo metal adverting sign

Road Transport

c.1950

Tension gauge

Telecommunications

c.1950

Bush Radio Model DAC90a

Radio Communication

1950

Model of GHH Werk Sterkrade te

Coal Mining

c. 1950

Model of GHH Werk Sterkrade te

Coal Mining

c. 1950

Rotary cheese grater c1950.

Domestic Appliances

1950

Document carrier from the 3" p

Telecommunications

c1946

Bactil Microscope Stage Mirror

Scientific Instruments & Research

1950

Tape deck inscribed "Magnetape Recorders, Morecamb

Sound Reproduction

1950

Coat of arms, British Railways 1st edition, on wooden panel, dark blue background with lining, 1950s.

Wooden coat of arms, British Railways

Railway Heraldry

1950

Magneto Safety Lamp Re-lighter

Coal Mining

1950

radiogram

Radio Communication

c.1950

British Railways horse carter's trousers

Railway Uniform & Costume

1950

Titanium button made by R.A.E. in an arc furnace w

Metallurgy

1948

Overcoat, London & North Eastern Railway, Driver, c.1947.

driver's overcoat

Railway Uniform & Costume

c. 1947

Locomotive nameplate, London & North Eastern Railway, "Edward Fletcher", ex Peppercorn A1 Class, No. 60142, built February 1949, named October 1950, Darlington Works No. 2061, withdrawn June 1965.

Locomotive nameplate - Edward Fletcher

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1949

Locomotive Nameplate, London & North Eastern Railway / British Railways, "Archibald Sturrock", ex Peppercorn A1 Class, No. 60118, built November 1949, named July 1950, Doncaster Works No. 2035, withdrawn October 1965.

locomotive nameplate - archibald sturrock

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1949

Roll of Honour, glazed, in oak frame, London & North Eastern Railway, detailing the 22 recipients of the LNER gallantry medal, 1941-1947, including two examples of the medal with ribbon.

Roll of Honour for gallantry medal, London & North Eastern Railway

Coins and Medals

1947

Early type HC4 Geiger-Muller tube

Nuclear Energy

1946-48

Cuitris electric motor no. 168128, by Muirhead and

Telecommunications

1949

Universal bridge type A-154-A no. 180365, by Muirh

Telecommunications

1950

Time switch type D-345- no. 176118 by Muirhead an

Telecommunications

1950

Hopper Wagon, London & North Eastern Railway, 20T steel hopper coal wagon, No E270919, built by Hurst Nelson & Co. Ltd, Motherwell, 1946. [Built to diagram number 100, construction span 1936-1948, number built c. 8000+].

Hopper wagon, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1946

Behind the scenes photograph from filming of 'Edward, My Son'

Photographs

1949

Henry's Ascot Problem

Photographs

1950

Great Western Railway/BR porter overcoat

Railway Uniform & Costume

1949

Slave clock for telephone exchange master clock

Telecommunications

1950

Locomotive worksplate, Australian Railways, "North British Locomotive Company Ltd Glasgow 1950 No 26778", brass diamond, mounted on wood with photograph and numberplate, ex Victorian Railway 2-8-2 No 468, 5ft 3in gauge.

worksplate, North British Locomotive Company - Australian Railways

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1950

Component parts of a Telemetry set for a guided weapon

Farnborough

1950

Block maker's mallet.

Hand and Machine Tools

1950

Bibby recorder Mark II, Met Ref No 985, MO 22/51, demonstration model, with perspex cover

Meteorology

1951

Sterile blood giving set

Public Health & Hygiene

post 1946.

Festival Pattern Group Lace, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

McVitie Weston valve collection, valve

Electronic Components

1949

Haemaglobin 8.26 dress fabric, Festival Pattern Group, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Copy photograph of an atom-track showing the creation of a meson

Nuclear Physics

1947

Thermionic Beam Tetrode Valve (VTB), type CV1503,

Electronic Components

1950

McVitie Weston valve collection, STC valve, type 44A/160M

Electronic Components

1951

McVitie Weston valve collection, STC valve, type G1/370K

Electronic Components

1951

Unknown components - inside cardboard box - for the Swash-plate axial aero engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1947

Microtome

Scientific Instruments & Research

1948

Locomotive worksplate, "Gas Turbine locomotive designed and built by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, 1950, Power 3,000 HP from Turbine 2,500 HP at Rail Speed 90 mph maximum service tractive effort 60,000 lb maximum 30,000 LA Continuous", bakelite, rectangular, rounded corners, ex British Railways (Western Region) GT A1A-A1A Bo 18100 of 1950, worked from Old Oak Common from January 1952 to November 1953, rebuilt in January 1958 by Metropolitan-Vickers, Stockton as an electric locomotive and renumbered E1000, renumbered E2001 in October 1959 and used in wind-resistance tests, withdrawn April 1968, cut up January 1973 by John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridgeford.

Worksplate, Metropolitan-Vickers

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1950

Vaccine lymph tubes

Public Health & Hygiene

1950

Locomotive Worksplate, BR(ER), "North Eastern Region No. 2037 Darlington May 1948", cast brass, recessed letters, oval, London & North Eastern Railway 2-6-4 tank locomotive, outside cylinders, 67719 Class L1, withdrawn July 1961.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1948

Diagram of two X-ray powder photographs (diffraction & spectra of Alumina, on card mount (passe-partout framing without glass) with label

Nuclear Physics

1947