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Envelope containing nylon belts and top pulleys, part of mass miniature radiography set, Europe, 1960-1961

Radiomedicine

1960-1961

Envelope containing nylon belts and top pulleys, marked as fragile and addressed to “X-ray Dept., Ilford Chest Clinic, 287 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex”, part of Watson-Odelca mass miniature x-ray set, made by Watson and Sons (Electro-Medical), London, England, and N.V. Optische Industrie (De Oude Delft), specialist makers of X-ray equipment and optical technology, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands, used at Ilford Chest Clinic, London, England, where patients diagnosed with tuberculosis could be treated, 1960-1961

X-ray film hanger, part of mass miniature radiography set, Europe, 1960-1961

Radiomedicine

1960-1961

X-ray film hanger, part of Watson-Odelca mass miniature x-ray set, made by Watson and Sons (Electro-Medical), London, England, and N.V. Optische Industrie (De Oude Delft), specialist makers of X-ray equipment and optical technology, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands, used at Ilford Chest Clinic, London, England, where patients diagnosed with tuberculosis could be treated, 1960-1961

Three women in hats

Photographs

c. 1960

A photograph of three woman wearing hats, one holding grapes, taken by Zoltan Glass, c. 1960. The women stand on a garden path with a mountain view behind. The three wear printed cotton summer dresses and straw hats.

Photograph of two women shopping for chickens

Photographs

9 April 1960

A photograph taken from the Daily Herald Archive entitled Britain's Eastern Bazaar, showing two women shopping for chickens in a market.

BBC TS/10 Tone Source

Television

1960

BBC TS/10 Tone Source, 1960. Rack-mounted tone source (valve) 20Hz to 20KHz. Uses a Wien-Bridge oscillator with its frequency set by the large slow motion dial on the left. The meter in the middle was used to calibrate the output level and measure supply volts. The big knob on the right controlled the output attenuator, in conjunction with the 3-way lever switch underneath.

STC 4037A Dynamic Long Stick Microphone

Television

c.1961

STC 4037A Dynamic long stick microphone, c.1961.

BBC ATM/1 AC Test Meter

Television

1960

BBC ATM/1 AC test meter (valve), 1960. The ATM/1 was used as either an amplifier detector or a test programme meter amplifier. A 600-ohm input jack and a high-impedance input jack are provided on the jackfield.

BBC DK1/1 Tape Linking Desk

Television

1961

BBC DK1/1 Tape linking Desk, 1961. Tape linking console for two tape machines giving changeover facilities for recording and replay.

Philips EL3503 Audio Tape Recorder

Television

c.1959

Philips EL3503 audio tape recorder. Serial Number: 2493, c.1959. Mono/stereo professional studio tape recorder. Comprising three parts: tape transport unit, separate electronics rack and small box of spares (heads etc).

BBC AT/30 Attenuator Panel

Television

1960

BBC AT/30 Attenuator Panel, 1960. This panel contains two pairs of 600-ohm variable attenuators, each pair covering 0-60 dB in 0.5 dB steps. The input and output of each pair are connected to jacks on the jackfield. The panel also contains a key switch for operating the relay on Relay and Repeating-coil Panel RRC/1.

Photograph of a snow leopard at Whipsnade Zoo

Photographs

1960-04-25

Photograph titled 'If thoughts could...' Caption on back reads: 'A magnificent snow leopard snarls a greeting at the Whipsnade Zoo, as it lies in its enclosure, probably - if looks are anything to go by - dreaming of photographer for dinner. This fine beast came from the Moscow Zoo'.

Dial depth gauge, c. 1960 with spindle lifting lev

Printing & Writing

1960

Dial depth gauge, c. 1960 with spindle lifting lever and stand, used to measure depth of etch on printing plates, originally made by J.E. Baty and Co. for Hunter Penrose Limited

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1960

Locomotive Worksplate, British Railways, "built 1960 Swindon", cast iron, oval, standard 2-10-0 Class 9F 92220 "Evening Star", built March 1960, last steam locomotive made for BR, withdrawn March 1965, restored & repainted for preservation at Crewe Works.

Pair of lower limb prostheses, Roehampton, England, 1959

Orthopaedics

1959

First pair of lower limb prostheses made for a 2 year old girl who was born with bilateral above elbow stumps and absence of both lower limbs (amelia). The sockets are made of 'durestos' and are mounted on short round peg ends with rubber soles. Made by Hanger in 1959.

Tinsley Marshalling Yard presentation salver

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1961

Salver, silver, presented to Lord Beeching on the occasion of the official opening of Tinsley Marshalling Yard, 29th October 1965, Sheffield Hallmark of 1961, by Alexander Clark & Co. Ltd.

Teenage fashion in Chelsea

Photographs

1960-04-01

Daily Herald contact strip by Burton titled 'Teenage fashion in Chelsea'. Images show Joanna Norris, talking to some young men ; Julie French, complete with black stockings; 18-year-old Jacqueline Heath in suede jacket.

Copy of the magazine 'American Cinematographer'

Cinematography

October 1960

Copy of the magazine 'American Cinematographer', October 1960 including an article about the Rank Travelling Matte process (pages 598, 599, 600, 616 and 618).

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1961

Diesel-electric locomotive, British Railways, Co-Co. Deltic No 55002 "Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry", built by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows in 1961, withdrawn 1982.

Photograph of a mother snow leopard with her two cubs

Photographs

1960-07-22

Photograph titled 'Twin snow leopard cubs at Whipsnade Zoo'. Caption on back reads: Twin snow leopard cubs born at Whipsnade Zoo, June 22, are at last allowed out to explore their new world. (They have not been named yet). Their mother is called Olga and their father Ivan. The two cubs, one male and one female, ar ethe first of their kind ever born here. Their parents came from Moscow 18 months ago in a big animal exchange deal with the Russians. OPS. the two cubs shelter under mother Olga from the cold wind.

Nikon F camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Single lens reflex camera for 35mm film 24x36mm; Nikko-S Auto lens F:5cm f/2 Serial No 542635; with lens cap 'Nippon Kogaku Tokyo 52mm Patent Pending'; focal plane shutter 1-1/1000 sec. delayed action; pentaprism/meter head, coupling to shutter setting and aperture; match needle in finder and on prism top; set shutter; adjust aperture no. 480256; Camera Serial no. 6451677.

Metal component from a Bendix DRS washing machine

Domestic Appliances

c. 1961

Metal component from a Bendix DRS washing machine, by Bendix Corporation, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1961

Cue-dot generator by Alpha Television Services, 1961

Radio Communication

1961

Cue-dot generator by Alpha Television Services (Birmingham) Ltd, 1961

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used by Mr W E Gray in the RAE 24 foot wind tunnel during investigation of the Concorde wing shape, by Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, 1960-1970

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used by Mr W E Gray in the RAE 24 foot wind tunnel during investigation of the Concorde wing shape, by Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, 1960-1970

Relief plaque of Vesalius by Doris Appel

Wellcome (general)

1958

Relief plaque of Vesalius by Dorris Appel, plaster of paris, 1958

A device by Favag of Neuchatel which enables a sto

Time Measurement

1961

A device by Favag of Neuchatel which enables a stop watch to be operated by an electric signal, 1961

Con Edison's 'Plan Your Kitchen Kit', c 1958.

Domestic Appliances

c. 1958

Con Edison's Plan Your Kitchen Kit, a kitchen planning aid supplied free to customers by the Consolidated Edison Company, New York, ca. 1958.

Upper limb prostheses, 1959

Orthopaedics

1959

A pair of upper limb prostheses for a patient with congenital absence (amelia) of both upper limbs. He was supplied with prostheses when he was 16 years of age in 1959. These, his second pair, supplied a year later, consist of blocked leather shoulder caps joined back and front by straps and buckles. Hinged metal upper arms (permitting active abduction) also metal forearms with active elbow flexion and fully automatic elbow locks. A passive internal/external rotation device located just above each elbow. Detachable hands/terminal devices with push-rod mechanism for operating mechanical thumb or split-hook. The left (Steeplon) hand has rigid fingers and push-rod thumb. The right has three wooden articulated fingers and a semi-opposed thumb and rigid index finger. Each elbow flexion control consists of a strap attached to an anchor point, one on each side of a shaped leather waistbelt. The upper end of each strap is connected by a perlon cord to a lever-arm which pivots on the back of the respective shoulder cap. Flexion is achieved by an upward lift of the appropriate shoulder. The elbow lock control system consists of a nylon encased perlon cable (on the Bowden principle), attached to the lock lever and routed to the front of the cap on the same side. The two cables cross in front of the chest and are anchored to the waistbelt on either side of the mid-line. The lock operation is achieved by a backward thrust of the appropriate shoulder. The terminal device control also utilises a Bowden cable (wire through metal casing) routed to the outer side of each arm. The casing being anchored to respective forearms and shoulder caps with the lever system on top of each shoulder. The cables cross at the back and are fixed to the waistbelt either side of the midline. They are operated independently by a forward thrust of the appropriate shoulder. Made by Fletcher/Steeper in 1959. (Weight of limbs: 7 lbs 3.1 kg).

Mercury nitrogen-filled normal immersion thermometer

Heat

1960

Mercury nitrogen-filled normal immersion thermometer, measuring in the range 0-150 degrees Centigrade, made by G. H. Zeal Limited, and supplied by Griffin & George Ltd, London, England, 1960

STC 4032-C Microphone

Television

c.1960

STC 4032-C moving coil microphone, Ser. No. 510, c.1960.

Electrode head board, Bristol, England, 1958

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1958

Electrode head board made at the Burden Neurological Institute to connect electrodes implanted in a patient's brain to an EEG recorder. The 34-way sockets attached to each side of the head of the patient (see 2001-197 for an example) were connected via the rainbow-coloured cables at the back of this distribution board to 34 blue and 34 yellow sockets on the front of the board. The black and white sockets led to the EEG recorder.

Sectioned Morris Mini-Minor car

Road Transport

1959

Sectioned Morris Mini-Minor car, by British Motor Corporation, Cowley, Oxfordshire, England, 1959.

Electron Capture Detector

Experimental Chemistry

c. 1960

Electron capture detector for gas chromatograph, constructed by James Ephraim Lovelock and the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, England, 1955-1965

The Protector Lamp and Lightin

Coal Mining

c. 1960

The Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd type 6 safety lamp, c. 1960

Matrix monocular optical depth testing instrument

Printing & Writing

1961

Matrix monocular optical depth testing instrument, Plant No.2351, made by The Monotype Corporation Ltd., Salford, Redhill, Surrey, 1957. The instrument is fitted with a ‘John Bull’ dial micrometre by British Indicators Ltd. Used in the production of Monotype matrices to measure the depth of letter characters.

Depth Facing Mill, rough

Printing & Writing

1960

Matrix twin spindle, auto-depth and length, rough milling machine, Plant No.2294, made by The Monotype Corporation Ltd., Salford, Redhill, Surrey, 1960. Part of the equipment used in the production system for Monotype matrices. Integral with bench, incorporating electrical and compressed air services, and shared with machines Nos. 2728 and 2895.

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used by Mr W E Gray in the RAE 24 foot wind tunnel during investigation of the Concorde wing shape, by Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, 1960-1970

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

about 1960

Wing model used by Mr W E Gray in the RAE 24 foot wind tunnel during investigation of the Concorde wing shape, by Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, 1960-1970

Replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's 1879 'Patent Office' telephones, 1959

Telecommunications

1959

Replicas of Bell's 'Patent-office' telephones of 1876, made by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, 1959

Faber-Castell linear slide rule, c. 1960

Mathematics

c. 1960

Linear slide rule in leather-covered case, made by Faber-Castell, c. 1960.

Ferranti model A440F electric meter

Electricity Supply

1961

Ferranti Ltd model A440F electric meter, possibly made in 1961

Container flat wagon,conflat A

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1959

Container wagon, British Railways, 13 ton Container flat wagon, Conflat A, No. B737725, built Ashford, 1959. [Built to diagram BR Wagon 69, number built 7700].

Sunbeam Shavemaster foil type electric razor, circ

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1958

Sunbeam Shavemaster foil type electric razor, circa, 1958.

Portable Brookfield viscometer, model VH, 1960

Experimental Chemistry

1960

Portable Brookfield viscometer, model VH, 1960

British Standard sieve to "BS 410" of tinned steel

Civil Engineering

1961

British Standard sieve to "BS 410" of tinned steel, 12 inch diameter frame, aperture size 3/16 inch square hole perforated plate (1961) by Endecotts (Filters) Ltd. (serial no.8/52)

Viking racing bicycle, 1961, (with 1 gas cylinder

Road Transport

1961

Viking racing bicycle, 1961, (with 1 gas cylinder pump, 2 refreshment bottles, 2 toe straps, and Ever-Ready battery lamp (1940))

Philips car radio, Type N3G82VT-00, (valve/transis

Radio Communication

1959

Philips car radio, Type N3G82VT-00, (valve/transistor hybrid), c. 1959

wagon solebar plate pressed steel lot no 30417

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1958

Wagon solebar plate, "Pressed steel lot no 30417, 1958", cast iron, oval.

STC 4037D Dynamic Long Stick Microphone

Television

c.1961

STC 4037D Dynamic long stick microphone, c.1961.

Attenuator for AKG C28 Microphone (BBC Code AT2/6)

Television

c.1961

Attenuator with switched top-cut for the AKG C28 electrostatic microphone, c.1961. Inscribed AT2/6/301 (Ser. No. 301).