Environmental Science & Technology
1976
RSS-211A heat stress monitor by Reuter Stokes Canada Ltd of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada with meter and detachable sensors, 1976, with manual.
Experimental Chemistry
1977
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing europium, atomic number 63.
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Headboard, British Railways, 'The Silver Jubilee' (1977), wooden headboard depicting double arrow insignia.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing ruthenium, atomic number 44.
Electricity and Magnetism
Box of 11 oscillograph movements by Micro Movements Ltd., type M800 Woodhill, serial number 9769.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing rubidium, atomic number 37.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing tungsten, atomic number 74.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing holmium, atomic number 67.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing rhodium, atomic number 45.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing magnesium, atomic number 12.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing palladium, atomic number 46.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing beryllium, atomic number 4.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing boron, atomic number 5.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing barium, atomic number 56.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing strontium, atomic number 38.
Computing & Data Processing
Commodore Vic 20 computer, c. 1977, with associated tapes and computer game USB cards.
Printing & Writing
Two electrotypes of wood engravings made by the beeswax mould process (produced in 1977 and probably the last ever made)
Classical & Medieval Medicine
2000-500
Small bone spoon, possibly Egyptian or Roman, 2000BC to 500AD
Aeronautics
Concorde Inflight PVC wallet, with ' British Airways Concorde' legend. Part of collection of in-flight material gathered by Alastair Greenlees who flew on Concorde in January 1978 and with BOAC from Manchester Airport.
Heat
Digital temperature measurer and controller DTC/2; range 4.2°K to 300°K, with a gold iron chromel thermocouple (CG01), by Oxford Instrument Company, 1977. Standardised to room temperature
Glass Technology
Machine made glass tumbler, 1977
4H Lead pencil, Mottled green and white painted, 1977
Radio Communication
DPE 5000SP "Stick Box" production model control box, Serial No DEM 127, for the DPE 5000 Digital Production Effects unit, by Quantel Limited
Casio CQ-1, 1976
Domestic Appliances
Interchangeable neck applicator for the PIFCO Vibratory Massager (model 1556 240V, 10W), by PIFCO Appliance Division, Failsworth, Manchester, 1976
Interchangeable scalp applicator for the PIFCO Vibratory Massager (model 1556 240V, 10W), by PIFCO Appliance Division, Failsworth, Manchester, 1976
Telecommunications
Telephone handset, beige, dial, model Sonofon, Mk IIB, made by Indetel, Mexico, 1976
Passenger Comforts
Side plate, pale green ceramic, by Dudson Bros, 1976, British Rail. Overall: 17 mm x 163 mm.
Television
BBC RP2/10 single turntable, 1977. Based on the Technics SP10 Mk II turntable.
Photographic Technology
Peer 100 pocket camera for 110 cartridge 13 x 17mm. Fixed aperture and focus lens with sliding cover. Fixed speed shutter, cocked by sliding film windon. Direct vision optical finder. Magicube flash socket rotated by windon mecahnism. Camera permanently enclosed in plastic case simulating peer 100 cigarette packet. Made by Kodak AG in 1976, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Optics
plastic wallet for polaroid overclip sunglasses, Boots, England, c.1977
1995-500
Aural scoop, bronze, Roman, from Sforza collection
Pointed tool, bronze, Egyptian, 2000 BC to 500 AD
Industrial Chemistry
ICI fertiliser, Urea, in a 250ml, stoppered, spherical flask, 1977
Marble figurine of Ptah, god of truth, Egyptian, 2000 BC-500 BC
Clinical Diagnosis
Jasco heartscope with electric transducer, plastic and metal, made byJapan Standard Corp., Japanese, 1977
Asian Medicine
Six acupuncture charts with explanatory booklet,unsigned, published in Shanghai, 1976.
Oceanography
1976-1977
Model current meter array for deep water mooring, 1976-77. Buoy and instruments scaled 1:14.
Orthopaedics
Plaster plaque showing the setting of an elbow socket, sculpted by Jackson from a 13th century French manuscript, English, 1977
Plaster plaque showing the diagnosis of a breast tumour, sculpted by Jackson from a 13th century French manuscript, English, 1977
Two paperweights containing slugs from original blower linotype, which was presented to the US ambassador, Anne Armstrong, in 1976.
Nuclear Physics
Silicate glass amplifier rod, one of 2 neodymium-doped glass laser components, 1977.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing tantalum, atomic number 73.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing lutetium, atomic number 71.
1977-
Power cable and 3pin plug for Nascom computer
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing indium, atomic number 49.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing silicon, atomic number 14.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing zirconium, atomic number 40.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing bismuth, atomic number 83.
Mushroom shaped glass vial containing thallium, atomic number 81.
