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Ausio cassette, 'Alf's Teeth' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

Sound Recordings

1985-11

Cassette tape, magnetic tape in plastic casing with plastic box and card insert, 'Alf's Teeth', comedy starring Warren Mitchell and Pat Coombs, written and produced by Infomericals for British Rail Red Star parcels services. Featires the Alf Garnett character - summarised "A toothless Alf gums up the works in a Wapping Post Office until the manageress enlightens him about Red Star and teaches him his station." Recorded before a live audience on 22 Nov. 1985.

Computer keyboard; for running RAF Aircrew Aptitude Test Battery

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1984-1986

Computer keyboard; for running RAF Aircrew Aptitude Test Battery; as used in initial officer selection procedures; developed by the Ministry of Defence Directorate of Recruiting Primary Maintenance and Software Team at RAF Biggin Hill, 1984-1986.

Interior, disused block, Lister's Mill, Manningham, Bradford

Photographs

1985

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Interior, disused block, Lister's Mill, Manningham, Bradford' by Ian Beesley 1985. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Exhibition print by Fay Godwin

Photographs

1985

Exhibition print by Fay Godwin, taken at West Laithe, Heptonstal, Yorkshire, 1985

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

Astronomy

1986

Triangular piece of sectioned segment panel for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), 1986

Cassette, 'Forth for the BBC Microcomputer'

Computing & Data Processing

1984

Cassette, ‘Forth on the BBC Microcomputer’, Forth language user’s manual, from Acornsoft Languages range, published by Acornsoft, England, 1984

Video game cassette, 'Gobbledegook'

Computing & Data Processing

1983

Video game cassette, ‘Gobbledegook’, published for Jupiter Ace computer, 19K, by Jupiter Cantab, England, 1983

BBC ME1/521 Cable Length Meter

Television

1983

BBC ME1/521 cable length meter, 1983. Measures coaxial cable length & fault distance up to 999.9 ft by pulse reflection.

QII Lighting Control System

Television

1985

The QII (Q2) Lighting control system was designed by the BBC as a replacement for the obsolete Thorn Q-File lighting control system and console then used in most BBC television studios. It comprises a control surface and approximately 12U of rack containing the electronics.

Compact disc (CD), 1985.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1982-1985

Compact disc by "Japan", 1985

'Norinyl-1' oral contraceptive pills

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1982

Packet containing three blister packets of combined contraceptive pills, 'Norinyl-1', monophasic, with instruction leaflet, by Syntex Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, 1982

Protein sequencer, California, United States of America, 1985

Biotechnology

1985

System 890M protein sequencer, serial no.SE503 by Beckman Instruments Inc., USA, 1985

Philips CD303 compact disc player, c1983.

Sound Reproduction

1983

Philips CD303 compact disc player, c1983.

Sample of moxa used for moxibustion in Asia, 1981

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1981

Artemisia vulgaris plant, used for moxibustion in Asia, 1981

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Asian Medicine

1986

one (of two) bell necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Asian Medicine

1986

one (of two) seed and nut necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Ayurvedic medicine, India, 1981

Asian Medicine

1981

Box of Suvarna Vasant Malini, an Ayurvedic medicine, bought in Jaipur, 1981, with paper prescription invoice

British Telecom "Cheetah" 87C/32K Telex Machine, 1984

Telecommunications

1984

Two mains leads for "Cheetah" 87C/32K Telex Machine, British Telecom, British, 1984.

Seven (7) samples of optical fibre

Telecommunications

1982

Seven (7) samples of optical fibre, unknown maker, Britain, 1982.

Model of Skynet IV satellite (1:12 scale)

Space Technology

c.1983

Model of Skynet IV satellite (1:12 scale), plus custom-built wooden carrying case, manufactured by RSRE Malvern ca. 1983

Packet of Excita Durex Condoms

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1981

Excita, 1 of 3, packets of Durex condoms, made by LRC Products, London, 1981

Jaipur artificial foot, 1981.

Orthopaedics

1981

Artificial foot of rubber and wood, made in Jaipur, India, 1981

'Vimule' pessary

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1981

One 'Vimule' pessary, in white box, from a collection of twelve cervical caps made by Lamberts (Dalston) Ltd., Queensbridge Road, London, E8, England, 1981.

Set of dentures in dental articulator, England, 1981

Dentistry

1981

Full, upper and lower dentures, acrylic, on plaster casts, articulated in articulator by Teledyne Hanau, English, 1981

Toy helicopter from Manila, made from cooking oil can, 1982-1983.

Environmental Science & Technology

1982-1983

Toy helicopter from Manila, made from cooking oil can, 1982-1983.

Battery charger for Vodafone transportable (mobile) telephone

Telecommunications

1985

Racal-Vodac (Vodafone) Battery Charger for Vodafone transportable (mobile) telephone, model VT 601, for mains use.

Retro Model 8005 Candlestick Telephone

Telecommunications

1984

Retro Model 8005 candlestick telephone , made by A. P. Besson Ltd, Hove, 1984, from components supplied by the American Telecommunications Corporation.

Railway uniform trousers, 1985 standard pattern

Railway Uniform & Costume

1985

Railway uniform trousers, style VRB, VLB, VSB, VCB, CNB, EI, ES; Standard pattern 1985; mid-blue.

One pair SX 41 Equipe ski boots size 320

Plastics and Modern Materials

1985

One pair SX 91 Equipe ski boots size 320, by Salomon, 1985

Early digital micrometer prototype, with digital readout

Industrial Metrology

1981

An early digital micrometer prototype, thought to be later than /6 that also needed to be plugged into the /5 unit for power but has digital readout.

Atari 520 ST personal computer.

Computing & Data Processing

1985

Atari 520 ST computer comprising keyboard unit with power supply and mouse, SF 354 single-sided 3.5" disc drive with power supply and connecting cable, and SM 124 monochrome monitor, plus a quantity of software.

Natural pebble touchstone from Izmir, western Turkey, 1986

Metallurgy

1986

Natural pebble touchstone purchased in the bazaar in Izmir in Western Turkey in July /August 1986 by Prof Andrew Ramage. The gold streaks on the surface were applied by Dr W.A. Oddy during gold assaying tests. Previous identifier: 1986-7

Silicon wafer with silicon chips, 1984.

Nuclear Physics

1984

Silicon wafer, etched with multiple chips (integrated circuits), with round plastic case, American, 1984

Ballpoint pen advertising telephone counselling service, Bristol, England, 1984

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1984

Plastic ballpoint pen with cap in the shape of a telephone handset advertising "Dial a Shrink", J.B. Norman, Consultant Psychologists of Park St., Bristol, English, 1984.

Coat from a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Asian Medicine

1986

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Compaq portable personal computer with carry case, 1982-1984

Computing & Data Processing

1982-1984

Compaq Portable Personal Computer, s/n 1428020066, in zip-up canvas carrying case, Compaq Computer Corporation, United States, 1982-1984

Computer joystick unit; for running RAF Aircrew Aptitude Test Battery

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1984-1986

Computer joystick unit; for running RAF Aircrew Aptitude Test Battery; as used in initial officer selection procedures; developed by the Ministry of Defence Directorate of Recruiting Primary Maintenance and Software Team at RAF Biggin Hill, 1984-1986.

Printout of the Daisyworld programme

Kodak disc 6000 camera

Photographic Technology

1982

Camera for disc film, 15 exposures. Electric motor drive; electronic shutter; fixed aperture aspheric lens. Close-up focusing setting; built in electronic flash automatically operated in low light. Built in lithium batteries. Direct vision brightline finder; folding cover/handle. Wrist chain.

Model illustrating molecular orbital theory and crystal field theory

Experimental Chemistry

1981

Model illustrating molecular orbital theory and crystal field theory, by Crystal Structures Limited, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England, 1981

Tatung Einstein TC-01 personal computer

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1984

Tatung Einstein TC-01 personal computer c. 1984.

Bottle of 50 Ames Diastix Reagent strips for glucose urinalysis

Therapeutics

1986

Bottle of 50 Ames Diastix Reagent strips for glucose urinalysis. Manufactured in 1986 by Miles Inc., Ames Division, Stoke Poges, Slough

Travelling Wave Tube by Thomson-CSF, 1985-86

Space Technology

1985-1986

Travelling-wave tube model TH 3619 for direct-broadcast satellite, serial no. 0133, made by Thomson-CSF, France, 1985-1986, output 10 watts.

Computer cartridge, Basic Computing Language

Computing & Data Processing

1983

Computer cartridge, ‘Atari Basic’ computing language interpreter, published for Atari CXL4002, for use with console keyboard, by Atari Inc., United States, 1983