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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Model of a Penrose staircase

1968

Crick and Watson's DNA Molecular Model

1953

Apollo 10 Command Module, Call Sign 'Charlie Brown'

1969

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

1948-1953

Hoover constellation vacuum cleaner with attachments

circa 1956-1959

Phillip's Economic Computer

1949

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

1935

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

Liquid-filled Plastic Lens Television Magnifier, 1935-1965

1935-1965

English Electric Company diesel electric locomotive 'Deltic' Co-Co 3300HP, 1955

1955

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

1945

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit

1969

Bush TV22 Television Receiver, 1945-1955

1945-1955

Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

1942

Kendrew's original model of the myoglobin molecule

1957

Replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

1959

Bottle of Fennings' Fever Mixture, England, 1950-1960

1950-1960

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Electric locomotive, No. 26020

1951

Two Bifurcated Needles used for Smallpox Vaccination

1968

Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

1953

Caesium Atomic Clock, 1955.

1955

Class 08 Shunter

1953

SR 'Ellerman Lines' 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class sectioned steam locomotive, No 35029

1949

Poster of Valentina Tereshkova, First woman cosmonaut

1963

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Paragon' Reusable Rubber Condom, London, England, 1948-1950

1948-1950

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

1935

Hoover 'Dustette' Vacuum Cleaner

1964

Polaroid Land Camera Model 95

1948-1953

'Warflat' 50-ton bogie flat wagon, 1940

1940

Ascot water heater

1933-1959

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

1950-1952

'Form M Revised Stanford-Binet Scales', IQ test, United States, 1937

1937-1960

Penicillium Mould presented by Alexander Fleming

1935

16-ton mineral wagon

1955

Coronet Midget

1936

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, Class 02 0-4-0 No D2860

1960

Canvas straitjacket for adults, London, England, 1930-1960

1930-1960

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

1956

SR 'Winston Churchill' 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class, No 34051

1946

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

1930-1940

Fidelity four-speed record player, c. 1960

1960

Steam locomotive, named Cheltenham

1934

Triumph Palm Beach

1964

Silver gelatin print by Camera Press/L'Europeo. Printed Caption on verso reads: "U.S. Film Stars: ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Reports that scenes of Elizabeth Taylor in the nude were shot for the film 'Cleopatra' brought criticism from some quarters. This picture shows that such shots were made".

Elizabeth Taylor nude shot for "Cleopatra"

1963

BBC L1 lip microphone, 1937-1960

1937-1960

Meopta Mikroma II camera

1964

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

1935-1945