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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
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

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

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

1935

Kenwood A101 electric toaster

1957

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

Triumph stockings. Two pairs of Velure hosiery nylon full fashioned stockings

1950-1959

Bild Lilli doll. Made of all-rigid plastic with jointd limbs

1955

Bottle of "Shampoo 88"

1950-1959

Miniature Bild Lilli doll (unclothed)

1955

'Picture Post' magazine. March 6, 1943

1943

Booklet. 'Family Guide to the National Insurance Scheme'

1948

'Six-Five Special !"

1957

Bryant & May's book matches 'Over 100 Years of Good Matches'

circa 1960

Circular electric hot plate for domestic cooking

1892-1900

"Stebull" box shaped electric hair dryer

1920-1940

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Ring spinning frame

1901

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

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep sea type, 1956

1956

Whirling Psychrometer, 1950-1953

1950-1953

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

1910-1936

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

1940-1944

Pole climbing irons, 1900-1960

1900-1960

Copper busbars and ebonite insulators, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Penicillin powder in bottle

1942

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

1898-1899

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Kodak 'Brownie' Camera, about 1955

1953-1958

Replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

1959

Replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's 1879 'Patent Office' telephone, 1959

1959