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Material
Date

Carton of Araldite epoxy resin adhesive comprising cardboard box tube of hardner

1945

Medal commemorating first free balloon stratospheric flight of Professor Auguste Piccard and Dr. Paul Kipfer

1931

Cotton Bale Breaker

1911

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

1916

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Wrapping block

circa 1920

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Woollen shawl

1880-1920

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

"Flammenwolf U" electric firelighter (German c.1935)

1935

Reason slot meter, c.1920.

1918-1922

Addac adding machine

1926

Shelvador electric compression domestic refrigerator, c. 1934-1935.

1930-1940

Penguin book

1948

Penguin book

1946

'Picture Post' magazine. March 6, 1943

1943

Booklet. 'Family Guide to the National Insurance Scheme'

1948

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Circular electric hot plate for domestic cooking

1892-1900

"Stebull" box shaped electric hair dryer

1920-1940

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

Sugar nippers, 19th century.

1880-1900

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Ring spinning frame

1901

Flask

1880-1950

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

1890-1899

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

High frequency sliding inductance on wood base, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

Wooden pillar insulators, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Stud field regulator, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

1877-1897

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

'You may telephone from here' sign, 1910-1936

1910-1936

Vessel for growing Mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

1940-1944

Copper busbars and ebonite insulators, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Penicillin powder in bottle

1942

Wall telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

1898-1899

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Wall telephone with battery box, 1880-1940

1880-1940

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Magneto-ringing Ericsson telephone, 1892-1920

1892-1920