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Extralite 400 Pocket Camera

Photographic Technology

1981-1983

Extralite 400 pocket camera made by Kodak AG, Wangen, Federal Republic of Germany.

Schickard Calculator (Replica)

Computing & Data Processing

1992

Schickard Calculator (Replica), manufactured 1992, by Peter Roubos

How to injure your child without really trying

Public Health & Hygiene

1980-1987

Poster, 'How to injure your child without really trying', highlighting dangers around the home, produced by the Health Education Council (1969-1987), England, c. 1980-1987.

Keep Mrs. Dawson busy. Use a condom

Public Health & Hygiene

1986-1990

Poster (bw), with strapline 'Keep Mrs. Dawson busy. Use a condom' , (Condom Factory 40") awareness of safer sex and HIV and AIDS, headshot image of grinning female condom factory worker, produced by the Health Education Authority, England, c1986-1990.

Power supply unit for S3L main

Computing & Data Processing

1985

Power supply unit for S3L mainframe computer, made by International Computers Ltd, Manchester, 1985.

Philips CD303 compact disc player, c1983.

Sound Reproduction

1983

Philips CD303 compact disc player, c1983.

British Telecom Coral Mobile Phone

Telecommunications

c. 1987

British Telecom Coral mobile phone with leather case, three batteries and a charger, made by D. G. Telecommunications, Japan, c. 1987.

Packet of 12 Durex Nu-form condoms

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1981

Packet of 12 Durex 'Nu-form' condoms, rubber, made by LRC Products Ltd.,London, 1981

Relief Panel by David Hensler

Local History

1983

Fibreglass relief panel with bronze finish depicting machines and cogs, sculpted by David Hensler, 1983.

CRS WISARD and key

Computing & Data Processing

1984

Artificial intelligence (neural network) computer built for pattern recognition 1981 (WISARD) and key

Operant conditioning chamber ("Skinner Box") with

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1980-1990

Operant conditioning chamber ("Skinner Box") with two feeding hoppers, used in psychological experiments on learning in the rat, used at the Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool. Campden Instruments, Leicester, England, UK, 1980-1990.

Area denial mine HB876 made by

Aeronautics

c. 1985; c.1985

Area denial mine HB876 made by Ferranti Instrumentation Ltd, Moston, c.1985. Sub-munition of Hunting Percival JP233, designed to hamper repair of cratered runways.

Smeaton's Apparatus for Determining the Efficiency of Water Wheels

Motive Power

1988 (model); 1752 (original)

Facsimile model, scale 1:1, of John Smeaton's Water Wheel apparatus for "An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to turn Mills..." (Phil Trans. Vol L1, 1759), after the original made in 1752. Model by John Horniblow, England, 1988.

'Fission' Board game

Nuclear Energy

1990

Board game, "Fission"; board, counters & double pentagonal dice, instructions and box.

"Predictor" home pregnancy test kit

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1984

"Predictor" home pregnancy test kit, made by Chefaro International BV, Holland, 1984

Ophthalmic lens blank in Reactolite Rapide photochromic glass

Optics

1986-1987

Ophthalmic lens blank in Reactolite Rapide photochromic glass, green pretint, type RGX3, transmittance 70% to 16%, by Chance-Pilkington, St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, 1986-1987

Twenty 'Pope Oto-Wick' microsurgical ear prostheses

Surgery

1980

Pope Oto-Wick, four packs, each containing five wicks

Intellicharge XT battery charger MICROTAC II mobile cellular telephone, 1992

Telecommunications

1992

Intellicharge XT battery charger for MICROTAC II mobile cellular telephone, Motorola, United States, 1992

Model of Apollo lunar module

Space Technology

1984

1:48 scale model of Apollo lunar module, made by Revell, U.S.A., 1984

Computer Program Data Recorder

Computing & Data Processing

1984

Computer program data recorder, by W.H. Smith.

Laboratory notebook, England, 1980-1984

Laboratory Medicine

1980-1984

Red lab notebook labelled `Miscellaneous mice + pigs + dogs', including details of the first infusion of recombinant factor VIII to a live haemophiliac dog

Ordinary mercury in glass thermometer Mk 2C, Met 2

Meteorology

1984

Ordinary mercury in glass thermometer Mk 2C, Met 21001, BS 692, MO 3455/84, by Zeal, England, 1984

Packet of 10 Dr. White's looped towels

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1985

Packet of 10 Dr. White's looped towels, size 1, for light to medium menstruation, by Lilia White Ltd., 1985.

British Telecom ivory ESN mobile telephone, 1989-1995

Telecommunications

1989-1995

British Telecom Ivory ESN mobile telephone 1902 00 17069, manufactured by DC Telecommunications, Japan, 1989-1995. Mobile phone with case and strap

Packet of combined contraceptive pills, "Ovran"

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1983

Packet of combined contraceptive pills, "Ovran", monophasic, with instruction leaflet, by Wyeth Laboratories, England, 1983

User guide, 'Beginner's Basic' and various magazines for Texas Instruments TI 99/4A personal computer, c. 1982

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1982

User guide, 'Beginner's Basic' and various magazines, Texas Instruments Incorporated and unknown, United States, c. 1982

TRS-80 model 100

Computing & Data Processing

1983

Portable computer by Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100

Barbie Doll, 'Black Ken'

Materials Science Gallery

1980-1990

Doll, Barbie, black skinned, 'Black Ken', in white shoes, white-green striped trousers, blue jumper, Mattel Inc., China, 1980-1990

Bristol Bleeper gamma radiation monitor

Nuclear Energy

1980

Bristol Bleeper gamma radiation monitor made by Radiation Components Ltd, Twickenham, c.1980

Packet of combined contraceptive pills, "Eugynon 50"

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1986

Packet of combined contraceptive pills, "Eugynon 50", monophasic, with instruction leaflet, by Schering AG, Germany, 1986

Anti-nuclear protest banner, cotton banner between

Nuclear Physics

1982-1984

Anti-nuclear protest banner, cotton banner between sticks, with `REFUSE CRUISE' slogan stitched on as individual capital letters. Used by former supporters of Putney CND, possibly at Greenham Common 1982-1984.

Locomotive nameplate - West Country class

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1995

Locomotive nameplate, scroll from Southern Railway "West Country" class locomotives, replica, by Procast, England, 1995.

AGR Fuel Element, c 1982

Nuclear Energy

1980-1982

AGR (Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor) fuel element cut away to show 36 fuel pins and the inner and outer graphite sleeve.

Boxed packet of Bolvidon tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-1986

1x42 tablet x 30mg pack, in box, of Bolvidon tablets (mianserin hydrochloride), by Organon, expires 1987

Star Trek Tricorder Toy

Space Technology

1995

Star Trek tricorder toy; Original Series design, in box.

Part of Hacienda Dance Floor

Creative Industries

1982

Small piece of Canadian maple dance floor, laid in the Hacienda club in April 1982.

Talkland Mobile Phone

Telecommunications

1994

Talkland TL2 analogue mobile telephone, 1994, with docking station and power adapter.

Copy of National Geographic magazine, November 198

Optics

1985

Copy of National Geographic magazine, November 1985, with embosed white-light hologram on cover depicting 'Africa's Taung child, one to two million years old'.

Acorn Electron Power Adapter

Computing & Data Processing

1984

Acorn Electron power supply, in original packaging.

Model PC-1500A Pocket Computer

Computing & Data Processing

1985

Model PC-1500A pocket computer with instruction manual, made by the Sharp Corporation, Japan, c. 1985.

Adsorbed Tetanus Vaccine B.P.

Public Health & Hygiene

1980-1984

Box containing 5 x 0.5ml ampoules of Adsorbed Tetanus Vaccine B.P., with instructions, by Wellcome, expires 1985

Condom vending machine, Gloucestershire, England, 1981

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1981

Vending machine for Durex "Fetherlite" contraceptive condoms, aluminium, by LRC Products Ltd., Tetbury, 1981

Stanton Unimatic CL41 single pan balance in a pale

Experimental Chemistry

c. 1980

Stanton Unimatic CL41 single pan balance in a pale blue glazed metal case.

brighton by train

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1989

BR(CAS) poster for network SouthEast. Brighton by Train -Pavilion by Edward Pond, 1989. Sketch of Brighton Pavilion.BR(CAS)ref: Boo492/A1/1989. Printed by planet Displays Ltd. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Klein bottle, 1995

Mathematics

1995

Three Klein bottles in a column which when cut form a pair of single -twist Mobius strips.

Film cartridge: Crash Wars Pile Ups No. 2

Cinematography

1992

Film cartridge 'Crash Wars Pile Ups No. 2' for the Action Replay Action Movie viewer in original packaging, 1992.

Ovulation test system, England, 1988

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1988

"Clearplan" home ovulation test system, used to monitor fertility, by Unipath Ltd., England 1988

Klein bottle, 1995.

Mathematics

1995

Klein bottle cut to form two interlinked three-twist mobius strips.

Anafranil capsules

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-1986

1x100 pack x 25mg, in box, of Anafranil 25 capsules (clomipramine hydrochloride), by Geigy, expires 1988

31 of 35 Cards illustrating Diseases and their Prevention, produced in association with UNICEF, 1980-83

Public Health & Hygiene

1980-1983

Cards illustrated with coloured cartoons, 31 of 35, from a series concerning various diseases and their prevention by childhood vaccination, for use in public health campaigns in Colombia, produced in Colombia in association with UNICEF, 1980-1983. This particular card depicts a naked male figure injecting a green, slug like bacteria with a vaccine in the spine. There is a yellow border to the card along the top and bottom edge. There are four lines of script written in black text along the bottom edge of the card.