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Perkin's hand held applanation tonometer, in leatherette briefcase

Ophthalmology

1980

Perkin's hand held applanation tonometer, with accessories, in leatherette briefcase, by Clement Clarke International of London, 1980

Ultra powder detergent dispenser, red top, for was

Domestic Appliances

1992

Ultra powder detergent dispenser, red top, for washing machines. 1992

Flannelgraph on measles, England, 1992

Public Health & Hygiene

1992

Nutrition and Child Health Flannelgraph on measles, no. 1 out of 7 sheets of illustrated cloth to cut out and detailed instructions, for health education teaching at village level in Africa, by TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost), St. Albans, England, 1992

CT2 wireless telephone test bed module representing handset, 1988

Telecommunications

1988

CT2 Test Bed Module representing handset, made by British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, 1988. Used for the development of a Telepoint system conforming to a Common Air Interface Standard with cellular radio networks, by British Telecom, UK, 1988

27 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, 27 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 three male figures each wearing a white helmet. The two characters on the ends are holding two vaccination needles whilst the central character is holding a pair of binoculars. They are all positioned behind a row of sandbags. There is a green border to the card along the top and bottom edge. There are three lines of script written in black text along the bottom edge of the card.

19 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, 19 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 shows a boy wearing a yellow shirt being spoon fed some medicine. There is a green border to the card along the top and bottom edge. There are three lines of script written in black text along the bottom edge of the card.

3 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, 3 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 displays a large letter P in red text within a yellow rectangle in the upper left corner. To the centre and right of the card are the words 'de Pertusis O Tosferina' with a cartoon image of bacteria underneath the text. The background is red and pink.

23 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, 23 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 shows the head of a sick boy with red cheeks and streaming eyes beneath the words ' R de Reacciones'. There is a green background to the card.

6 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, 6 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 shows a young boy sick in bed with someone holding a white cloth to his forehead. There are four lines of script written in black text along the bottom edge of the card.

21 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, 21 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 shows a boy wearing white pants holding onto his throat with both hands, whilst sticking out his tongue. There are a group of upside down exclamation marks coming out of his mouth up into the air. There is a pink 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.

Disposable syringe of Engerix B Vaccine, boxed

Public Health & Hygiene

1993

Box containing a single disposable syringe prefilled with 1ml of Engerix B Vaccine, bioengineered and grown in yeast, for intramuscular injection to protect against Hepatitis B, by SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Welwyn Garden City, England, 1993

Jetway 56000 external modem

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1995

Jetway 56K external modem with accessories, c. 1995

Compact disc player, 1983

Sound Reproduction

1983

Compact Disc Player Model CD100, by Philips, 1983

35 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, 35 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 brown horse that appears to have defecated two stools to the right of the card. There is an orange 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.

33 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, 33 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 two cartoon bacterium that have been tied up with rope with a gag over their mouths. 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.

10 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, 10 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 shows a topless male figure with his lungs visible through his chest. He is pointing towards his chest with his left hand. There are three lines of script written in black text along the bottom edge of the card.

Connecting cables used by Simon Bates and Jonathan Ruffle

Radio Communication

c. 1989

4 connecting cables, used by Simon Bates and Jonathan Ruffle of BBC Radio One on their round-the-world trip, 1989

8 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, 8 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 shows a young boy with his eyes closed and his tongue stuck out being carried by an adult male. There are five lines of script written in black text along the bottom edge of the card.

Wine and beer glass hydrometer, 1994.

Experimental Chemistry

1994

Wine and beer glass hydrometer, 1994.

Engraved glass dome with scenes from the history of glass making, 1988.

Glass Technology

1988

Engraved dome in ruby cased glass showing scenes from the history of glass making by Peter Dreiser, 1988

Amstrad SDX60 satellite dish, 1989

Television

1989

Amstrad SDX60 60mm satellite television dish, manufactured for Amstrad, Birmingham, England, 1989.

Klein bottle, 1995.

Mathematics

1995

Klein bottle with three inlet tubes which when cut produce three pairs of single twist Mobius strips

Way-in-way-out vessel', 1995.

Mathematics

1995

'Way-in way-out vessel' equivalent to two Klein bottles, one inverted, sealed together back-to-back. When cut it forms two pairs of single twist Mobius strips.

Klein bottle, 1995.

Mathematics

1995

five-layered sphere, extension of the three Klein bottles above to infinity which when cut gives a pair of single-twist mobius strips

Marsden Moor, Huddersfield

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Marsden Moor, Huddersfield' by Ian Beesley. Prodiced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Salt's New Mill

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Salt's New Mill' by Ian Beesley. Prodiced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Cropping Shears, Bradford Industrial Museum

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Cropping Shears, Bradford Industrial Museum' by Ian Beesley. Prodiced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

G. Strosse Ltd - Shoddy & Mungo Merchants, Dewsbury

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'G. Strosse Ltd - Shoddy & Mungo Merchants, Dewsbury' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

Bents Mill, (1799) near Harden

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Bents Mill, near Harden' by Ian Beesley. Prodiced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Orphan's Grave at Wainstalls, near Halifax

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Orphan's Grave at Wainstalls, near Halifax' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Brimham Rocks, near Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Abandoned Millstone, Addingham Moorside, Wharfdale' by Ian Beesley. Prodiced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

"Doffing", Black Dyke Mill, Queensbury

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled '"Doffing", Black Dyke Mill, Queensbury' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

Hasselblad Dixel negative transmitter, 1988-1989

Telecommunications

1988-1989

Hasselblad Dixel negative transmitter, made 1988-1989.

Glass goblet commemorating George Stephenson

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1981

Goblet commemorating the bicentenary of the birth of George Stephenson, 1981, glass.

Alert card for diabetes, London, 1980-1994

Therapeutics

1980-1994

Alert card, `I am a diabetic receiving daily insulin', issued by The British Diabetic Association, 3-6 Alfred Place, London WC1E 7EE, 1980-1994.

G. Strosse Ltd - Shoddy & Mungo Merchants, Dewsbury

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'G. Strosse Ltd - Shoddy & Mungo Merchants, Dewsbury' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Wool Grading at British Wool Marketing Board, Clayton, Bradford

Photographs

1987

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Wool Grading at British Wool Marketing Board, Clayton, Bradford' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Replica of "Alien"

Creative Industries

1990

Replica of the Alien from the film Alien, made by Exquisite Corpse, England, c.1990

'Un-easy Easy' chair. A model scale 1:5 of an awar

Domestic Appliances

1994

'Un-easy Easy' chair. A model scale 1:5 of an award winning chair to show the relationship between structure and tensional forces in a practical application, 1994.

Demo pack of HibTITER vaccine and information leaflets, England, 1992-1993

Public Health & Hygiene

1992-1993

Demonstration pack of HibTITER Vaccine, promotional material consisting of packet of 10 HibTITER vaccines, Meningitis leaflet holder with cards and two HibTITER immunisation leaflets, by Lederle-Praxis, Gosport, England, 1992-1993

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC

Lipiodol Ultra Fluid

Radiomedicine

1981

Lipiodol Ultra Fluid (1 of 4 packs 10ml and 4 packs each containing four 5ml ampoules), part of a set of two ampoules of Lipiodol, an iodine-containing x-ray contrast medium by Guerbet, 93609 Aulnay-sous-Bois, France, 1981.

One bottle of and bulk packaging for bulk pack of 8Y250, England, 1994

Therapeutics

1994

Packaging for bulk pack of 8Y250, with single packet of same but no contents, by Bioproducts Laboratory, UK, Dagger Lane, Elstree, Herts., WD6 3BX, England, 1994

Bottle of synthetic malaria vaccine SPf66, Colombia, 1987

Public Health & Hygiene

1987-1994

Lyophilized bulk laboratory sample of synthetic malaria vaccine SPf66, developed by Dr Patarroyo and collaborators, Bogota, Colombia, 1987-1994. (Nature, August 13, 1987, vol. 328)

Unit for the PTC-225 Tetrad thermal cycler, United States, 1995

Biotechnology

1995

An alpha unit for the PTC-225 Tetrad thermal cycler made by MJ Research, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts in 1995. These are the sample block/heat pump modules in which are placed the vessels containing the DNA to be amplified. Serial no. AL004358.

Tin of 'Amulspray' milk formula, India, 1980

Nutrition & Food Technology

1980

Tin of Amulspray milk food, milk formula by Mehsana District Co-op Milk Producers Union Ltd. One of a selection of drugs and related material from India, 1975-1980.

34 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, 34 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 yellow bacterium that is in the shape of the letter 'D'. The words 'D de Difteria' are written in bubble writing above the image. The background to the card is bright blue.

'Med-E-Jet' inoculation gun, United States, 1980

Public Health & Hygiene

1980

"Med-E-Jet" inoculation gun, in carrying case, by Med-E-Jet Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1980

TALC Direct Recording Scale, Hertfordshire, England, 1992

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1992

Plastic scale with special TALC spring (weighing to 17kg), hook, suspension cord, and one Child Health Chart, from the TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit, for weighing babies and young children, used to monitor child growth in the developing world (to indicate nutritional failures or the presence of disease), by TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost), St. Albans, England, 1992

"C 90" Memorex cassette, high bias, one of two, 1980

Sound Reproduction

1980

"C 90" Memorex cassette, high bias, one of two, as available commercially, 1980.